A history of award-winning journalism that’s still being written.
Our media companies have won 57 Pulitzer Prizes and our award-winning work continues to this day. Look below to view some of our awards.
2018
The James Beard Foundation Journalism Award
Carlos Frías, Miami Herald
Miami Herald’s food editor Carlos Frías’ series of reflective, illuminating stories that covered the South Florida food scene. “Farm to Chapel”; “They Ditched Vienna Sausages for Porterhouse Steaks and Lobster at West Grove Cookout”; and “How a Secular Jewish Baker Became Miami’s Kosher King” took top honors in the Local Impact category.
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service Category - Finalist
Laura Bauer, Judy L. Thomas, and Max Londberg of The Kansas City Star
“Why So Secret, Kansas?” exposed Kansas government’s decades–long “obsession with secrecy,” intended to shield executive decisions and suppress transparency and accountability in law enforcement agencies, child welfare services and other sectors of the government.
2018 National Association of Hispanic Journalists Hall of Fame
Mindy Marqués, Miami Herald
Starting her career at the Miami Herald as an intern and now as the Executive Editor and Vice President for news, Mindy Marqués has reinvigorated the newspaper and earned it Pulitzer Prize Finalist titles. She is the second woman to hold her position as executive editor and the first Hispanic editor of the Miami Herald.
Walker Stone Award for Opinion - Scripps Howard Awards
Melinda Henneberger, The Kansas City Star
Melinda Henneberger’s column and commentary is a revealing look at the people and political issues driving conversations in the heartland of America, giving a voice to those often unheard or viewpoints overlooked.
Maria Moors Cabot Prize
Honoring reporting on Latin America & the Caribbean, The Maria Moors Cabot Prizes are the oldest international awards in journalism and were founded in 1938. The prizes recognize journalists and news organizations with a distinguished body of work that has contributed to Inter-American understanding. In 2018, Jacqueline Charles of Miami Herald received this prestigious honor for her reporting excellence.
American Bar Association 2018 Silver Gavel Award for Media and the Arts
Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald
Military Affairs reporter, Carol Rosenberg extensively covered the “war court” or military commissions established to prosecute detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba in the series, “Death-Penalty Defense at Guantánamo War Court.” The award recognizes outstanding work that fosters the American public’s understanding of law and the legal system.
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting - Finalist
Carol Marbin Miller and Audra D.S. Burch of Miami Herald
The “Fight Club” series unveiled disturbing issues and abuse of Florida’s juvenile justice system. The investigative series was prompted by the tragic death of a foster child told in heartbreaking detail, that ultimately spurred legislative reform intended to better protect that Florida’s young charges.
Awards for Journalism Excellence & Innovation
Laura Bauer, Judy L. Thomas, and Max Londberg of The Kansas City Star
The team from The Kansas City Star won in the First Amendment category for a large newsroom from the Associated Press Media Editors for its investigative reporting, “Why So Secret, Kansas?” It exposed Kansas’ government decades–long “obsession with secrecy,” intended to shield executive decisions and suppress transparency and accountability in law enforcement agencies, child welfare services and other sectors of the government.
Edward Willis Scripps Award for Distinguished Service to the First Amendment
Laura Bauer, Judy L. Thomas, and Max Londberg of The Kansas City Star
The Scripps Howard Foundation awarded The Kansas City Star team for “Why So Secret, Kansas?” a series that helped change the culture of secrecy within a state government.
John Jay College/Harry Frank Guggenheim 2018 Awards for Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting
Carol Marbin Miller and Audra D.S. Burch of the Miami Herald
The investigative team from the Miami Herald won the award in the series category for their multi-part series "Fight Club,” a six-part investigation of conditions in Florida’s juvenile justice detention centers.
Online News Association (ONA) Online Journalism Awards 2018 (OJAs) #OJA18
Breaking News (Medium Newsroom WINNER)
Collapse of the Florida International University Bridge
Miami Herald
Explanatory Reporting (Medium Newsroom WINNER)
Dirty Gold, Clean Cash
Miami Herald
The George F. Gruner Prizes for Meritorious Public Service in Journalism, Public Service Category
Mackenzie Mays, The Fresno Bee
Mackenzie Mays was honored with first place in the public service category for “Too Young?” A series of stories examined teen pregnancy from many angles, including teens’ perspectives on sex education.
