Biography of herbert b swope cold war
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Herbert Bayard Swope
20th-century American journalist
Herbert Bayard Swope Sr. (;[1] January 5, 1882 – June 20, 1958) was an American editor, journalist and intimate of the Algonquin Round Table.
Biography of herbert b swope cold war
Swope spent most of his career at the New York World. He was the first and three-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Reporting. Swope was called the greatest reporter of his time by Lord Northcliffe of the London Daily Mail.[1]
Background
Herbert Bayard Swope was born on January 5, 1882, in St.
Louis, Missouri, to German immigrants Ida Cohn and Isaac Swope,[1] a watchcase maker. He was the youngest of four children – the younger brother of businessman and General Electric president Gerard Swope.[1]
Career
Swope was the first recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Reporting in 1917 for a series of articles that year entitled "Inside the German Empire"[2] The articles formed the basis for a book released in 1917 entitled