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Texas Winners of Pulitzer Prizes

Since 1955, Texas journalists and publications have received 19 Pulitzer Prize Awards in Journalism. Joseph Pulitzer, a reporter, editor and publisher, established his namesake system of prizes in 1917. He linked it to the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia, which he had founded. He hoped that these awards would encourage "public service, public morals, American literature and the advancement of education." It is considered journalism's most prestigious honor.

The Pulitzer Prize Web site has complete lists of Pulitzer Prize winners by year of award.

Below are listed Texas Pulitzer Prize winners. If we have failed to recognize any Texas Pulitzer Prize winner, we apologize for the oversight.

MERITORIOUS PUBLIC SERVICE

1961 — Amarillo Globe-Times, for exposing a breakdown in local law enforcement, resulting in punitive action that swept lax officials from their posts.

1977 — Lufkin News, for an obituary of a local man who died in Marine training camp, resulting in an investigation leading to reform in recruiting and training practices of the U.S. Marine Corps.

1985 — Fort Worth Star-Telegram (reporter, Mark J. Thompson), for revealing that 250 U.S. servicemen had lost their lives as a result of a design problem in helicopters built by Bell Helicopter.

LOCAL REPORTING

[ (1) General/Spot; (2) Special/Investigative ]

1955 — (1) Mrs. Caro Brown, Alice Daily Echo, for her series of news stories dealing with one-man political rule in Duval County.

1955 — (2) Roland Kenneth Towery, Cuero Record, for his series of articles exposing a scandal in the administration of the Veterans' Land Program in Texas.

1963 — (2) Oscar Griffin Jr., Pecos Independent and Enterprise, for his exposure of the Billie Sol Estes scandal.

1965 — (2) Gene Goltz, Houston Post, for his expose of government corruption in Pasadena, Texas.

1992 — (2) Lorraine Adams and Dan Malone, The Dallas Morning News, for their series on police abuse of authority.

NATIONAL REPORTING

1986 — Craig Flournoy and George Rodrigue, The Dallas Morning News, for their investigation into subsidized housing in East Texas, which uncovered patterns of racial discrimination and segregation in public housing across the United States and led to significant reforms.

INTERNATIONAL REPORTING

1994 — A team of 30 writers, photographers, artists and editors from The Dallas Morning News for a series on violence against women. The team comprised the following:
Writers: Toni Y. Joseph, Joseph Kahn, Gregory Katz, Melanie Lewis, Victoria Loe, Pam Maples, David L. Marcus, Gayle Reaves, Anne Reifenberg and George Rodrigue.
Photographers: Paula Nelson, Karen Stallwood, Beatriz Terrazas, Judy Walgren and Cindy Yamanaka.
Graphics: Don Huff, Marco A. Ruiz and Kathleen Vincent.
Editors: Mary Carter, Ricardo Chavira, Linda Crosson, John Davidson, Patricia Gaston, Kerry Gunnels, Robert Hart, Ed Kohorst, Jim Landers, Lennox Samuels, Sue F. Smith and Lisa Thatcher.

FEATURE WRITING

2006 — Jim Sheeler (Houston, Memorial High School), the Rocky Mountain News, for story on a Marine major who helped the families of comrades killed in Iraq cope with their loss.

EXPLANATORY JOURNALISM

1989 — David Hanners (reporter), William Snyder (photographer) and Karen Blessen (artist), The Dallas Morning News, for their special report on the investigation into a 1985 airplane crash.

PHOTOGRAPHY

1964 — Robert H. Jackson, Dallas Times Herald, for his photograph of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby.

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New Orleans residents make their way to the Superdome through floodwater from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY

1981 — Larry C. Price, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, for photographs from Liberia.

1988 — Scott Shaw, Odessa American, for his photo of Jessica McClure being rescued from a well.

1993 — Ken Geiger and William Snyder, The Dallas Morning News, for their photos of the 1992 Summer Olympics.

2004 — David Leeson and Cheryl Diaz Meyer, The Dallas Morning News, for their photographs of the war in Iraq.

2006 — the staff of The Dallas Morning News for their photos of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY

1980 — Erwin H. Hagler, Dallas Times Herald, for a series on the Western cowboy.

1983 — James B. Dickman, Dallas Times Herald, for his photographs of life and death in El Salvador.

1991 — William Snyder, The Dallas Morning News, for his photographs of Romanian orphans.

1999 — Ron Heflin, Dallas, part of the Associated Press Photo Staff, for their photographs stemming from President Clinton's affair and impeachment.

2004 — Carolyn Cole (UT-Austin ’83 and El Paso Post), Los Angeles Times, for her photographs of civil war in Liberia.

CRITICISM

2001 — Gail Caldwell (Amarillo, Texas Tech, UT-Austin), book critic for The Boston Globe.

CARTOONS

1982 — Ben Sargent, Austin American-Statesman.

LETTERS AND MUSIC

In addition to journalism, Pulitzers are awarded in several other categories. The following Texans have won Pulitzers in the fields of letters and music.

Drama — 1995, Horton Foote, for The Young Man from Atlanta.

Fiction — 1966, Katherine Anne Porter, for Collected Stories; 1986, Larry McMurtry for Lonesome Dove; 2007, Cormac McCarthy, for The Road.

History — 1967, William H. Goetzmann, for Exploration and Empire: The Explorer and the Scientist in the Winning of the American West; 2006, David M. Oshinsky, for Polio: An American Story.

Music, Special Award — 1976, Scott Joplin, posthumously, for his contributions to American music.

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