He was raised in nearby Wheaton, Illinois, and educated at Wheaton Community High School (WCHS), a public high school in the same town. Woodward, a lawyer who later became chief judge of the 18th Judicial Circuit Court. Woodward was born in Geneva, Illinois, the son of Jane (née Upshur) and Alfred E. He has written 21 books on American politics and current affairs, 13 of which have topped best-seller lists. Woodward continued to work for The Washington Post after his reporting on Watergate. The work of Woodward and Bernstein was called "maybe the single greatest reporting effort of all time" by longtime journalism figure Gene Roberts. These scandals led to numerous government investigations and the eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon. While a reporter for The Washington Post in 1972, Woodward teamed up with Carl Bernstein, and the two did much of the original news reporting on the Watergate scandal. He started working for The Washington Post as a reporter in 1971 and now holds the title of associate editor. Robert Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an American investigative journalist.
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