Carl Bernstein

Birth Name:

Carl Bernstein

Birth Place:

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Profession

Writer

Briefly attended the University of Maryland at College Park, but did not graduate
Began his first job in journalism at only 16-years-old with The Washington Star, however, the paper could not hire him full time unless his possessed a college degree, so he would eventually leave for the Elizabeth Daily Journal at 21
He and fellow reporter Bob Woodward were the first to suspect Richard Nixon's involvement in the Watergate scandal after being assigned to the beat in June of 1972, which would ultimately influence their book, All the President's Men
Joined the Washington Post in 1966
Left the Washington Post in 1977 and joined ABC News as a senior correspondent in Washington
Shortly after reporting from the front lines of the Cold War, he would be expelled from Iraq in 1990

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