1967 Pulitzer Prize - Journalism Awards

Journalism Awards

• Public Service:
  • The Milwaukee Journal, for its successful campaign to stiffen the law against water pollution in Wisconsin, a notable advance in the national effort for the conservation of natural resources.
• Public Service:
  • Louisville Courier-Journal, for its successful campaign to control the Kentucky strip mining industry, a notable advance in the national effort for the conservation of natural resources.
• Local General or Spot News Reporting:
  • Robert V. Cox of the Chambersburg Public Opinion (Pennsylvania), for his vivid deadline reporting of a mountain manhunt that ended with the killing of a deranged sniper who had terrorized the community.
• Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
  • Gene Miller of The Miami Herald, Whose initiative and investigative reporting helped to free two persons wrongfully convicted of murder.
• National Reporting:
  • Stanley Penn and Monroe Karmin of The Wall Street Journal, for their investigative reporting of the connection between American crime and gambling in the Bahamas. (The prize is shared between the two reporters
• International Reporting:
  • R. John Hughes of the Christian Science Monitor, For his thorough reporting of the attempted Communist coup in Indonesia in 1965 and the purge that followed in 1965-66.
• Editorial Writing:
  • Eugene Patterson of the Atlanta Constitution, for his editorials during the year
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Patrick Oliphant of The Denver Post, for They Won't Get Us To The Conference Table . . . Will They? published February 1, 1966
• Photography:
  • Jack R. Thornell of Associated Press New Orleans bureau, for his picture of the shooting of James Meredith in Mississippi by a roadside rifleman.