The 1940s: Media: Awards

THE 1940s: MEDIA: AWARDS

Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism

1940

Public Service: Water bury (Conn.) Republican-American

Reporting (General): S. Burton Heath, New York World-Telegram

Correspondence: Otto D. Tolischus, The New York Times

Editorial Writing: Bart Howard, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial Cartoons: Edmund Duffy, Baltimore Sun

1941

Public Service: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Reporting (General): Westbrook Pegler, New York World-Telegram

Correspondence: Group award to American war correspondents

Editorial Writing: Reuben Maury, New York Daily News

Editorial Cartoons: Jacob Burck, Chicago Times

Special Citation: The New York Times foreign news report

1942

Public Service: Los Angeles Times

Reporting (General): Stanton Delaplane, San Francisco Chronicle

Telegraphic Reporting (National): Louis Stark, The New York Times

Telegraphic Reporting (International): Laurence Edmund Allen, Associated Press Correspondence, and Carlos P. Romulo, Philippines Herald

Editorial Writing: Geoffrey Parsons, New York Herald Tribune

Editorial Cartoons: Herbert Lawrence Block (Herblock), NEA Service

Photography: Milton Brooks, Detroit News

1943

Public Service: Omaha World-Herald

Reporting (General): George Weller, Chicago Daily News

Telegraphic Reporting (National): No award

Telegraphic Reporting (International): Ira Wolfert, North American Newspaper Alliance

Correspondence: Hanson W. Baldwin, The New York Times

Editorial Writing: Forrest W. Seymour, Des Moines Register & Tribune

Editorial Cartoons: Jay N. Darling, New York Herald Tribune

Photography: Frank Noel, Associated Press

1944

Public Service: The New York Times

Reporting (General): Paul Schoenstein and Associates, New York Journal-American

Telegraphic Reporting (National): Dewey L. Fleming, Baltimore Sun

Telegraphic Reporting (International): Daniel de Luce, Associated Press

Correspondence: Ernest Taylor Pyle, Scripps-Howard Newspapers

Editorial Writing: Henry J. Haskell, Kansas City Star

Editorial Cartoons: Clifford K. Berryman, Washington Evening Star

Photography: Frank Filan, Associated Press, and Earle L. Bunker, Omaha World-Herald

Special Citation: Byron Price, director of Office of Censorship, and William Allen White

1945

Public Service: Detroit Free Press

Reporting (General): Jack S. McDowell, San Francisco Call-Bulletin

Telegraphic Reporting (National): James Reston, The New York Times

Telegraphic Reporting (International): Mark S. Watson, Baltimore Sun

Correspondence: Harold V. Boyle, Associated Press

Editorial Writing: George W. Potter, Providence Journal-Bulletin

Editorial Cartoons: Sgt. Bill Mauldin, United Features Syndicate

Photography: Joe Rosenthal, Associated Press

Special Citation: American press cartographers

1946

Public Service: Scranton (Pa.) Times

Reporting (General): William L. Laurence, The New York Times

Telegraphic Reporting (National): Edward A. Harris, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Telegraphic Reporting (International): Homer William Bigart, New York Herald Tribune

Correspondence: Arnaldo Cortesi, The New York Times

Editorial Writing: Hodding Carter, Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Mississippi)

Editorial Cartoons: Bruce A. Russell, Los Angeles Times

Photography: No award

1947

Public Service: Baltimore Sun

Reporting (General): Frederick Woltman, New York World-Telegram

Telegraphic Reporting (National): Edward T. Folliard, Washington Post

Telegraphic Reporting (International): Eddy Gilmore, Associated Press

Correspondence: Brooks Atkinson, The New York Times

Editorial Writing: William H. Grimes, Wall Street Journal

Editorial Cartoons: Vaughn Shoemaker, Chicago Daily News

Photography: Arnold Hardy, Atlanta, Georgia

Special Citation: Columbia University, its Graduate School of Journalism, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, marking the centennial of Joseph Pulitzer's birth

1948

Public Service: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Reporting (General): George E. Goodwin, Atlanta Journal

National Reporting: Bert Andrews, New York Herald Tribune, and Nat S. Finney, Minneapolis Tribune

International Reporting: Paul W. Ward, Baltimore Sun

Editorial Writing: Virginius Dabney, Richmond Times Dispatch

Editorial Cartoons: Reuben L. Goldberg, New York Sun

Photography: Frank Cushing, Boston Traveler

Special Citation: Dr. Frank Diehl Fackenthal

1949

Public Service: Nebraska State Journal

Reporting (General): Malcolm Johnson, New York Sun

National Reporting: C. P. Trussell, The New York Times

International Reporting: Price Day, Baltimore Sun

Editorial Writing: John H. Crider, Boston Herald, and Herbert Elliston, Washington Post

Editorial Cartoons: Lute Pease, Newark Evening News

Photography: Nathaniel Fein, New York Herald Tribune