The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1939
Journalism awards
- Public Service:
- Miami Daily News for its campaign for the recall of the Miami City Commission.[1]
- Honorable mention to the Waterbury Republican (Connecticut) for "exposure of municipal graft".[2]
- Reporting:
- Thomas Lunsford Stokes of the Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance for his series of articles on alleged intimidation of workers for the Works Progress Administration in Pennsylvania and Kentucky during an election. The articles were published in The New York World-Telegram.
- Correspondence:
- Louis P. Lochner of the Associated Press for his dispatches from Berlin.
- Editorial Writing:
- Ronald G. Callvert of The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) for his distinguished editorial writing during the year as exemplified by the editorial entitled "My Country 'Tis of Thee".
"Nomination for 1938", the prize-winning editorial cartoon
- Editorial Cartooning:
- Charles G. Werner of the Daily Oklahoman for "Nomination for 1938".[3]
Letters and Drama Awards
- Novel:
- Drama:
- History:
- A History of American Magazines by Frank Luther Mott (Harvard Univ. Press).
- Biography or Autobiography:
- Benjamin Franklin by Carl Van Doren (Viking).
- Poetry:
- Selected Poems by John Gould Fletcher (Farrar).
References
- ↑ "Community shares Daily News' pride in award of highest Pulitzer Prize". Miami Daily News. May 2, 1939 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
- ↑ "Pulitzer award winners speak in radio broadcast". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. AP. May 2, 1939 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Our cartoonist is rewarded". The Daily Oklahoman. May 2, 1939 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.