Obit

Almario, 84

FILIPINO JOURNALIST Manuel “Maning” Almario died on October 21. He was 84.

Almario began his career in journalism as a reporter for the Philippines Herald in 1949. He also worked as editor of the Philippine News Service, Philippine Graphic, Weekly Graphic magazine, and the National Press Club’s official organ The Filipino Journalist. (Journalist Maning Almario; 84, Philippine Daily Inquirer)

A political prisoner during the martial law period, Almario continued writing until his death. He was a frequent contributor of commentaries to the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Bradlee, 93

AMERICAN NEWSPAPER editor Benjamin Bradlee died last October 21. He was 93.

Bradlee was executive director of The Washington Post from 1968 to 1991. He, along with the Post’s owner Katharine Graham and The New York Times, was behind the publication of the Pentagon Papers in 1971. (Postscript: Benjamin C. Bradlee (1921-2014), The New Yorker)

Bradlee guided Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in covering the Watergate story which led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. (Washington Post’s Ben Bradlee dies, CNN)

The Post won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for the Watergate coverage.

Bradlee also assigned correspondents in different parts of the globe and opened bureaus in the United States. He also created new features and sections of the newspaper such as the “Style.” (Ben Bradlee, legendary Washington Post editor, dies 93, The Washington Post)

He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in November 2013.

In a statement on Bradlee’s death, US President Barack Obama said: “For Benjamin Bradlee, journalism was more than a profession – it was a public good vital to our democracy. A true newspaperman, he transformed the Washing Post into one of the country’s finest newspapers, and with him at the helm, a growing army of reporters published the Pentagon Papers, exposed Watergate, and told stories that needed to be told – stories that helped us understand our world and one another a little bit better. The standard he set – a standard for honest, objective, meticulous reporting – encouraged so many others to enter the profession.”