Speaker: Bob Levey, retired Washington Post journalist

Presented by the Lifelong Learning Institute, Manassas

This event is open to the public. For more information about the Lifelong Learning Institute, Manassas, visit lli-manassas.org

Retired Washington Post journalist Bob Levey will tell all about being the first reporter hired by the legendary editor, Ben Bradlee; about sitting between Woodward and Bernstein during Watergate; and about his first name-basis friendship with Katharine Graham. Then he’ll speak about the turmoil at today’s Post , and finally, share a bit about his book, Larry Felder, Candidate . Signed copies of Mr. Levey’s book will be available for sale after the class for $20. Cash, checks, and all major credit cards will be accepted.

Bob Levey is a prize-winning journalist who has covered the Washington scene since the Johnson Administration. For 23 years, he wrote a daily column, “Bob Levey’s Washington,” for The Washington Post. The column looked at all aspects of life in the nation’s capital and won major awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Washington Journalism Review. Currently he writes a monthly column for Senior Beacon Newspapers. Earlier in his 36-year career at The Post, Bob Levey covered Presidential politics, Congress, local news, and sports. In 1999 Bob Levey was named a Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian magazine in recognition of his community service through his column and as a hands-on volunteer. In 2000, Washington Post Books published ‘Washington Album: A Pictorial History of the Nation’s Capital,’ a 200-page illustrated history of the local city. Levey co-authored the book with his wife, Jane F. Levey, a historian. Levey is the author of three other books: one a collection of columns; another a look at local Washington; and the third novel, LARRY FELDER, CANDIDATE.