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1978 Pulitzer Prize
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August 23, 2025
Awards for journalism and related fields
The
Pulitzer Prizes
for 1978
are:
Contents
Journalism awards
Letters, Drama and Music Awards
Special Citations and Awards
External links
Journalism awards
Public Service
:
The Philadelphia Inquirer
, for a series of articles showing abuses of power by the police in its home city.
Local General or Spot News Reporting
:
Richard Whitt
of the
Louisville Courier-Journal
, for his coverage of a fire that took 164 lives at the
Beverly Hills Supper Club
at
Southgate, Kentucky
, and subsequent investigation of the lack of enforcement of state fire codes.
Local Investigative Specialized Reporting
:
Anthony R. Dolan
of the
Stamford Advocate
(
Connecticut
), for a series on municipal corruption.
National Reporting
:
Gaylord D. Shaw
of the
Los Angeles Times
, for a series on unsafe structural conditions at the nation's major dams.
International Reporting
:
Henry Kamm
of
The New York Times
, for his stories on the refugees,
boat people
, from Indochina.
Commentary
:
William Safire
of
The New York Times
, for commentary on the
Bert Lance
affair.
Criticism
:
Walter Kerr
of
The New York Times
, for articles on the theater in 1977 and throughout his long career.
Editorial Writing
:
Meg Greenfield
, deputy editorial page editor of
The Washington Post
, for selected samples of her work.
Editorial Cartooning
:
Jeffrey K. MacNelly
of the
Richmond News Leader
.
Spot News Photography
:
John H. Blair
, special assignment photographer for
United Press International
, for a photograph of an Indianapolis broker being held hostage at gunpoint by
Anthony Kiritsis
.
The prize-winning spot news photograph
The prize-winning set of feature photographs
Feature Photography
:
J. Ross Baughman
of
Associated Press
, for three photographs from guerrilla areas in
Rhodesia
.
Letters, Drama and Music Awards
Fiction
:
Elbow Room
by
James Alan McPherson
(
Atlantic Monthly Press
)
Drama
:
The Gin Game
by
Donald L. Coburn
(Drama Book Specialists)
History
:
The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business
by
Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.
(Belknap/
Harvard University Press
)
Biography or Autobiography
:
Samuel Johnson
by
Walter Jackson Bate
(
Harcourt
)
Poetry
:
Collected Poems
by
Howard Nemerov
(
Univ. of Chicago
)
General Nonfiction
:
The Dragons of Eden
by
Carl Sagan
(
Random House
)
Music
:
Deja Vu
for Percussion Quartet and Orchestra by
Michael Colgrass
(
Carl Fischer Music
)
Commissioned by the
New York Philharmonic
and premiered by that orchestra October 20, 1977.
Special Citations and Awards
Journalism
:
Richard Strout
, for distinguished commentary from Washington over many years as staff correspondent for
The Christian Science Monitor
and contributor to
The New Republic
.
Letters
:
E. B. White
, a special citation to E. B. White for his letters, essays and the full body his work.
External links
Pulitzer Prizes for 1978
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Joseph Pulitzer
Columbia University
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