1928 Pulitzer Prize Explained

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1928.

Journalism awards

• Public Service

• • The Indianapolis Times, "for its work in exposing political corruption to Indiana, prosecuting the guilty and bringing about a more wholesome state of affairs in civil government". The prize recognized the Timess investigation of Ku Klux Klan connections among city and state officials, including Governor Ed Jackson.^[1]
• Reporting

• • No award given
• Editorial Writing

• • Grover Cleveland Hall of The Montgomery Advertiser, for his editorials against gangsterism, floggings and racial and religious intolerance.^[2] "The Advertiser waged war against the resurgent Ku Klux Klan", the paper says today.^[3]

• Editorial Cartooning

• • Nelson Harding of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, "May His Shadow Never Grow Less."^[4]

Letters and Drama Awards

• Novel

• • The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder (Boni)
• Drama

• • Strange Interlude by Eugene O'Neill (Boni)
• History

• • Main Currents in American Thought, 2 vols. by Vernon Louis Parrington (Harcourt)
• Biography or Autobiography

• • The American Orchestra and Theodore Thomas by Charles Edward Russell (Doubleday)
• Poetry

• • Tristram by Edwin Arlington Robinson (Macmillan)

External links

• Pulitzer Prizes for 1928

Notes and References

1. News: History of crusade waged by The Times against corruption in state government. The Indianapolis Times. May 8, 1928. Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
2. News: Fight to rid Alabama of floggings by hooded bands brings high award. The Montgomery Advertiser. May 8, 1928. Newspapers.com.
3. http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/99999999/CUSTOMERSERVICE01/91026023/History-Montgomery-Advertiser "History of the Montgomery Advertiser"
4. News: Nelson Harding wins Pulitzer cartoon prize second successive time. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 8, 1928. Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)