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"Peace Today", the winning editorial cartoon
"Boy Gunman and Hostage", the winning photograph
The following are the
Pulitzer Prizes
for 1948.
Journalism awards
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
Fiction
:
Tales of the South Pacific
by
James A. Michener
(
Macmillan
).
Drama
:
A Streetcar Named Desire
by
Tennessee Williams
(
New Directions
).
History
:
Across the Wide Missouri
by
Bernard De Voto
(
Harper
).
Biography or Autobiography
:
Forgotten First Citizen:
John Bigelow
by
Margaret Clapp
(
Little
).
Poetry
:
The Age of Anxiety
by
W. H. Auden
(
Random
).
Music
:
Symphony, No. 3
by
Walter Piston
first performed by the
Boston Symphony Orchestra
in Boston, January 1948.
Special citations
Frank D. Fackenthal
, acting president of Columbia University, was awarded a scroll recognizing his years of service to the Pulitzer Prizes.
[3]
References
^
"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
.
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