The George F. Gruner Prizes for Meritorious Public Service in Journalism, News Story Category
Rob Parsons, Brianna Calix and Vikaas Shanker of Los Banos Enterprise
The Los Banos Enterprise team won first place in the news story category for “Two LB officers shot, suspect killed in struggle for officer’s gun.”
Rory Appleton, The Fresno Bee
Rory Appleton was awarded first place in the news story category for his report “Slaves of the Sex Trade,” on human trafficking in the San Joaquin Valley region.
Rob Parsons, Monica Velez of the Merced Sun-Star
The Merced Sun-Star team was honored with a first place award in the news story category for its coverage of a party at a Merced hookah lounge that got out of control.
The George F. Gruner Prizes for Meritorious Public Service in Journalism, Feature Story Category
Carmen George of The Fresno Bee
Carmen George won first place in the features category for “The forgotten children of Motel Drive” have a champion in a former gang member;” which covers Live Again Fresno, a local nonprofit that provides assistance to children living in motel housing.”
The George F. Gruner Prizes for Meritorious Public Service in Journalism, Columns Category
Marek Warszawski of The Fresno Bee
Marek Warszawski was awarded first place in the columns category for “Enough stalling. Now is the time to improve recreation along San Joaquin River.”
Rob Parsons of the Merced Sun-Star
Rob Parsons was awarded first place in the columns category for, “I live in Merced and your ‘Worst Cities’ list can bite me.”
The George F. Gruner Prizes for Meritorious Public Service in Journalism, Editorials Category
Gail Marshall of The Fresno Bee
Gail Marshall was awarded first place in the editorials category for “We’ve failed our children by neglecting sex education. This is what we must do”
Mike Dunbar of the Merced Sun-Star
Mike Dunbar won first place in the best editorials category for “Voters can flush bad odor from MID board.”
The George F. Gruner Prizes for Meritorious Public Service in Journalism, Sports Story Category
Shawn Jansen of the Merced Sun-Star
Shawn Jansen was awarded first place in the best sports story category for his article, “This Atwater student is second in touchdowns on the football team. And he’s blind.”
2017
Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism
Carol Marbin Miller and Audra D.S. Burch, Miami Herald
Carol Marbin Miller and Audra D.S. Burch of the Miami Herald’s investigative team were awarded for “Fight Club” which documented widespread brutality, administrative incompetence and violent beatings, often either ordered or doled out by officers who had risen through the prison system. This is the second time that the team has won the Worth Bingham Prize. They received the award for their 2014 series “Innocents Lost,” which examined the deaths of hundreds of children in Florida over a six-year period.
Lucy Morgan Award for Open Government Reporting
Carol Marbin Miller and Audra D.S. Burch, Miami Herald
Carol Marbin Miller and Audra D.S. Burch were awarded for “Fight Club”, a series of stories in the Miami Herald. The team secured data sets from four state agencies and analyzed 10 years of data for the series, which revealed systematic chaos, cruelty and human rights violations within some of the state’s juvenile justice institutions.
Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists; Kevin G. Hall, Tim Johnson, Marisa Taylor - McClatchy DC Bureau; Nick Nehamas, Jim Wyss - Miami Herald; Sohail Al-Jamea, Ali Rizvi - McClatchy
The Miami Herald and McClatchy teamed with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and media organizations worldwide to produce the Panama Papers – an extraordinary investigation into how money moves secretly around the globe. This examination of a giant leak of more than 11.5 million financial and legal records exposed a system that enables crime, corruption and wrongdoing, hidden by secretive offshore companies.
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Jim Morin, Miami Herald
Jim Morin's unmistakable quill-pen drawings and piercing captions have anchored the Herald’s editorial pages since 1978.
Regional Edward R. Murrow Award, Excellence in Video
Jared Christopher, Rick Press - Star-Telegram; Jessica Koscielniak, Jonathan Forsythe - McClatchy Video Lab
Titletown, Tx - Episode 1: The Aledo Way. The expectations are huge in this small Texas town that lives for the Friday Night Lights atmosphere surrounding its high school football team. After losing in 2015, the Bearcats are determined to reclaim what has been theirs six times.
