Alfred Friendly, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Alfred Friendly

Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist

Date of Birth: 30-Dec-1911

Date of Death: 07-Nov-1983

Profession: journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Alfred Friendly (December 30, 1911 – November 7, 1983) was an American journalist, editor and writer for the Washington Post.
He began his career as a reporter with the Post in 1939 and became Managing Editor in 1955.
In 1967 he covered the Mideast War for the Post in a series of articles for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1968.
He is credited with bringing the Post from being a local paper to having a position of national prominence.