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Katharine Graham: A pioneer for women in journalism and business
Read full article: Katharine Graham: A pioneer for women in journalism and businessIn a special Women’s History Month podcast conversation with News4JAX Anchor Joy Purdy, Graham Media Group CEO Catherine Badalamente discusses a new documentary detailing the life of Katharine Graham, the longtime Washington Post president and CEO who was the first woman CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Badalamente calls the documentary a must-see for women of all ages.
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Neil Sheehan, Pentagon Papers reporter, Vietnam author, dies
Read full article: Neil Sheehan, Pentagon Papers reporter, Vietnam author, diesHis account of the Vietnam War, “A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam,” took him 15 years to write. Sheehan served as a war correspondent for United Press International and then the Times in the early days of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War in the 1960s. Soon, The Washington Post also began publishing stories about the Pentagon Papers. When Sheehan and Ellsberg bumped into each other in Manhattan in 1971, Ellsberg accused Sheehan of stealing the papers, just as he had. Neil and Susan Sheehan had two daughters, Catherine Bruno, and Maria Gregory Sheehan, both of Washington and two grandsons, Nicholas Sheehan Bruno, 13, and Andrew Phillip Bruno, 11.