Homer Bigart

Homer Bigart

Homer William Bigart (October 25, 1907 – April 16, 1991) was a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune from 1929 to 1955 and the New York Times from 1955 to his retirement in 1972. He was considered a "reporter's reporter" and an "enduring role model." He won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for Telegraphic Reporting - International for his work in World War II, and the other for International Reporting in the Korean War, as well as most of the other major journalism awards.

Read more about Homer Bigart:  Early Life and Education, Journalism Career, Personal Life

Famous quotes containing the word homer:

    To him Homer was a great writer, though what his writing was about he did not know.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)