1940 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1940.

Journalism awards

  • Public Service:
    • Waterbury Republican-American for its campaign exposing municipal graft.
    • Honorable mention to the San Francisco Chronicle for "its part in settling the water front and warehouse strike in San Francisco, June 22 to Dec. 1, 1939".[1]
  • Reporting:
    • S. Burton Heath of the New York World-Telegram for his expose of the frauds perpetrated by Federal judge Martin T. Manton, who resigned and was tried and imprisoned.
  • Correspondence:
    • Otto D. Tolischus of The New York Times for his dispatches from Berlin.
    • Honorable mention to Lloyd Lehrbas of the Associated Press for his dispatches from Warsaw, Bucharest, and Ankara.[1]
  • Editorial Writing:
    • Bart Howard of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for his distinguished editorial writing during the year.[2]
"The 'Outstretched Hand'", the prize-winning editorial cartoon

Letters and Novel Awards

References

  1. ^ a b "Pulitzer Prize winners for 1939 revealed". The Capital Times. Madison, Wisconsin. AP. May 7, 1940 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Ernest Kirschten (May 7, 1940). "Bart Howard's long career devoted to keen and brilliant comment on men and events". St. Louis Post-Dispatch – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)

External links

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