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Watergate

Nation

HQ

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WHY WATERGATE?

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On November 6, 2025, reporter Bob Woodward spoke at Planned Parenthood’s Freedom of the Press Luncheon and told the crowd: “In the news business, we sit around and ask the question, ‘What’s new?’ And it’s very important to do that, but I also find it very important to ask the question, ‘What’s old?’ because we know it better.”

As two of the many people gathered that day, the words struck us down. In building this Watergate-inspired platform, we’ve found a community who cherishes the old while investigating the new. It’s our responsibility as young people, many of us young artists and writers, to let the past guide our future as we continue to ask “What’s old?”

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MEET the Team

KYLEE LUDWIG IS A STUDENT AT BELMONT UNIVERSITY STUDYING PUBLISHING WITH A MINOR IN CREATIVE WRITING. SHE’S ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN THE INTERSECTION OF CONTEMPORARY CULTURE AND HISTORY.  WHEN SHE’S NOT TALKING ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF WATERGATE TODAY, SHE’S READING OR WRITING ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF WATERGATE TODAY.

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JORDAN IS A STUDENT AT BELMONT UNIVERSITY STUDYING ENGLISH (CREATIVE WRITING) WITH A DOUBLE MINOR IN CINEMA AND TELEVISION STUDIES AND LEGAL STUDIES. HER RESEARCH INTERESTS INCLUDE MEDIA STUDIES, FILM STUDIES, LITERATURE, AND WHETHER OR NOT YOURS IS BETTER. IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN BRINGING BACK A 1970S FILM CULTURE, LET HER KNOW.

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WHAT'S OLD?

WHAT'S NEW?

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WHAT'S OLD? WHAT'S NEW? ✦

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