Regional Edward R. Murrow Award, Excellence in Innovation
Jared Christopher, Rick Press - Star-Telegram; Jessica Koscielniak, Jonathan Forsythe - McClatchy Video Lab
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s original weekly web docu-series “Titletown, TX” takes an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the dream football season of the 2016 Aledo Bearcats. The series chronicles the glory, pressure, and passion of big-time high school football in Texas, while blazing a new path for documentary video storytelling.
National Headliner Award
Miami Herald, El Nuevo and McClatchy Staff
The National Headliner Awards for News series in daily newspapers with daily circulation over 100,000 was won by Miami Herald, El Nuevo and McClatchy staff for "Panama Papers"
Digiday Publishing Award for Best Use of AR/VR
McClatchy Video Lab Branded Content Studio and Save Mart
McClatchy Video Lab worked with Save Mart to create a “Big Red” VR experience. This video allows viewers to take a ride around the Sonoma Raceway in California's largest shopping cart. It's one of the most unique 360 experiences on the internet.
Overseas Press Club's Malcolm Forbes Award
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists; Kevin G. Hall, Tim Johnson, Marisa Taylor - McClatchy DC Bureau; Nick Nehamas, Jim Wyss - Miami Herald; Sohail Al-Jamea, Ali Rizvi - McClatchy
The Panama Papers stories have won the Overseas Press Club’s Malcolm Forbes Award, given to the best international business news reporting in newspapers, news services or digital.
James Madison Freedom of Information Award - News Organization
Sam Stanton, Diana Lambert - The Sacramento Bee
An investigation revealed that UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi accepted questionable board seats, traveled first class on the university’s dime and spent hundreds of thousands of public dollars to manage her online image.
The White House News Photographers Association Multimedia Award - Documentary
Jessica Koscielniak, Renée C. Byer, Jason Shoultz, and Sue Morrow, McClatchy
In the annual ‘Eyes of History®’ competition, McClatchy won for "No Safe Place: Afghans risked their lives for U.S., now struggle in Sacramento"
O'Brien Fellowship Award for Impact in Public Service Journalism - ASNE
Kevin G. Hall, Tim Johnson, Marisa Taylor - McClatchy DC Bureau; Nick Nehamas, Jim Wyss - Miami Herald; Sohail Al-Jamea, Ali Rizvi - McClatchy
McClatchy's DC Bureau and the Miami Herald joined the global investigative project organized by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. This examination of a giant leak of more than 11.5 million financial and legal records exposed a system that enables crime, corruption and wrongdoing, hidden by secretive offshore companies.
2016
2016 Capital Emmys - Graphic Arts
Sohail Al-Jamea; McClatchy Video Lab
Voters Make the Call - An interactive multimedia project illustrating voter voices on the eve of the 2016 presidential election.
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Jack Ohman of The Sacramento Bee
For Jack Ohman's "bold to masterfully understated" topical cartoons on national and local topics.
Pulitzer Finalist for Local Reporting
Michael Sallah, Emily Michot, Joanna Zuckerman Bernstein and Sohail Al-Jamea of the Miami Herald
"License to Launder" won for the impressive reporting, enhanced by video and graphic elements, on a local drug sting that cost tens of millions of dollars but yielded no significant arrests.
IRE - Gannett Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Süddeutsche Zeitung, McClatchy, the Miami Herald, Fusion, Swedish Television and more than 100 other media partners
The IRE Awards honor the best in investigative journalism. "The Panama Papers" was an extraordinary investigation into how money moves secretly around the globe.
IRE - Innovation in Investigative Journalism
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Süddeutsche Zeitung, McClatchy, the Miami Herald, Fusion, Swedish Television and more than 100 other media partners
The IRE Awards honor the best in investigative journalism. "The Panama Papers" was an extraordinary investigation into how money moves secretly around the globe.
Edward R. Murrow Award, News Series
Tim Padgett, Nancy San Martin, Patrick Farrell, Pierre Taylor - Miami Herald; WLRN
"Migration Maze" is an in-depth look at the odyssey of migrants, U.S.-funded programs on the ground to persuade migrants to stay home, South Florida links for those who opt to flee and the work of helpers along the migrant route in Mexico.
National Sigma Delta Chi Award
The Belleville News-Democrat
The Belleville News-Democrat has won a national Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for investigative reporting. The series, "Violation of Trust," was the culmination of a year-long investigation by reporters George Pawlaczyk and Beth Hundsdorfer reporting on the failure to prosecute felony sex crimes in Southern Illinois, and the anguish it causes victims.
