Helen Dewar

Helen Dewar (August 7, 1936–November 4, 2006) was a reporter for more than 40-years. She worked for ''The Washington Post'', rising through the ranks to cover the United States Senate for a quarter of a century (1979–2004). Dewar worked for the ''Northern Virginia Sun'' from 1958–1961 covering education.

Dewar was the First female winner of the Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress. David Broder, political pundit and longtime political columnist at the ''Post'', called Dewar "one of the best reporters I ever knew." The last story written by her to be published in the ''Post'' on January 20, 2005, predicted that President George W. Bush would have difficulties having his legislative agenda enacted by Congress. Provided by Wikipedia