1953 Pulitzer Prize - Journalism Awards

Journalism Awards

• Public Service:
  • Whiteville (N.C.) News Reporter and Tabor City (N.C.) Tribune, two weekly newspapers, for their successful campaign against the Ku Klux Klan, waged on their own doorstep at the risk of economic loss and personal danger, culminating in the conviction of over one hundred Klansmen and an end to terrorism in their communities.
• Local Reporting, Edition Time:
  • Editorial Staff of Providence Journal and Evening Bulletin, for their spontaneous and cooperative coverage of a bank robbery and police chase leading to the capture of the bandit.
• Local Report, No Edition Time:
  • Edward J. Mowery, New York World-Telegram and Sun, for his reporting of the facts which brought vindication and freedom to Louis Hoffner.
• National Reporting:
  • Don Whitehead of Associated Press, for his article called "The Great Deception," dealing with the intricate arrangements by which the safety of President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower was guarded en route from Morningside Heights in New York to Korea.
• International Reporting:
  • Austin Wehrwein, Milwaukee Journal, for a series of articles on Canada.
• Editorial Writing:
  • Vermont Connecticut Royster, Wall Street Journal, for distinguished editorial writing during the year.
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Edward D. Kuekes, The Plain Dealer: "Aftermath ."
• Photography:
  • William M. Gallagher of Flint (Mich.) Journal, for a photo of ex-Governor Adlai E. Stevenson with a hole in his shoe taken during the 1952 Presidential campaign.