1966 Pulitzer Prize

The prize-winning cartoon, "You Mean You Were Bluffing?"
"Flee to Safety", cited as an exemplary work by the prize-winning photographer

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1966.

Journalism awards

  • Public Service:
    • The Boston Globe, for its campaign to prevent confirmation of Francis X. Morrissey as a federal district judge in Massachusetts.[1]
  • Local General or Spot News Reporting:
    • Staff of the Los Angeles Times, for its coverage of the Watts Riots.[2]
  • Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
    • John Anthony Frasca of The Tampa Tribune, for his investigation and reporting of two robberies that resulted in the freeing of an innocent man.[3]
  • National Reporting:
    • Haynes Johnson of the Washington Evening Star, for his distinguished coverage of the civil rights conflict centered about Selma, Alabama, and particularly his reporting of its aftermath.[4]
  • International Reporting:
    • Peter Arnett of the Associated Press, for his coverage of the Vietnam War.[5]
  • Editorial Writing:
    • Robert Lasch of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, for his distinguished editorial writing in 1965, exemplified by "The Containment of Ideas".[6][7]
  • Editorial Cartooning:
    • Don Wright of The Miami News, for "You Mean You Were Bluffing?"[8][9]
  • Photography:
    • Kyoichi Sawada of United Press International, for his combat photography of the Vietnam War during 1965. A photo entitled "Flee to Safety", depicting a Vietnamese family wading across a river after their village was attacked, was cited as a noted example of his work.[10]

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

References

  1. ^ "Globe Pulitzer team effort". The Boston Globe. May 3, 1966 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
  2. ^ "'66 Pulitzer fifth for The Times since 1942". Los Angeles Times. May 3, 1966 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tribune's John Frasca wins Pulitzer Prize". The Tampa Tribune. May 3, 1966 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
  4. ^ "Haynes Johnson of Washington Evening Star". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  5. ^ "Peter Arnett of Associated Press". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  6. ^ Donal Grant (May 3, 1966). "Editorials on Viet Nam helped win Pulitzer Prize for Lasch". St. Louis Post-Dispatch – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
  7. ^ Robert Lasch (January 17, 1965). "The Containment of Ideas". St. Louis Post-Dispatch – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Haines Colbert (May 3, 1966). "Don Wright took just four years to win Pulitzer". The Miami News – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Pulitzer winner Don Wright". The Miami News. May 3, 1966 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Boston newspaper wins Pulitzer Prize". Quad-City Times. Davenport, Iowa. AP. May 3, 1966 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Kevin Kelly (May 4, 1966). "No Pulitzer for drama—A perceptive decision". The Boston Globe – via Newspapers.com.

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