Bob Woodward

Bob Woodward is a known investigative journalist located in America. He is known to be involved in government investigations. Bob has a big area of interest influencing the government. He has also been involved in celebrity investigations as well. Bob’s most known case was The Watergate Story. 

   

He has received nearly every major American journalism award. Some of the rewards he has been awarded are the Heywood Broun Award, Sigma Delta Chi Award, William Allen White Medal, George Polk Award, and Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Reporting. Bob started working for The Washington Post as a reporter but is currently holding his title as an associate editor. His current net worth is 25 million, but he did not clarify how much he makes per story. 

The Watergate Story 

The story began with a burglary needed for the investigation. Two men worked in the Nixon White House. They began to learn that weird ways of communication through the White House were occurring. $25,000 check for Nixon's was deposited in one of the burglar's bank account. Not only did this happen, but four other burglaries also happened overtime as well. With further investigation, they learned that Nixon was connected to these burglaries. They discovered different evidence to confirm these facts on these burglaries. As a result of this, Nixon's career was ended because of this scandal. People also questioned is the president knew about what was going on. 

Deep Throat

Deep Throat was known for best-kept secrets which were revealed eventually. Bob Woodward also wrote a book about it getting more into what happened and what was revealed. A mysterious source that was kept secret for over thirty years was revealed after being kept secret for very long. There were also myths a part of the secrets that were revealed. 

Sources:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/watergate/part1.html