CARL BERNSTEIN 1944 JOURNALIST BERNSTEIN CARL 1944 U.S GOV'T EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS AMERICAN CULTURE BORN IN WASHINGTON D.C CARL BERNSTEIN ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AND BOSTON UNIVERSITY WORKING WITH BOB WOODWARD AT THE WASHINGTON POST BERNSTEIN UNCOVERED THE WATERGATE COVER UP WHICH EVENTUALLY LED TO THE RESIGNATION OF PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON TOGETHER WOODWARD AND BERNSTEIN WON MANY MAJOR JOURNALISM AWARDS INCLUDING THE GEORGE POLK MEMORIAL AWARD IN 1973 THE WASHINGTON POST RECEIVED A PULITZER PRIZE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE FOR WOODWARD AND BERNSTEIN'S WORK THE TWO JOURNALISTS WROTE ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR EXPERIENCES WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN 1974 THE BOOK WAS LATER MADE INTO A FILM BERNSTEIN AND WOODWARD ALSO WROTE THE FINAL DAYS 1976 WHICH DEALS WITH NIXON'S LAST DAYS IN OFFICE
