Katharine graham's dominance in American media is closely related to his family background. She was born in a wealthy Jewish family in new york. His father, eugene meyer, gained millions of dollars in assets because of his excellent investment, and became a famous banker on Wall Street. Later, Mr. Meyer held public office and served as chairman of the Federal Reserve during President Hoover's term. When Truman was in power, he was the first president of the World Bank. 1933, Meyer bought Washington post, founded in 1877, at a bankruptcy auction for $825,000 through an intermediary. Since then, this newspaper with little influence at that time has become an asset of the Meyer family. At that time, the daily circulation of Washington post was only 50,000 copies, with a loss of $6,543,800+a year. It was the one with the worst quality, the most losses and the least readers among the five newspapers in Washington that year. No one expected that it would become an American media empire in the future.

Although she didn't get enough care from her mother who loved art, Catherine grew up in an unparalleled environment. She is the only child in the family who is interested in news. 1938 After graduating from the University of Chicago, she became a reporter for the San Francisco News. The next year, her father recalled her to Washington and became the editor of her own newspaper. From the mid-1940s, Meyer gradually handed over the management of newspapers to Philip Graham, a son-in-law who graduated from Harvard University. Catherine has no complaints about it. 1948, Philip Graham became the master of Washington post, and Catherine was also very happy. She became a "housewife" who took care of her husband wholeheartedly, raised four children and rarely appeared in public. Under the leadership of Philip, Washington post's circulation and influence are on the rise. But unfortunate things followed. Philip suffered from severe mental depression and became increasingly dissatisfied with his wife. For a time, he became close to one of his female journalists, which caused many rumors. 1In August, 963, he shot himself in his farm house. This sudden change made Catherine almost breathless. After more than a month's adjustment, she resolutely decided to continue to run Washington post and become the owner of the newspaper.

Although there were some female journalists active in American journalism in the 1960s, most of them were directors, not to mention bosses. After Catherine became the supreme leader, Washington post fell into a panic, and many editors and journalists wanted to resign. Catherine revealed in her autobiography that she was "jumping on the edge of a cliff with her eyes closed." To my surprise, I fell to the ground steadily. "

During the period of 1965, Catherine made a major decision, promoted the famous journalist Ben Bradlee as the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, and decentralized the power to give full play to the energy of supervisors, editors and journalists at all levels, making the newspaper prosperous. During Nixon's administration, Catherine did two great things, which shocked the whole country and made the Post famous. 197 1, the post reporter got the Pentagon's "top secret document" on the Vietnam War after The New York Times. Editors and reporters of the Post demanded immediate publication, but lawyers objected, because the Nixon administration was taking The New York Times to court on this matter at that time. Report or not? The question was sharply placed in front of Catherine. Even if Graham said "no", I believe no one would disagree with her, but the female journalist stood up and said "yes". She later recalled that she was very nervous and scared at that time, but she swallowed and said three "Go ahead!" ? Forward! Go, go, go. Let's leave now. Let's publish! Catherine, like a gambler, put all her money on one report and she won! Since then, Washington post has ceased to be a tabloid. When people mention it, the tone is like mentioning The New York Times.

1in June, 972, two young post reporters got the information that Nixon and the party cheated in the presidential election. Catherine strongly supported journalists and took the lead in exposing Watergate. In order to cover up the scandal, the Nixon administration at that time kept putting pressure on Washington post, warning Catherine not to "show off". The Minister of Justice was even more furious and said the most famous sentence in the whole incident: "katharine graham's nipples will be caught by a big meat grinder!" In an atmosphere of white terror, she has always supported her editors and reporters in the face of the great pressure of the presidential group: "We have swam to the deepest part of the river and there is no turning back." She published the words of the Minister of Justice in the newspaper the next day, and everyone was shocked. Despite Nixon's repeated threats, he went his own way, causing the American press to bomb the Watergate scandal in turn and eventually forcing Nixon to step down. Finally, he won a milestone victory in the history of news. The Post also won the Pulitzer Prize-Public Service Award of 1973 for its coverage of Watergate.

Later, one of her friends gave her a small gold meat grinder, which she often hung around her neck. Catherine, who never liked to call herself a feminist, won the title of "the most powerful woman in the world" and became an immortal legend-a woman who brought down the president of the United States with courage and politics. More importantly, journalism can shine brilliantly and its pursuit of freedom and justice has won unparalleled respect. 200 1 1 On July 4th, 2000, when going to Idaho to attend an annual meeting of media executives, Graham accidentally fell on the concrete road and suffered head injuries, and was rushed to the hospital for treatment. Although after several days of treatment, he finally died because of a heavy fall. A hospital spokesman said that Graham lost consciousness after falling and suffered serious brain injuries, and he could not return to heaven after receiving many operations. From being called "the most powerful woman in the press" before her death to being called "the first lady of Washington and even the whole American media", Catherine has been honored and famous all her life. However, the power to create the "queen" of the newspaper industry is neither a clever strategy nor a political nepotism, but a kind of journalism professionalism that "develops in the United States and contributes to the world".