From historical to modern, today’s list features 100 journalists everyone should know.
Our 100 lists of 100
1. Adolph Ochs
2. Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
3. Al Neuharth
4. Anderson Cooper
5. Anna Quindlen
6. Anthony Lewis
7. Art Buchwald
8. Barbara Ehrenreich
9. Barbara Walters
10. Ben Bradlee
11. Bill Moyers
12. Bob Herbert
13. Bob Woodward
14. Carl Bernstein
15. Charles Kuralt
16. Chet Huntley
17. Christiane Amanpour
18. Christopher Eric Hitchens
19. Christopher Hitchens
20. Chuck Todd
21. Clay Felker
22. Cokie Roberts
23. Connie Chung
24. Dan Rather
25. David Brinkley
26. David Broder
27. David Halberstam
28. David Muir
29. Dexter Filkins
30. Diane Sawyer
31. Don Hewitt
32. Donald Barlett
33. Ed Bradley
34. Edward R. Murrow
35. Ernest Hemingway
36. Ernie Pyle
37. Frances Fitzgerald
38. Fred Friendly
39. Garry Trudeau
40. Gay Talese
41. George Polk
42. Gloria Steinem
43. Gordon Parks
44. H. L. Mencken
45. Hannah Arendt
46. Helen Thomas
47. Herbert Block
48. Howard Cosell
49. Hunter S. Thompson
50. Ida B. Wells
51. Ida Tarbell
52. James Agee
53. James Baldwin
54. Jane Mayer
55. Jimmy Breslin
56. Joan Didion
57. John Hersey
58. John McPhee
59. John Steinbeck
60. Jon Krakauer
61. Jon Stewart
62. Katharine Graham
63. Katie Couric
64. Lester Holt
65. Lincoln Steffens
66. Linda Greenhouse
67. Margaret Bourke-White
68. Martha Gelhorn
69. Mary Louise Kelly
70. Meyer Berger
71. Michael Herr
72. Mike Royko
73. Molly Ivans
74. Murray Kempton
75. Nat Hentoff
76. Neil Sheehan
77. Nellie Bly
78. Nora Ephron
79. Nora Roberts
80. Pete Hamill
81. Peter Arnette
82. Peter Jennings
83. Philip Gourevitch
84. Rachel Carson
85. Richard Harding Davis
86. Robert Capa
87. Russell Baker
88. Sam Donaldson
89. Seymour Hersh
90. Ted Koppel
91. Theodore H. White
92. Thomas Friedman
93. Tim Russert
94. Tom Brokaw
95. Tom Wicker
96. Truman Capote
97. W.E.B. Du Bois
98. Walker Evans
99. Walter Cronkite
100. Walter Lippmann
