Pulitzer Centennial

Anne  Hull,  NF ’95

Anne Hull, NF ’95

The Washington Post’s investigation into the neglect and mistreatment of wounded veterans and the deplorable conditions at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center incited a public outcry and prompted a…
Stanley Forman,  NF ’80

Stanley Forman, NF ’80

Forman won the Pulitzer for Spot News Photography two years in a row, the second time, in 1977, for “The Soiling of Old Glory.” In a recent interview, he talks…
Anthony Lewis, NF ’57

Anthony Lewis, NF ’57

Lewis wrote a series of articles about Abraham Chasanow, a civilian employee of the U.S. Navy who—deemed a security risk for allegedly having communist associations—was suspended from his job for…
Eugene Robinson, NF ’88

Eugene Robinson, NF ’88

Robinson’s eloquent, insightful columns on the 2008 presidential race explored what the election of the first African-American president would mean—for him, for African-Americans, and for the country as a whole.It’s…
William Lambert, NF ’60 Wallace Turner, NF ’59

William Lambert, NF ’60 Wallace Turner, NF ’59

Lambert and Turner’s stories about efforts on the part of union and underworld figures to wrest control from municipal officials in Portland, Oregon helped spur investigations into organized crime in…
Dale Maharidge, NF ’88

Dale Maharidge, NF ’88

Maharidge and Williamson revisited rural Alabama to find out what happened to the families of the poor sharecroppers chronicled by another writer-photographer pair, James Agee and Walker Evans, in the…
Anja Niedringhaus, NF ’07

Anja Niedringhaus, NF ’07

Santiago Lyon, NF ’04, vice president/photography of  The Associated Press, recalls his longtime friend and colleague Niedringhaus, who was shot and killed in Afghanistan in 2014.She made it her life’s…
Ken Armstrong, NF ’01

Ken Armstrong, NF ’01

For “An Unbelievable Story of Rape,” Armstrong and ProPublica’s T. Christian Miller investigated the case of an 18-year-old woman who said she was raped at knifepoint, then said she made…
Cynthia Tucker, NF ’89

Cynthia Tucker, NF ’89

Tucker was recognized for her columns exhibiting a strong sense of morality and connection to the community, such as the one excerpted here about former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell, who…
Robert A. Caro,  NF ’66

Robert A. Caro, NF ’66

 Robert A. CaroIn “Master of the Senate,” the third installment of “The Years of Lyndon Johnson” biography (of which there are currently four published volumes; a fifth is expected), Caro…