Edith Lederer

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Edith Lederer
Lederer in 2016
Born1943 (age 80–81)
NationalityAmerican
Other namesEdie Lederer
EducationCornell University (BS)
Stanford University (MA)
OccupationJournalist

Edith Lederer, also known as Edie Lederer (born 1943) is an American war journalist.[1]

Early life and education[edit]

Lederer grew up in Long Island. In 1963, Lederer received a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University and Master of Arts in communications from Stanford University.[2]

Career[edit]

Lederer worked with Jean Heller at the Associated Press (AP) New York City headquarters at 50 Rockefeller Plaza.[3] In 1968, while working at the AP's San Francisco bureau, Lederer met Peter Buxtun and he spoke to her about his ethical concerns regarding the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Lederer recognized the newsworthiness of the information and passed it on to a colleague, Associated Press investigative reporter Jean Heller, who broke the story, resulting in the ending of the study.[3]

Lederer was the first female resident correspondent in Vietnam[4] in 1971[2] and the first woman to head a foreign bureau for the AP,[5] in Lima, Peru in 1975.[6] She worked for the AP for five decades, becoming the chief correspondent at the United Nations. She was named Sigma Delta Tau's Outstanding Alumna in 2017.[7] She won four lifetime achievement awards from the Overseas Press Club, the International Women's Media Foundation,[8] the Washington Press Club Foundation and the Newswomen's Club of New York. She co-authored "War Torn: Stories of War from the Women Who Covered Vietnam."[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Champion Edith Lederer". UN Women | The Beijing Platform for Action
    Turns 20    . Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  2. ^ a b "Edith Lederer | 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award | International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF)". www.iwmf.org. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  3. ^ a b Breed, Allen G. (2022-07-25). "How an AP reporter broke the Tuskegee syphilis story". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  4. ^ Tran, Mark (2002-10-21). "The experiences of women war correspondents in Vietnam". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  5. ^ "Edith M. Lederer, a veteran Associated P". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  6. ^ CACCAVO, JAMES E. (2002-09-22). "Up Close and Personal". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  7. ^ "Edith Lederer, Alpha (1963), Named Outstanding Alumna". Sigma Delta Tau. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  8. ^ "Journalist Edith Lederer wins lifetime achievement award | Cornell Chronicle". news.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  9. ^ Symposium, Journalism & Women (2016-04-04). "Member blog post: Edie Lederer - 50 years of covering war and peace - JAWS". JAWS. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
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