约翰·里德是沃尔特·李普曼的同窗好友。他们于1906年进入哈佛大学,学习哲学。但由于他们都爱好文学,所以又都选修了查尔斯·汤森·科普兰老师的写作课。这为他们后来成为名记者打下坚实的基础。他们大学毕业后不久,都由资深记者斯蒂芬斯引荐进入新闻界的大门,从而开始了他们 John Reed is a classmate friend of Walt Lippmann. They entered Harvard in 1906 to study philosophy. However, since they both loved literature, they all took elective courses for Charles Townsend Copeland. This laid a solid foundation for them to become famous reporters later. Shortly after graduating from college, they were introduced by the senior reporter Stephens into the press, thus beginning their