1942 Pulitzer Prize Explained

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1942.

Journalism awards

• Public Service

• • Los Angeles Times for its successful campaign which resulted in the clarification and confirmation for all American newspapers of the right of free press as guaranteed under the Constitution.^{[1] [2]}
• Reporting

• • Stanton Delaplane of the San Francisco Chronicle for his articles on the movement of several California and Oregon counties to secede to form the State of Jefferson, a forty ninth state.
• Correspondence

• • Carlos P. Romulo of the Philippines Herald for his observations and forecasts of Far Eastern developments during a tour of the trouble centers from Hong Kong to Batavia.
• Telegraphic Reporting (National)

• • Louis Stark of The New York Times for his distinguished reporting of important labor stories during the year.
• Telegraphic Reporting (International)

• • Laurence Edmund Allen of the Associated Press for his stories of the activities of the British Mediterranean Fleet, written as an accredited correspondent attached to the fleet.^[3]
• Editorial Writing

• • Geoffrey Parsons of the New York Herald Tribune for his distinguished editorial writing during the year.
• Editorial Cartooning

• • Herbert Lawrence Block (Herblock) of the Newspaper Enterprise Association for "British Plane".
• Photography

• • Milton Brooks of The Detroit News for his photo entitled, "Ford Strikers Riot".

Letters and Drama Awards

• Novel

• • In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow (Harcourt).
• Drama

• • No award given.
• History

• • Reveille in Washington, 1860-1865 by Margaret Leech (Harper).
• Biography or Autobiography

• • Crusader in Crinoline by Forrest Wilson (Lippincott).
• Poetry

• • The Dust Which Is God by William Rose Benet (Dodd, Mead).

External links

• Pulitzer Prizes for 1942

Notes and References

1. News: Pulitzer award won by 'Times'. Los Angeles Times. May 5, 1942. Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
2. Web site: The Times' 1942 Pulitzer Prize. Los Angeles Times. Matt Ballinger. 2020-08-08.
3. News: Larry Allen's Mediterranean stories win Pulitzer Prize. Palladium-Item. Richmond, Indiana. May 5, 1942. AP. Newspapers.com.