1950 Pulitzer Prize

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The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1950.

Journalism awards

Public Service:
- The Chicago Daily News and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch , for the work of George Thiem and Roy J. Harris, respectively, in exposing the presence of 37 Illinois newspapermen on an Illinois State payroll.^[1]
Local Reporting:
- Meyer Berger of The New York Times , for his 4,000-word story on the mass killings by Howard Unruh in Camden, New Jersey.
National Reporting:
- Edwin O. Guthman of The Seattle Times , for his series on the clearing of Communist charges of Professor Melvin Rader, who had been accused of attending a secret Communist school.^[2]
International Reporting:
- Edmund Stevens of The Christian Science Monitor , for his series of 43 articles written over a three-year residence in Moscow entitled, "This Is Russia Uncensored".
Editorial Writing:
- Carl M. Saunders of the Jackson Citizen Patriot , for distinguished editorial writing during the year.
Editorial Cartooning:
- James T. Berryman of the Washington Evening Star , for "All Set for a Super-Secret Session in Washington".
Photography:
- Bill Crouch of The Oakland Tribune , for his picture, "Near Collision at Air Show".^[3]

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

Fiction:
- The Way West by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. (Sloane).
Drama:
- South Pacific by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Joshua Logan (Random).
History:
- Art and Life in America by Oliver Waterman Larkin (Rinehart).
Biography or Autobiography:
- John Quincy Adams and the Foundations of American Foreign Policy by Samuel Flagg Bemis (Knopf).
Poetry:
- Annie Allen by Gwendolyn Brooks (Harper).
Music;
- Music in The Consul by Gian-Carlo Menotti (G. Schirmer), produced at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York.

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References

↑ "Two reporters dug up 'shameful chapter in American journalism'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 2, 1950 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
↑ "Worked 6 months to get evidence to clear professor of red charge". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 2, 1950 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
↑ "Tribune photographer wins Pulitzer Prize for news picture of near collision of airplanes". The Oakland Tribune. May 2, 1950 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] "Two reporters dug up 'shameful chapter in American journalism'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 2, 1950 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)

[2] "Worked 6 months to get evidence to clear professor of red charge". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 2, 1950 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)

[3] "Tribune photographer wins Pulitzer Prize for news picture of near collision of airplanes". The Oakland Tribune. May 2, 1950 – via Newspapers.com.