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"All Set for a Super-Secret Session in Washington", the prize-winning editorial cartoon
"Near Collision at Air Show", the prize-winning photograph
The following are the
Pulitzer Prizes
for 1950.
Journalism awards
Public Service
:
The
Chicago Daily News
and the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
, for the work of
George Thiem
and Roy J. Harris, respectively, in exposing the presence of 37 Illinois newspapermen on an Illinois State payroll.
[1]
Local Reporting
:
Meyer Berger of
The New York Times
, for
his 4,000-word story
on the mass killings by
Howard Unruh
in
Camden, New Jersey
.
National Reporting
:
Edwin O. Guthman
of
The Seattle Times
, for his series on the clearing of Communist charges of Professor
Melvin Rader
, who had been accused of attending a secret Communist school.
[2]
International Reporting
:
Edmund Stevens
of
The Christian Science Monitor
, for his series of 43 articles written over a three-year residence in
Moscow
entitled, "This Is Russia Uncensored".
Editorial Writing
:
Carl M. Saunders of the
Jackson Citizen Patriot
, for distinguished editorial writing during the year.
Editorial Cartooning
:
James T. Berryman
of the
Washington Evening Star
, for "All Set for a Super-Secret Session in Washington".
Photography
:
Bill Crouch of
The Oakland Tribune
, for his picture, "Near Collision at Air Show".
[3]
Letters, Drama and Music Awards
Fiction
:
The Way West
by
A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
(
Sloane
).
Drama
:
South Pacific
by
Richard Rodgers
,
Oscar Hammerstein II
, and
Joshua Logan
(
Random
).
History
:
Art and Life in America
by
Oliver Waterman Larkin
(
Rinehart
).
Biography or Autobiography
:
John Quincy Adams
and the Foundations of American Foreign Policy
by
Samuel Flagg Bemis
(
Knopf
).
Poetry
:
Annie Allen
by
Gwendolyn Brooks
(
Harper
).
Music
;
Music in
The Consul
by
Gian-Carlo Menotti
(
G. Schirmer
), produced at the
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
, New York.
References
^
"Two reporters dug up 'shameful chapter in American journalism'
"
.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
. May 2, 1950 – via Newspapers.com.
(
Part 2 of article
)
^
"Worked 6 months to get evidence to clear professor of red charge"
.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
. May 2, 1950 – via Newspapers.com.
(
Part 2 of article
)
^
"Tribune photographer wins Pulitzer Prize for news picture of near collision of airplanes"
.
The Oakland Tribune
. May 2, 1950 – via Newspapers.com.
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