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United States Ben Bradlee Jr. is an American journalist and writer known for his investigative reporting and editorial leadership at The Boston Globe, including overseeing the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into sexual abuse by priests.
Ben Bradlee Jr. was a reporter and editor at The Boston Globe for 25 years, where he supervised the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into sexual abuse by priests in the Boston archdiocese.
Ben Bradlee Jr.'s father, Benjamin C. Bradlee, persuaded the publisher of The Washington Post, Phil Graham, to buy Newsweek in the early 1960s, where Ben Bradlee Sr. was Washington bureau chief. Ben Bradlee Jr. spent five years in Paris while his father worked for Newsweek.
Ben Bradlee Jr. appeared on 'Amanpour and Company,' a program launched in September 2018, to discuss his book "The Forgotten."
Ben Bradlee Jr.'s biography of Ted Williams, "The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams," was published by Little, Brown and Company. This publisher also released his book "The Forgotten" and "Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church."
Ben Bradlee Jr.'s first book, "The Ambush Murders," was the basis for a television movie that aired on CBS in 1982. Additionally, his book on Oliver North and the Iran–Contra affair, "Guts and Glory," was adapted into a miniseries by CBS in 1989.
Published Ben Bradlee Jr.'s book "Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North" in 1988.
Published Ben Bradlee Jr.'s co-authored book "Prophet of Blood: The Untold Story of Ervil Lebaron and the Lambs of God" in 1981.
Published Ben Bradlee Jr.'s book "The Ambush Murders: The True Account of the Killing of Two California Policemen" in 1979.
Ben Bradlee Jr. was appointed to the Boston Public Library's Board of Trustees by Boston Mayor Marty Walsh in 2016.
Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee Jr., born on August 7, 1948, in Manchester, New Hampshire, is a distinguished American journalist and author. His early life included spending five years in Paris, from ages two to seven, due to his father’s work with Newsweek. He later grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and gained his first journalistic experience as a copy boy at The Boston Globe. After graduating from Colby College, Bradlee served in the Peace Corps in Afghanistan from 1970 to 1972. Upon his return, he began his professional journalism career at the Riverside Press-Enterprise in California before joining The Boston Globe.
Bradlee spent 25 years at The Boston Globe, where he held various roles including State House reporter, investigative reporter, national correspondent, political editor, and metropolitan editor. In 1993, he was promoted to assistant managing editor, overseeing investigations and projects. He later served as deputy managing editor, during which he supervised the Globe’s investigation into the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston’s cover-ups of clergy sexual abuse. This extensive investigation, which began in 2001 and continued for two years, earned the paper the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. His role in this investigation was later dramatized in the 2015 film “Spotlight,” where he was portrayed by actor John Slattery.
Following his tenure at the Globe, Bradlee dedicated ten years to researching and writing “The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams,” a comprehensive biography of the Boston Red Sox icon published in 2013, which became a New York Times best-seller. He is also the author of “The Ambush Murders” (1979), “Prophet of Blood” (1981), “Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North” (1988), and “The Forgotten: How the People of One Pennsylvania County Elected Donald Trump and Changed America” (2018). Bradlee’s written works have served as the basis for television adaptations, including a CBS TV movie for “The Ambush Murders” and a four-part CBS mini-series for “Guts and Glory.”
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