1964 Pulitzer Prize
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1964.
Journalism awards[]
- Public Service:
- The St. Petersburg Times, for its aggressive investigation of the Florida Turnpike Authority which disclosed widespread illegal acts and resulted in a major reorganization of the State's road construction program.[1][2]
- Local General or Spot News Reporting:
- Norman C. Miller, of The Wall Street Journal, for his comprehensive account of a multimillion-dollar vegetable oil swindle in New Jersey.
- Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
- and , reporters and , photographer of the Philadelphia Bulletin, for their expose of numbers racket operations with police collusion in South Philadelphia, which resulted in arrests and a cleanup of the police department.
- National Reporting:
- Merriman Smith of United Press International, for his outstanding coverage of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.[3]
- International Reporting:
- Malcolm W. Browne and David Halberstam of the Associated Press and The New York Times, for their individual reporting of the Vietnam war and the overthrow of the Diem regime.[4][5]
- Editorial Writing:
- Hazel Brannon Smith of the , for steadfast adherence to her editorial duty in the face of great pressure and opposition.[6][7]
- Editorial Cartooning:
- Paul Conrad of The Denver Post, for his editorial cartooning during the past year
- Photography:
- Robert H. Jackson of the Dallas Times Herald, for his photograph of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby.
- Special Citation:
- Gannett Newspapers, for their program, "The Road To Integration", a distinguished example of the use of a newspaper group's resources to complement the work of its individual newspapers.[8]
Letters, Drama and Music Awards[]
- Fiction:
- No award given.
- Drama:
- No award given.
- History:
- Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town by Sumner Chilton Powell (Wesleyan University Press).
- Biography or Autobiography:
- Poetry:
- At The End Of The Open Road by Louis Simpson (Wesleyan University Press).
- General Non-Fiction:
- Music:
- No award given.
References[]
- ^ "Times wins Pulitzer for turnpike series". St. Petersburg Times. May 5, 1964 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
- ^ "The story of a Pulitzer Prize". St. Petersburg Times. May 5, 1964 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "A day that changed history". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- ^ "Matched wits with Viet Nam authorities to get stories out". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. AP. May 5, 1964 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Malcolm W. Browne and David Halberstam of Associated Press and The New York Times, (respectively)". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ "Do we have the guts to do something about racial bias?". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- ^ "Hazel Brannon Smith of Lexington (MS) Advertiser". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ "Gannett papers told of success on integration". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. AP. May 5, 1964 – via Newspapers.com.
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