ONA Journalism Award for Sports
Brittany Peterson and Todd Feeback of McClatchy
John Sleezer of The Kansas City Star
"Becoming Royal" for The Kansas City Star’s immersive six-part spring training video series covering the Royals’ quest for another World Series championship.
2015
George Polk Award
Julie K. Brown of the Miami Herald
Miami Herald investigative reporter, Julie K. Brown, has been recognized with a George Polk Award for Justice reporting, for work that uncovered physical abuse of inmates by Florida prison guards.
USC Selden Ring Award
Carol Marbin Miller and Audra D.S. Burch of the Miami Herald
Miami Herald reporters Carol Marbin Miller and Audra D.S. Burch have won the University of Southern California Annenberg School of Journalism's Selden Ring Award — one of the most prestigious prizes in investigative journalism — for the Miami Herald's Innocents Lost series.
AP Sports Editors Awards
The State and The Kansas City Star
The (Columbia, S.C.) State newspaper and The Kansas City Star claimed triple-crown honors and an (Boise) Idaho Statesman writer was among the most decorated writers in the 2014 Associated Press Sports Editors competition.
Worth Bingham Prize
The Miami Herald
The Miami Herald "Innocents Lost" series, which examines the deaths of nearly 500 children in Florida who had a history with the Department of Children & Families, has added another award to the list.
Pulitzer Finalist
Marisa Taylor, Ali Watkins, and Jonathan Landay of the McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau Reporters Reach Pulitzer Prize Finals for CIA Coverage.
Sigma Delta Chi Public Service Award
The Charlotte Observer
A Charlotte Observer investigation that revealed glaring shortcomings in North Carolina's medical examiner system has won a national award from the Society of Professional Journalists.
RFK Journalism Award
Julie K. Brown of the Miami Herald
Miami Herald investigative reporter Julie K. Brown has been recognized with an RFK Journalism Award for her ongoing series on deaths and questionable use of force in Florida’s prison system.
2014
George Polk Award
Cynthia Hubert and Phillip Reese of The Sacramento Bee
Sacramento Bee reporters Cynthia Hubert and Phillip Reese are the recipients of a 2013 George Polk Award in Journalism for their stories about a Las Vegas psychiatric hospital’s practice of exporting patients by Greyhound bus to cities across the country.
NPPA Humanitarian Award
Al Diaz of the Miami Herald
Miami Herald staff photojournalist Al Diaz has been presented with the National Press Photographers Association's Humanitarian Award.
Worth Bingham Prize
The Sacramento Bee
The Sacramento Bee has won the 2013 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism for its series that detailed a Las Vegas hospital's practice of routinely busing mentally ill patients to cities across the country.
Best Food Column Nationwide
Kathleen Purvis of The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte Observer food editor Kathleen Purvis won first place for Best Food Column nationwide and first place for Best Newspaper Food Feature from The Association of Food Journalists.
ONA Public Service Award
The Miami Herald
The Miami Herald has won a prestigious public service award from the Online News Association for "Innocents Lost", an investigation that studied the deaths of children in families with child-welfare histories.
Pulitzer Finalist
The Sacramento Bee
The Sacramento Bee was named a Pulitzer finalist for an investigative series about a Nevada hospital that shipped scores of mental patients out of state with little more than a bus ticket.
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Kevin Siers of The Charlotte Observer
For Kevin Siers' "thought provoking cartoons drawn with a sharp wit and bold artistic style."
2013
Polk Award
David Enders and Austin Tice of the McClatchy DC Bureau
McClatchy has won a prestigious George Polk Award for war reporting for its coverage of Syria's civil war.
AP Top 10 Sports Section
The Kansas City Star
The Kansas City Star's tradition of award-winning sports journalism just got better.
Writing Award for Local Accountability Reporting
The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer
An investigative series on North Carolina's nonprofit hospitals produced jointly by The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer has been honored with a national journalism award.
IRE Award
George Pawlaczyk and Beth Hundsdorfer of the Belleville News-Democrat
An investigative series by two Belleville News-Democrat reporters has won a national journalism award for its coverage of the treatment of disabled adults in Illinois.
National Sigma Delta Chi Award
The Kansas City Star
"Beef's Raw Edges," The Kansas City Star's 12-month investigation into the Midwest's beef industry, has won a national Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for public service in online journalism on a newspaper-affiliated website.
Gerald Loeb Awards
The News & Observer
The (Raleigh) News & Observer's investigative reporting team has been honored with three more national awards, including two announced June 25.
Gerald Loeb Award
The Kansas City Star
A series on the beef industry published in The Kansas City Star last year has won the 2013 Gerald Loeb Award for explanatory journalism.
Meritorious Journalism Medal
Renée Byer of The Sacramento Bee
Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism has honored Sacramento Bee photographer Renée Byer for her series of pictures of a man struggling to gain guardianship of his three grandchildren after the deaths of his wife and daughter.
RFK Journalism Award
The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer
The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer of Raleigh have won the Robert F. Kennedy journalism competition's coveted grand prize for their series about nonprofit hospitals.
NAHP Top Newspaper
Vida en el Valle
For the 11th time in its 23-year history, Vida en el Valle was named the top newspaper in its category at the National Association of Hispanic Publications convention in October.
2009
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography
Patrick Farrell of the Miami Herald
For Patrick Farrell's "provocative, impeccably composed images of despair after Hurricane Ike and other lethal storms caused a humanitarian disaster in Haiti."
2007
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography
Renée C. Byer of The Sacramento Bee
For "A Mother's Journey," a four-part series documenting a mother and her son battling a rare childhood cancer.
Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting
Debbie Cenziper of the Miami Herald
For "House of Lies," an investigative project that revealed how developers took millions of dollars in taxpayer money to build affordable housing for the poor but failed to deliver, leaving thousands without their promised homes.
2006
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.
For coverage of Hurricane Katrina, in print and online.
2005
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
Tom Philp of The Sacramento Bee
For "Hetch Hetchy Reclaimed," an ongoing series advocating for the restoration of the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, essentially returning a national treasure back to the country. In 1923, the Hetch Hetchy Valley was submerged under 300 feet of water when a dam was constructed to supply water to the San Francisco Bay Area.
2004
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
Leonard Pitts Jr. of the Miami Herald
For his fresh, vibrant columns that spoke, with both passion and compassion, to ordinary people on often divisive issues.
2001
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting
The Miami Herald
For its balanced and gripping on-the-scene coverage of the pre-dawn raid by federal agents that took the Cuban boy Elián Gonzalez from his Miami relatives and reunited him with his Cuban father.
2000
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Joel Pett of Lexington Herald-Leader
1999
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
The Miami Herald
For its detailed reporting that revealed pervasive voter fraud in a city mayoral election, that was subsequently overturned.
1996
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Jim Morin of the Miami Herald
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
Melanie Sill, Pat Stith and Joby Warrick of The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.
For "Boss Hog: North Carolina's Pork Revolution," a five-part series on the environmental and health risks of the waste-disposal systems used in North Carolina's growing hog industry.
1993
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
Liz Balmaseda of the Miami Herald
For her commentary from Haiti about deteriorating political and social conditions and her columns about Cuban-Americans in Miami.
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
The Miami Herald
For coverage that not only helped readers cope with Hurricane Andrew's devastation but also showed how lax zoning, inspection and building codes had contributed to the destruction.
1992
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
Maria Henson of Lexington Herald-Leader
For her editorials about battered women in Kentucky, which focused statewide attention on the problem and prompted significant reforms.
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
Jeff Taylor and Mike McGraw of The Kansas City Star
For their critical examination of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting
Deborah Blum of The Sacramento Bee
"The Monkey Wars" was a four-day series that explored the complex ethical and moral questions surrounding primate research.
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
Tom Knudson of The Sacramento Bee
"Majesty and Tragedy: The Sierra in Peril" examined environmental threats and damage to the Sierra Nevada in California. The five-day report led to more cooperation among the many agencies responsible for protecting the mountain range.
1991
Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting
The Miami Herald
For stories profiling a local cult leader, his followers, and their links to several area murders.
1989
Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
Michael Skube of The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.
Skube, the book editor, was honored for his Sunday columns about books and other literary topics.
1988
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
Dave Barry of the Miami Herald
For his consistently effective use of humor as a device for presenting fresh insights into serious concerns.
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography
Michel duCille of the Miami Herald
For photographs portraying the decay and subsequent rehabilitation of a housing project overrun by the drug crack.
