Pulitzer Centennial

Robert A. Caro, NF ’66

Biography, 2003 · “Master of the Senate”
Ann Marie Lipinski, NF ’90

Ann Marie Lipinski, NF ’90

In the series “The Spoils of Power,” Lipinski, Dean Baquet, and William Gaines revealed the waste, self-interest, and profiteering that dominated the proceedings of the 50-member Chicago City Council. During…
Harry S.  Ashmore,  NF ’42

Harry S. Ashmore, NF ’42

Editorial Writing, 1958 · Arkansas Gazette
The Story Behind the First Pulitzer for Jazz

The Story Behind the First Pulitzer for Jazz

It was a moment that many thought never would happen. In 1997, for the first time in the history of the Pulitzer Prize in Music, the award went to a…
A Century of Pulitzer Journalism Speaking Truth to Power

A Century of Pulitzer Journalism Speaking Truth to Power

There it is, in the very first sentence of Theodore H. White’s Pulitzer Prize-winning chronicle of the battle between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon for the presidency: The curious…

Excerpts from Pulitzer-Winning Works of Niemans, 1951-2016

Thirty-two works by Nieman Pulitzer winners that tackle abuses of power.