Pulitzer's Gold: Behind the Prize for Public Service Journalism

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

câÄ|àéxÜËá ZÉÄw  câÄ|àéxÜËá ZÉÄw B  P  P S J  Roy J. Harris Jr.                                            Copyright ©  by The Curators of the University of Missouri University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri  Printed and bound in the United States of America All rights reserved First paperback printing,            Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Harris, Roy J., – Pulitzer’s gold : behind the prize for public service journalism / Roy J. Harris Jr. p. cm. Summary: “Examines the ninety-year history of the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service awarded to newspapers. Harris recalls many stories including the New York Times’s Pentagon Papers exclusive, the Watergate scandal that was uncovered by the Washington Post and coverage of Hurricane Katrina by the Times-Picayune of New Orleans and the Sun Herald of Biloxi, Mississippi”—Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN ---- (alk. paper) . Journalism—Awards—United States. . Pulitzer Prizes— History. I. Title. PN.H  .—dc  ø™ This paper meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z., . Designer: Kristie Lee Typesetter: The Composing Room of Michigan, Inc. Printer and binder: The Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group Typefaces: Adobe Garamond and Edwardian Script To a century of journalists who mined Pulitzer’s gold, and in memory of one in particular: my Dad. ...