Robert Upshur Woodward born March 26 1943 is an American investigative journalist He started working for The Washington Post as a reporter in 1971 and now holds the title of associate editor While a young 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 These scandals led to numerous government investigations and the eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon The work of Woodward and Bernstein was called maybe the single greatest reporting effort of all time by longtime journalism figure Gene Roberts Woodward continued to work for The Washington Post after his reporting on Watergate He has written 21 books on American politics and current affairs 13 of which have topped bestseller lists Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Woodward licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia