1946 Pulitzer Prize - Journalism Awards

Journalism Awards

• Public Service:
  • Scranton Times for its fifteen-year investigation of judicial practices in the United States District Court for the middle district of Pennsylvania, resulting in removal of the District Judge and indictment of many others.
• Reporting:
  • William L. Laurence of The New York Times for his eye-witness account of the atom-bombing of Nagasaki and his subsequent ten articles on the development, production, and significance of the atomic bomb.
• Correspondence:
  • Arnaldo Cortesi of The New York Times for distinguished correspondence during the year 1945, as exemplified by his reports from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Telegraphic Reporting (National):
  • Edward A. Harris of St. Louis Post-Dispatch for his articles on the Tidewater Oil situation which contributed to the nation-wide opposition to the appointment and confirmation of Edwin W. Pauley as Undersecretary of the Navy.
• Telegraphic Reporting (International):
  • Homer Bigart of New York Herald Tribune for his distinguished reporting during the year 1945 from the Pacific war theatre.
• Editorial Writing:
  • Hodding Carter of Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, Mississippi for a group of editorials, including Go for Broke, published during the year 1945 on the subject of racial, religious and economic intolerance.
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Bruce Alexander Russell of the Los Angeles Times for Time to Bridge That Gulch.
• Photography:
  • no award