FINAL EOTO David Broder

David Broder 

Journalism’s Modern Heroes 

David Broder was born in Chicago Heights, Illinois in 1929. Upon receiving his M.A. in political science from the University of Chicago, he served in the army for 2 years. In 1953, he started working for The Daily Pantograph in Bloomington, Illinois.

Since then he has succeeded at many well known establishments, including Congressional Quarterly, the Washington Star, and the New York Times  

Most of his career was spent with the Washington Post where he began working in 1966

Significance 

David Broder is known in high regard as one of the best political journalists to date. He has an immense list of achievements and awards, too many to name in fact. One in particular to mention however, is the prestigious Politzer Prize.

Broder has covered every national campaign and convention since 1960, so over 4 decades. Each year of his career, he traveled at least 100,000 miles to interview voters and report on candidates. He is the author and co author of 6 books and was a regular commentator on CNN’s “Inside Politics.” He also made regular appearances on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and “Washington Week in Review.”