The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1948.
Journalism awards edit
- Public Service:
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch for the coverage of the Centralia mine disaster in Illinois, and the follow-up which resulted in impressive reforms in mine safety laws and regulations.[1]
- Local Reporting:
- George E. Goodwin of the Atlanta Journal for his story of the Telfair County vote fraud, published in 1947.
- National Reporting:
- Nat S. Finney of the Minneapolis Tribune for his stories on the plan of the Truman administration to impose secrecy about the ordinary affairs of federal civilian agencies in peacetime.
- Bert Andrews of the New York Herald Tribune for his articles on "A State Department Security Case" published in 1947.
- International Reporting:
- Paul W. Ward of The Baltimore Sun for his series of articles published in 1947 on "Life in the Soviet Union".[2]
- Editorial Writing:
- Virginius Dabney of the Richmond Times-Dispatch for distinguished editorial writing during the year.
- Editorial Cartooning:
- Reuben Goldberg of the New York Sun for "Peace Today".
- Photography:
- Frank Cushing of the Boston Traveler for his photo, "Boy Gunman and Hostage".
Letters, Drama and Music Awards edit
- Fiction:
- Drama:
- History:
- Biography or Autobiography:
- Forgotten First Citizen: John Bigelow by Margaret Clapp (Little).
- Poetry:
- Music:
- Symphony, No. 3 by Walter Piston first performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Boston, January 1948.
Special citations edit
- Frank D. Fackenthal, acting president of Columbia University, was awarded a scroll recognizing his years of service to the Pulitzer Prizes.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Award for mine safety campaign that uncovered laxity, politics and gambling with worker's lives". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 4, 1948 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ward a veteran observer in Washington and abroad". The Baltimore Sun. May 4, 1948 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Sean Murphy. "Frank D. Fackenthal". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2020-08-12.