Bob Woodward Announces Memoir on Career and Sources

Veteran journalist Bob Woodward, renowned for his investigative reporting on U.S. presidencies, announced plans to publish a memoir detailing his decades-long career and the sources who shaped his work. Titled "Secrets: A Reporter's Memoir," the book is set for release on September 29 by Simon & Schuster.

Woodward, who turns 83 this week and serves as an associate editor at The Washington Post, described the project as an unexpected venture into personal reflection. In a recent interview with Axios, he explained that he never intended to write a memoir but felt compelled at this stage of life to document his reporting stories and enduring relationships with sources. "I'm 83 years old on Thursday, and it was time to put some of my best reporting stories and details of my longest reporting relationships on paper," Woodward said. He noted that the passing of some key contacts, whom his wife Elsa Walsh called "forever sources," prompted him to preserve their legacies.

The memoir traces Woodward's journey from his youth in Illinois to his rise at The Washington Post, where he spent 55 years building a network of informants that fueled landmark journalism. It delves into his methods...