The Washington Star - Pulitzer Prizes

Pulitzer Prizes

• 1944: Clifford K. Berryman, for Editorial Cartooning, "Where Is the Boat Going?"
• 1950: James T. Berryman, Editorial Cartooning, for "All Set for a Super-Secret Session in Washington."
• 1958: George Beveridge, Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, for "Metro, City of Tomorrow."
• 1959: Mary Lu Werner, Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, "For her comprehensive year-long coverage of the (school) integration crisis."
• 1960: Miriam Ottenberg, Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, "For a series of seven articles exposing a used-car racket in Washington, D.C., that victimized many unwary buyers."
• 1966: Haynes Johnson, for National Reporting, for his distinguished coverage of the civil rights conflict centered about Selma, Alabama, and particularly his reporting of its aftermath.
• 1974: James R. Polk, National Reporting, for his disclosure of alleged irregularities in the financing of the campaign to re-elect President Nixon in 1972.
• 1975: Mary McGrory, Commentary, for her commentary on public affairs during 1974.
• 1979: Edwin M. Yoder Jr., Editorial Writing.
• 1981: Jonathan Yardley, Criticism, for book reviews.