Legendary reporter Carl Bernstein recounts the formative years of his career in journalism, beginning with his first job at The Washington Star.

Few people have had the front-row seat to history that Carl Bernstein enjoyed.

Bernstein covered such milestones as the March on Washington, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the erection of the Berlin Wall. Not to mention breaking the news of the Watergate scandal with Bob Woodward.

In 2022, the Washington Star investigative reporter and CNN political analyst decided to go back to his roots with this autobiography.

Bernstein recounts the first years of his career, when he secured a job with The Washington Star newspaper while still a teenager.

Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom tells the story of Bernstein's rise from a copyboy to a journalist. He reported on some of the most momentous events of the Cold War and the civil rights era.