Harry M. Rosenfeld (12 August 1929-16 July 2021) was an American newspaper editor who was the editor in charge of the local news at The Washington Post at the time of the Watergate scandal.
Biography[]
Harry M. Rosenfeld was born in Berlin, Germany on 12 August 1929, and his Jewish family fled from Nazi Germany when he was ten. Rosenfeld's family settled in The Bronx, New York City, and he learned to speak English devoid of a German accent. After graduating from Syracuse University, Rosenfeld was hired as an editor at the New York Herald-Tribune, heading to The Washington Post in 1967 after his previous paper ceased publication. In August 1970, he hired Bob Woodward, and he was involved with the publication of the damning articles revealing President Richard Nixon's involvement in the Watergate scandal. In 1978, Rosenfeld moved to Albany, New York, where he became editor of the Times Union. He retired in 1996, becoming the paper's editor-at-large. He died of COVID-19-related medical issues at his home in Slingerlands, Albany County in 2021 at the age of 91.