1965 Pulitzer Prize
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1965.
Journalism awards
- Public Service:
- The Hutchinson News, for its courageous and constructive campaign, culminating in 1964, to bring about more equitable reapportionment of the Kansas Legislature, despite powerful opposition in its own community.[1]
- Local General or Spot News Reporting:
- Melvin H. Ruder of the Hungry Horse News, a weekly in Columbia Falls, Montana, for his daring and resourceful coverage of a disastrous flood that threatened his community, an individual effort in the finest tradition of spot news reporting.[2]
- Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
- Gene Goltz of the Houston Post, for his expose of government corruption in Pasadena, Texas, which resulted in widespread reforms.
- National Reporting:
- Louis M. Kohlmeier of The Wall Street Journal, for his enterprise in reporting the growth of the fortune of President Lyndon B. Johnson and his family.
- International Reporting:
- J. A. Livingston of the Philadelphia Bulletin, for his reports on the growth of economic independence among Russia's Eastern European satellites and his analysis of their desire for a resumption of trade with the West.
- Editorial Writing:
- John R. Harrison of The Gainesville Sun, for his successful editorial campaign for better housing in his city.
- Editorial Cartooning:
- No award given.
- Photography:
- Horst Faas of the Associated Press, for his combat photography of the war in South Vietnam during 1964.[3]
Letters, Drama and Music Awards
- Fiction:
- Drama:
- History:
- Biography or Autobiography:
- Henry Adams, three volumes by Ernest Samuels (Harvard Univ. Press).
- Poetry:
- General Non-Fiction:
- Music:
- No award given.
References
- ^ "Newspaper went to court in battle for redistricting". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. AP. May 4, 1965 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
- ^ "'Can't sit back after winning,' editor of weekly observes". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. AP. May 4, 1965 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Horst Faas' goal: to record the sufferings of soldiers". Herald and Review. Decatur, Illinois. AP. May 13, 1965 – via Newspapers.com.
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