Edward Ware Barrett (July 3, 1910 – October 3, 1989) was an American journalist who was Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs from 1950 to 1952, and Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism from 1956 to 1968, in which capacity he founded the Columbia Journalism Review in 1961.
After college, Barrett worked briefly for CBS, before joining Newsweek as a researcher-writer; later, he became the magazine's Washington correspondent and then its national affairs editor.
Later in 1942, he became chief of the overseas news and features division of the Office of War Information.
In 1953, he published a memoir entitled Truth Is Our Weapon recounting his experiences during World War II.
In 1956, Barrett became Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, a post he would hold until 1968, when he resigned.