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Doug Marlette of The Charlotte Observer
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
The Charlotte Observer
For revealing misuse of funds by the PTL television ministry through persistent coverage conducted in the face of a massive campaign by PTL to discredit the newspaper.
1987
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
The Miami Herald
For its exclusive reporting and persistent coverage of the U.S.-Iran-Contra connection.
1986
Pulitzer Prize for General News Reporting
Edna Buchanan of the Miami Herald
For her versatile and consistently excellent police beat reporting.
Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography
Carol Guzy and Michel duCille of the Miami Herald
For their photographs of the devastation caused by the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia.
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
Jeffrey A. Marx and Michael M. York of Lexington Herald-Leader
For their series 'Playing Above the Rules,' which exposed cash payoffs to University of Kentucky basketball players in violation of NCAA regulations and led to significant reforms.
1985
Pulitzer Prize for Specialized Reporting
Randall Savage and Jackie Crosby of The Telegraph, Macon, Ga.
For their in-depth examination of academics and athletics at the University of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
Mark J. Thompson of The Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, TX
For reporting that revealed that nearly "250 U.S. servicemen had lost their lives as a result of a design problem in helicopters built by Bell Helicopter—a revelation which ultimately led the Army to ground almost 600 Huey helicopters pending their modification."
1983
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
Claude Sitton of The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.
Sitton, editor of the newspaper, was honored for a series of columns, including pieces on civil rights, public education and North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms.
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
The Miami Herald
For its campaign against the detention of illegal Haitian immigrants by federal officials.
1982
Pulitzer Prize for Local General or Spot News Reporting
The Kansas City Star
For coverage of the Hyatt Regency Hotel disaster and identification of its causes.
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
Rick Atkinson of The Kansas City Star
For the uniform excellence of his reporting and writing on stories of national import.
1981
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
Shirley Christian of the Miami Herald
For Christian's dispatches from Central America.
Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography
Larry C. Price of The Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, TX
For Price's photos from Liberia.
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
The Charlotte Observer
For its series on "Brown Lung: A Case of Deadly Neglect."
1980
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
Madeleine Blais of the Miami Herald
For "Zepp's Last Stand," a story about a self-declared pacifist and subsequently dishonorably discharged World War I veteran.
1976
Pulitzer Prize for Local General or Spot News Reporting
Gene Miller of the Miami Herald
For his persistent and courageous reporting over eight and one-half years that led to the exoneration and release of two men who had twice been tried for murder and wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death in Florida.
1973
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
Robert Boyd and Clark Hoyt of Knight Newspapers Washington Bureau
For their disclosure of Sen. Thomas Eagleton's history of psychiatric therapy, resulting in his withdrawal as the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 1972.
1968
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Eugene Gray Payne of The Charlotte Observer
For his editorial cartooning in 1967.
1967
Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting
Gene Miller of the Miami Herald
Miller's investigative reporting helped to free two persons wrongfully convicted of murder.
1955
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus, GA
For its complete news coverage and fearless editorial attack on widespread corruption in neighboring Phenix City, Ala., which were effective in destroying a corrupt and racket-ridden city government.
1954
Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting
Alvin Scott McCoy of The Kansas City Star
For a series of exclusive stories which led to the resignation under fire of C. Wesley Roberts as Republican National Chairman.
1952
Pulitzer Prize for Special Citation for News Coverage
The Kansas City Star
For the news coverage of the great regional flood of 1951 in Kansas and Northwestern Missouri—a distinguished example of editing and reporting that also gave the advance information that achieved the maximum of public protection.
1951
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
The Miami Herald
For crime reporting.
1944
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
Henry J. Haskell of The Kansas City Star
For Haskell's editorials written in 1943.
1935
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
The Sacramento Bee
Associate Editor Arthur B. Waugh reported and wrote the award-winning series about political manipulation of the federal courts in western Nevada, including political machine influence in the appointment of two federal judges. It was the first time a West Coast newspaper had received the Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Service.
1933
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
The Kansas City Star
For its series of editorials on national and international topics.
1931
Pulitzer Prize for Reporting
A. B. MacDonald of The Kansas City Star
For his work in connection with a murder in Amarillo, Texas.
1926
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus, GA
For the service which it rendered in its brave and energetic fight against the Ku Klux Klan.