Richard Bradley (writer)

Richard Bradley (born Richard Blow; 1964) is an American writer and journalist.

Life and career

Bradley graduated from Yale University in 1986, and began working at ''The New Republic'' in Washington, D.C., followed by ''Regardie's'' magazine. He then earned a master's degree in American history from Harvard University. Bradley returned to ''Regardie's'' in 1992 as editor-in-chief and became one of the original editors of ''George'' magazine in 1995. He was the executive editor of "George" at the time of John F. Kennedy Jr.'s death in a plane crash on July 16, 1999.

His first book, ''American Son'', about John F. Kennedy Jr. and ''George'' magazine, was a nonfiction bestseller, reaching #1 on the nonfiction New York Times Bestseller List. The book generated controversy because Bradley was alleged to have violated a confidentiality agreement by writing it.Kelly, Keith J. (17 November 2004). Whether this was true was never resolved, as the document in question contained specific terms and was never litigated
The Big Blow by Blow - Author Changing Last Name as New Book Is due
''New York Post'' '' GQ'' magazine remarked that the book "oozed necrophilia"; David Carr wrote in ''The New York Times'' that “'Richard Blow' became a synonym for New York publishing ambition, the very portrait of a man who saw his chance and took it. Some critics claimed that Mr. Bradley fired two ''George'' writers, Lisa DePaulo and Douglas Brinkley, for speaking to the press about their infinitely famous boss after Mr. Kennedy's death in 1999 and then turned around to write his own account.” Blow responded that while he had requested staff members not to speak to the press, it was at the apparent request of John's sister, Caroline Kennedy, and that no one had been fired from ''George'' for speaking to the press. "With the appropriate passage of time many former ''George'' staffers have spoken to the media and written about our former boss," Blow wrote.

He changed his surname from Blow to Bradley (his mother's maiden name) prior to releasing his second book in 2005, ''Harvard Rules'', about Harvard president Lawrence Summers.Carr, David (17 February 2005)
Amid the Firestorm, a Portrait of Harvard
''The New York Times'' The book, according to Publishers Weekly, "offers an insightful look at how the role of the American university president has changed from a moral and intellectual leader independent of political and corporate power to the administrator of an institution largely dependent on corporate and government largesse for its continued existence." His 2008 book ''The Greatest Game'' is about the one-game playoff between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox on October 2, 1978.Nowlin, Bill
The game that put a Dent in Sox fans' dreams
''Boston Globe''Reider, Abigail (25 February 2005)
Bradley ’86 predicted Summers maelstrom
'' Yale Daily News''

In 2008, Bradley was named editor-in-chief for the 2009 re-launch of '' Worth'' magazine ,Miley, Marissa (15 April 2009)
Worth Relaunches as Even More Exclusive Title for Ultra-Rich
''Ad Age'' a position he held until 2019.

In November 2014, recalling his prior involvement with noted fabricator Stephen Glass while at ''George'', Bradley was one of the first serious journalists to question the gang-rape story related in the December 2014 ''Rolling Stone'' article " A Rape on Campus."McCoy, Terrence (8 December 2014). The initial response to Bradley's post on his personal blog, "Is the Rolling Stone Story True?," was an angry backlash; writing on the website Jezebel, Anna Merlan called him an "idiot" who "didn't know what he was talking about." When the Rolling Stone story was subsequently shown to be false, Merlan admitted that she had been "dead fucking wrong.
The epic Rolling Stone gang-rape fallout — and how major publications get it wrong
''The Washington Post''Bradley, Richard (24 November 2014)
Is the Rolling Stone Story True?
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Bibliography

* ''American Son: A Portrait of John F. Kennedy Jr.'' (2002) (as Richard Blow)
* ''Harvard Rules: The Struggle for the Soul of the World’s Most Powerful University'' (2005)
* ''The Greatest Game: The Yankees, the Red Sox, and the Playoff of '78'' (2008)

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1964 births
Living people
American male journalists
Yale University alumni
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni