Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary explained

The Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary[1] is one of the fourteen Pulitzer Prizes that is annually awarded for journalism in the United States. It is the successor to the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning[2] awarded from 1922 to 2021.

History

Since 1922 the prize had been awarded for a distinguished editorial cartoon or portfolio of cartoons published during the year, characterized by originality, editorial effectiveness, quality of drawing, and pictorial effect.

Since 1980, finalists (usually two) have been announced in addition to the winner.

Only two comic strips have been awarded the prize: Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau in 1976 and Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed in 1987.[3] [4]

In 2021, with Ruben Bolling, Marty Two Bulls Sr, and Lalo Alcaraz the finalists, no winner was selected, which drew controversy.[5] [6] (The same thing happened in the category in 1923, 1936, 1960, 1965, and 1973, but it had not happened in 48 years, and it was the first time no winner was selected when the finalists' names had been made public.)

In 2022, the Editorial Cartooning prize was superseded by the revamped category of Illustrated Reporting and Commentary,[7] [8] In response, the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists "issued a statement calling for the Pulitzer board to reinstate Editorial Cartooning as its own category while also recognizing Illustrated Reporting as a separate form."[9] They wrote:

The 2022 award went to a work of comics journalism.[10]

List of winners

scope=col Yearscope=col width=20% Winnerscope=col width=25% Organizationscope=col class=unsortable Rationale
align=center 1922scope=row New York World"For 'On the Road to Moscow.'"
align=center 1923scope=row colspan=3 No award given.
align=center 1924scope=row Des Moines Register & Tribune"For 'In Good Old USA.'"
align=center 1925scope=row New York World"For 'News from the Outside World.'"
align=center 1926scope=row St. Louis Post-Dispatch"For 'The Laws of Moses and the Laws of Today.'"
align=center 1927scope=row Brooklyn Daily Eagle"For 'Toppling the Idol.'"
align=center 1928scope=row Brooklyn Daily Eagle"For 'May His Shadow Never Grow Less.'"
align=center 1929scope=row New York World"For 'Tammany.'"
align=center 1930scope=row Brooklyn Daily Eagle"For 'Paying for a Dead Horse.'"
align=center 1931scope=row The Baltimore Sun"For 'An Old Struggle Still Going On.'"
align=center 1932scope=row Chicago Tribune"For 'A Wise Economist Asks a Question.'"
align=center 1933scope=row The Washington Daily News"For 'The Light of Asia.'"
align=center 1934scope=row The Baltimore Sun"For 'California Points with Pride!'"
align=center 1935scope=row Milwaukee Journal"For 'Sure, I'll Work for Both Sides.'"
align=center 1936scope=row colspan=3 No award given.
align=center 1937scope=row New York Daily News"For 'Come on in, I'll treat you right. I used to know your Daddy.'"
align=center 1938scope=row Chicago Daily News"For 'The Road Back.'"
align=center 1939scope=row Daily Oklahoman"For 'Nomination for 1938.'"
align=center 1940scope=row The Baltimore Sun"For 'The Outstretched Hand.'"
align=center 1941scope=row Chicago Daily Times"For 'If I Should Die Before I Wake.'"
align=center 1942scope=row Newspaper Enterprise Association"For 'British Plane.'"
align=center 1943scope=row Des Moines Register & Tribune"For 'What a Place For a Waste Paper Salvage Campaign.'"
align=center 1944scope=row The Evening Star"For 'But Where Is the Boat Going?'"
align=center 1945scope=row United Feature Syndicate, Inc."For distinguished service as a cartoonist, as exemplified by the cartoon entitled, 'Fresh, spirited American troops, flushed with victory, are bringing in thousands of hungry, ragged, battle-weary prisoners,' in the series entitled, 'Up Front With Mauldin.'"
align=center 1946scope=row Los Angeles Times"For 'Time to Bridge That Gulch.'"
align=center 1947scope=row Chicago Daily News"For his cartoon, 'Still Racing His Shadow.'"
align=center 1948scope=row New York Sun"For 'Peace Today.'"
align=center 1949scope=row Newark Evening News"For 'Who Me?'"
align=center 1950scope=row The Evening Star"For 'All Set for a Super-Secret Session in Washington.'"
align=center 1951scope=row Arizona Republic"For 'Hats.'"
align=center 1952scope=row New York Mirror"For 'Your Editors Ought to Have More Sense Than to Print What I Say!'"
align=center 1953scope=row Cleveland Plain Dealer"For 'Aftermath.'"
align=center 1954scope=row The Washington Post and Times-Herald"For a cartoon depicting the robed figure of Death saying to Stalin after he died, 'You Were Always A Great Friend of Mine, Joseph.'"
align=center 1955scope=row St. Louis Post-Dispatch"For a cartoon published on June 8, 1954 entitled, 'How Would Another Mistake Help?' showing Uncle Sam, bayoneted rifle in hand, pondering whether to wade into a black marsh bearing the legend 'French Mistakes in Indo-China.' The award is also given for distinguished body of the work of Mr. Fitzpatrick in both 1954 and his entire career."
align=center 1956scope=row Louisville Times"For his cartoon, 'Achilles' showing a bulging figure of American prosperity tapering to a weak heel labeled 'Farm Prices.'"
align=center 1957scope=row The Nashville Tennessean"For 'Wonder Why My Parents Didn't Give Me Salk Shots?' Published on January 12, 1956."
align=center 1958scope=row Buffalo Evening News"For 'The Thinker,' published on August 10, 1957, depicting the dilemma of union membership when confronted by racketeering leaders in some labor unions."
align=center 1959scope=row St. Louis Post-Dispatch"For 'I won the Nobel Prize for Literature. What was your crime?' Published on October 30, 1958."
align=center 1960scope=row colspan=3 No award given.
align=center 1961scope=row Chicago Tribune"For 'The Kindly Tiger,' published on October 8, 1960."[11]
align=center 1962scope=row The Hartford Times"For 'What You Need, Man, Is a Revolution Like Mine,' published on August 31, 1961."
align=center 1963scope=row Des Moines Register"For a cartoon which showed a world destroyed with one ragged figure calling to another: 'I said we sure settled that dispute, didn't we!'"
align=center 1964scope=row The Denver Post"For his editorial cartooning during the past year"
align=center 1965scope=row colspan=3 No award given.
align=center 1966scope=row The Miami News"For 'You Mean You Were Bluffing?'"
align=center 1967scope=row The Denver Post"For 'They Won't Get Us To The Conference Table...Will They?' Published February 1, 1966."[12]
align=center 1968scope=row The Charlotte Observer"For his editorial cartooning in 1967."
align=center 1969scope=row Chicago Daily News"For his editorial cartooning in 1968."
align=center 1970scope=row Newsday"For his editorial cartooning during 1969."
align=center 1971scope=row Los Angeles Times"For his editorial cartooning during 1970."
align=center 1972scope=row Richmond News-Leader"For his editorial cartooning during 1971."
align=center 1973scope=row colspan=3 No award given.
align=center 1974scope=row The Boston Globe"For his editorial cartooning during 1973."
align=center 1975scope=row Universal Press Syndicate"For his cartoon strip Doonesbury."
align=center 1976scope=row The Philadelphia Inquirer"For 'O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain,' published on July 22, 1975."[13]
align=center 1977scope=row The Boston Globe
align=center 1978scope=row Richmond News Leader
align=center 1979scope=row The Washington Post"For the body of his work."
align=center 1980scope=row The Miami News
align=center 1981scope=row Dayton Daily News
align=center 1982scope=row Austin American-Statesman
align=center 1983scope=row Chicago Tribune
align=center 1984scope=row Los Angeles Times
align=center 1985scope=row Chicago Tribune
align=center 1986scope=row The Village Voice
align=center 1987scope=row The Washington Post Writers Group
align=center 1988scope=row The Atlanta Constitution and Charlotte Observer
align=center 1989scope=row Chicago Sun-Times
align=center 1990scope=row The Buffalo News"For his work during the year as exemplified by the cartoon 'First Amendment.'"[14]
align=center 1991scope=row The Cincinnati Enquirer
align=center 1992scope=row The Philadelphia Daily News
align=center 1993scope=row The Arizona Republic
align=center 1994scope=row Commercial Appeal"For his trenchant cartoons on contemporary issues."
align=center 1995scope=row The Atlanta Constitution
align=center 1996scope=row The Miami Herald
align=center 1997scope=row Times-Picayune
align=center 1998scope=row Asbury Park Press
align=center 1999scope=row The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
align=center 2000scope=row Lexington Herald-Leader
align=center 2001scope=row Los Angeles Times Syndicate
align=center 2002scope=row The Christian Science Monitor
align=center 2003scope=row The Seattle Post-Intelligencer"For his perceptive cartoons executed with a distinctive style and sense of humor."
align=center 2004scope=row The Journal News"For his piercing cartoons on an array of topics, drawn with a fresh, original style."
align=center 2005scope=row The Courier-Journal"For his unusual graphic style that produced extraordinarily thoughtful and powerful messages."
align=center 2006scope=row The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"For his powerful cartoons on an array of issues, drawn with a simple but piercing style."
align=center 2007scope=row Newsday"For his stark, sophisticated cartoons and his impressive use of zany animation."
align=center 2008scope=row Investor's Business Daily"For his provocative cartoons that rely on originality, humor and detailed artistry."
align=center 2009scope=row The San Diego Union-Tribune"For his agile use of a classic style to produce wide ranging cartoons that engage readers with power, clarity and humor."
align=center 2010scope=row Self-syndicated; appearing on SFGate.com"For his animated cartoons appearing on SFGate.com, the San Francisco Chronicle Web site, where his biting wit, extensive research and ability to distill complex issues set a high standard for an emerging form of commentary."
align=center 2011scope=row The Denver Post"For his widely ranging cartoons that employ a loose, expressive style to send strong, witty messages."
align=center 2012scope=row Politico"For his consistently fresh, funny cartoons, especially memorable for lampooning the partisan conflict that engulfed Washington."
align=center 2013scope=row Star Tribune"For his diverse collection of cartoons, using an original style and clever ideas to drive home his unmistakable point of view."
align=center 2014scope=row The Charlotte Observer"For his thought provoking cartoons drawn with a sharp wit and bold artistic style."
align=center 2015scope=row The Buffalo News"Who used strong images to connect with readers while conveying layers of meaning in a few words."
align=center 2016scope=row The Sacramento Bee"For cartoons that convey wry, rueful perspectives through sophisticated style that combines bold line work with subtle colors and textures."
align=center 2017scope=row Miami Herald"For editorial cartoons that delivered sharp perspectives through flawless artistry, biting prose and crisp wit."
align=center 2018scope=row and The New York Times"For an emotionally powerful series, told in graphic narrative form, that chronicled the daily struggles of a real-life family of refugees and its fear of deportation."
align=center 2019scope=row Freelancer"For beautiful and daring editorial cartoons that took on issues affecting disenfranchised communities, calling out lies, hypocrisy and fraud in the political turmoil surrounding the Trump administration."
align=center 2020scope=row The New Yorker"For work that skewers the personalities and policies emanating from the Trump White House with deceptively sweet watercolor style and seemingly gentle caricatures."
align=center 2021scope=row colspan=3 No award given.
align=center 2022scope=row ,, and Insider"For using graphic reportage and the comics medium to tell a powerful yet intimate story of the Chinese oppression of the Uyghurs, making the issue accessible to a wider public."
align=center 2023scope=row The New York Times"For striking illustrations that combine statistical reporting with keen analysis to help readers understand the immense wealth and economic power of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos."[15]
align=center 2024scope=row The New Yorker"For his visually-driven story set inside Rikers Island jail using bold black-and-white images that humanize the prisoners and staff through their hunger for books."

Repeat winners

Through 2017, eighteen people have won the Editorial Cartooning Pulitzer twice, and five of those have won it three times.

scope=col Namescope=col scope=col class=unsortable Years won
align=center 31922, 1925, 1929
align=center 31931, 1934, 1940
align=center 31942, 1954, 1979[16]
align=center 31964, 1971, 1984
align=center 31972, 1978, 1985
align=center 21924, 1943
align=center 21926, 1955
align=center 21927, 1928
align=center 21938, 1947
align=center 21945, 1959
align=center 21966, 1980
align=center 21974, 1977
align=center 21994, 2008
align=center 21995, 2006
align=center 21996, 2017
align=center 21997, 2007
align=center 21998, 2009
align=center 21999, 2003

Nelson Harding is the only cartoonist to have won the prize in two consecutive years, 1927 and 1928.

Further reading

This book chronologically states the awards, displays the artwork, and then describes the cartoon:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Illustrated Reporting and Commentary . The Pulitzer Prizes . May 11, 2022 . May 9, 2022.
  2. Web site: Editorial Cartooning . The Pulitzer Prizes . May 11, 2022.
  3. 'Doonesbury' creator Garry Trudeau talks with Jane Pauley about 50 years of his Pulitzer Prize-winning strip. Dec 2, 2018. CBS News.
  4. News: Solomon . Charles . November 26, 1987 . Strip That Split the Cartoonists . . Los Angeles, CA . 106 . 358 . Main . View . 1, 42 . Newspapers.com.
  5. Web site: The Pulitzers didn't name a winner in editorial cartooning. That's unusual, but not unprecedented: 'This feels like it's an insult to the entire profession,' said one of the finalists. Angela. Fu. June 15, 2021. Poynter.
  6. News: COMICS: The Pulitzers did not pick a winner for cartooning this year. Artists feel 'mystified' and 'insulted.'. Michael. Cavna. June 16, 2021. The Washington Post.
  7. Pulitzer change leaves illustrators feeling slighted: New category muddies distinctions between illustrated reporting and editorial cartooning. May 1, 2022. Rob. Tornoe. Editor & Publisher.
  8. Web site: 2022 Pulitzer Prize Competition in Journalism Opens . The Pulitzer Prizes . Sep 1, 2022.
  9. Pulitzer change leaves illustrators feeling slighted: New category muddies distinctions between illustrated reporting and editorial cartooning. May 1, 2022. Rob. Tornoe. Editor & Publisher.
  10. Web site: MacDonald . Heidi . Fahmida Azim, Anthony Del Col, Josh Adams and Walt Hickey win new Pulitzer Prize for comic . . May 11, 2022 . May 10, 2022.
  11. News: The Kindly Tiger. Chicago Tribune. Carey Orr. October 8, 1960. Newspapers.com.
  12. News: Mooning the Pulitzer board. Columbia Journalism Review. Ann Telnaes. Spring 2016. 2020-07-11.
  13. News: O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain.... The Philadelphia Inquirer. Tony Auth. July 22, 1975. Newspapers.com.
  14. Web site: The 1990 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Editorial Cartooning. The Pulitzer Prizes. 2020-07-11.
  15. Web site: The 2023 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Illustrated Reporting and Commentary. Pulitzer Prize. May 15, 2023.
  16. https://www.herbblockfoundation.org/herb-block/biography Biography|The Herb Block Foundation

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