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James Barrett Reston

Born

in Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, The United Kingdom

November 03, 1909

Died

December 06, 1995

Genre

Nonfiction, Politics

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Scottish-born American journalist James Barrett Reston, known as Scotty and after 1939 associated with the New York Times, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1945 and 1957 for his reporting.

His poor, devout Presbyterian family migrated to the United States in 1920. He sailed with his mother and sister to New York as steerage passengers on board the steamship Mobile, and authorities inspected them at Ellis Island on September 28, 1920. After working briefly for the Springfield, Ohio, Daily News, he joined the Associated Press in 1934. He moved to the London bureau of the but returned in 1940. In 1942, he took leave of absence to establish an office of war information of United States in London. Rejoining in 1945, Reston was assigned to District of C Scottish-born American journalist James Barrett Reston, known as Scotty and after 1939 associated with the New York Times, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1945 and 1957 for his reporting.

His poor, devout Presbyterian family migrated to the United States in 1920. He sailed with his mother and sister to New York as steerage passengers on board the steamship Mobile, and authorities inspected them at Ellis Island on September 28, 1920. After working briefly for the Springfield, Ohio, Daily News, he joined the Associated Press in 1934. He moved to the London bureau of the but returned in 1940. In 1942, he took leave of absence to establish an office of war information of United States in London. Rejoining in 1945, Reston was assigned to District of Columbia as national correspondent. In 1948, he was appointed diplomatic correspondent, followed by bureau chief and columnist in 1953.

Reston married his wife Sally (born Sarah Jane Fulton) on December 24, 1935, after meeting her at the University of Illinois. He also was a member of Sigma Pi - Phi Chapter at Illinois. They had three sons; James Jr., a journalist, non-fiction writer and playwright; Thomas, formerly Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for public affairs and the deputy spokesman for the State Department; and Richard, the publisher of the Vineyard Gazette, a newspaper on Martha's Vineyard.

In subsequent years, Reston served as associate editor of the Times from 1964 to 1968, executive editor from 1968 to 1969, and vice president from 1969 to 1974. He wrote a nationally syndicated column from 1974 until 1987, when he became a senior columnist. During the Nixon administration, he was on the master list of Nixon political opponents.

Reston retired from the Times in 1989.

Reston interviewed many of the world's leaders and wrote extensively about the leading events and issues of his time. He interviewed President John F. Kennedy immediately after the 1961 Vienna Summit with Nikita Khrushchev on the heels of the Bay of Pigs Invasion fiasco. ...more

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	Deadline: A Memoir 3.82 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sketches in the Sand 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1967	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Artillery of the Press: Its Influence on American Foreign Policy, 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1967 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Washington 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1986 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Golf: A plague invented by the Calvinistic Scots as a punishment for man's sins.”
― James Barrett Reston, Uncle Anthony's Unabridged Analogies: Quotes and Proverbs for Lawyers and Lecturers

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“The people of the United States will do anything for Latin America, except read about it.”
― James Barrett Reston, Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting

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“This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.”
― James Barrett Reston

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