Harry M. Rosenfeld


Harry M. Rosenfeld is an American newspaper editor who was the editor in charge of local news at The Washington Post during the Richard Mattingly murder case and the Watergate scandal. He oversaw the newspapers coverage of Watergate and resisted efforts by the papers national reporters to take over the story. Though Post editorinchief Benjamin C. Bradlee gets most of the credit, managing editor Howard Simons and Rosenfeld worked most closely with reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein on developing the story. Rosenfeld published a memoir including an account of his work at the Post in 2013.

Rosenfeld was born in Berlin but his Jewish family fled Nazi Germany when he was ten. The family settled in The Bronx, New York City and Rosenfeld learned to speak English devoid of an accent. After graduating from Syracuse University, Rosenfeld was hired as an editor at New York HeraldTribune When it ceased publication circa 1967, Rosenfeld went to the Post.

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