1975 Pulitzer Prize - Journalism Awards

Journalism Awards

The list of winners and the citations accompanying the award, are taken from the Pulitzer Prize website.

• Public Service:
  • The Boston Globe, for its massive and balanced coverage of the Boston school desegregation crisis.
• Local General or Spot News Reporting:
  • Staff of Xenia Daily Gazette (Xenia, Ohio), for its coverage, under enormous difficulties, of the tornado that wrecked the city on April 3, 1974.
• Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
  • The Indianapolis Star, for its disclosures of local police corruption and dilatory law enforcement, resulting in a cleanup of both the Police Department and the office of the County Prosecutor.
• National Reporting:
  • Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele of The Philadelphia Inquirer, for their series Auditing the Internal Revenue Service, which exposed the unequal application of Federal tax laws.
• International Reporting:
  • William Mullen, reporter, and Ovie Carter, photographer of the Chicago Tribune. For their coverage of famine in Africa and India.
• Commentary:
  • Mary McGrory of the Washington Star, for her commentary on public affairs during 1974.
• Criticism:
  • Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, for his film criticism during 1974.
• Editorial Writing:
  • John Daniell Maurice of the Charleston Daily Mail, for his editorials about the Kanawha County schoolbook controversy.
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Garry Trudeau, distributed by Universal Press Syndicate, for his cartoon strip Doonesbury.
• Spot News Photography:
  • Gerald H. Gay of The Seattle Times, for his photograph of four exhausted firemen, Lull in the Battle.
• Feature Photography:
  • Matthew Lewis of The Washington Post, for his photographs in color and black and white.