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Don Graham Interview: The History of The Washington Post

Former publisher Don Graham recalls the lessons he learned from serving in Vietnam, working as a police officer before becoming a reporter, and details the history of The Washington Post. Graham discusses why his mother Kay Graham as Publisher and Ben Bradlee as editor were both lucky to have one another and how they each cared about journalism in the same way. Donald E. Graham was born on April 22, 1945, in Baltimore, Maryland. After graduating from Harvard University in 1966, Graham was drafted and served as an information specialist with the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968. He was a patrolman with the Washington Metropolitan Police Department from January 1969 to June 1970. Graham joined The Washington Post newspaper in 1971 as a reporter. His grandfather Eugene Meyer purchased the Post at a bankruptcy sale in 1933. His father was president of The Washington Post Company from 1947 until his death in 1963 and his mother served in a variety of executive positions from 1963 until her death in 2001. Graham was publisher of the Post from January 1979 until September 2000. He was chief executive officer of Graham Holdings Company from May 1991 until November 2015. He served as the lead independent director of Facebook's board of directors from 2009 to 2015. Graham is a co-founder of TheDream.US, the largest national scholarship fund for DREAMers. Previously, he served as chairman of the District of Columbia College Access Program (DC-CAP). From the HBO / Kunhardt Film Foundation (KFF) Documentary “The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee,” about one of America's most influential and celebrated newspaper editors, who found himself at the center of many of the 20th Century's most seismic storms, including: World War II, John F. Kennedy, Watergate and the fall of Richard Nixon. Subscribe for access to interviews, series, films, and educational materials that address issues of social justice, history, politics, the arts, and culture by spotlighting relatable human stories of purpose and meaning. Learn about our work and how to support our mission here: https://www.lifestories.org/. For extended versions of these interviews and more, visit:    / @lifestoriesinterviewarchive   Follow us on Instagram:   / lifestoriesinterviews   Don Graham, Former Publisher, The Washington Post Interviewed By: John Maggio Interview Date: January 17, 2017 Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:18 Joining the D.C. police 02:24 Ben Bradlee’s time in the navy 04:21 Serving in the military 06:14 Ben Bradlee’s defiant character 07:32 Ben Bradlee’s appointment to The Washington Post 11:55 Ben Bradlee transforming the Post 13:20 Ben Bradlee’s sense of story 15:52 The early days of the Post 18:41 Newsweek 20:42 Kay Graham 26:33 Ben Bradlee turned a good newspaper into a great newspaper 29:59 The partnership between Ben Bradlee and Kay Graham 32:39 The Pentagon Papers 47:18 Kay Graham’s trust in Ben Bradlee 48:20 The business side of the Post 49:48 The style section 54:54 Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein 56:30 Breaking the Watergate story 01:02:31 Unraveling the Watergate web 01:04:00 Watergate and Nixon’s downfall 01:06:15 The impact of All The President’s Men 01:10:05 Janet Cooke and the story that never happened 01:15:14 The aftermath of Janet Cooke’s story 01:20:13 The impact of Janet Cooke’s story on Ben Bradlee 01:22:15 Ben Bradlee’s insistence on truth and fairness 01:23:54 Ben Bradlee’s relationship with Kay Graham 01:30:01 The Post and Ben Bradlee’s lasting legacy 01:31:37 The job of a newspaper 01:32:34 Ben Bradlee’s success as editor © Home Box Office and Kunhardt Film Foundation. All Rights Reserved. #DonGraham #kunhardtfilmfoundation