Since the year of 1958, The Buffalo News, previously known as Buffalo Evening News, has won 4 Pulitzer Prizes. It is a prize awarded for excellence in journalism. Buffalo News journalists have won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning three times.[citation needed]
1950s edit
- 1958: Bruce Shanks won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning for "'The Thinker' that was published on August 10, 1957. It depicted the dilemma of union membership when it is confronted by racketeering leaders in some labor unions."[1]
1960s edit
- 1960: Edgar May won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for his series, "Our Costly Dilemma," concerning the need for reform of New York State's welfare system. The series touched off debates about welfare reform nationwide.[2]
1990s edit
- 1990: Tom Toles won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning for "his work during the year as exemplified by the cartoon 'First Amendment.'"[3]
2010s edit
- 2015: Adam Zyglis won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning for using, in the committee's citation, "strong images to connect with readers while conveying layers of meaning in few words.[4]
References edit
- ^ "1958 Winners". pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Local Reporting; No Edition Time". pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "1990 Winners and Finalists". pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "The 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners". pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2 September 2015.