Pulitzer Prize Editorials America's Best Writing, 1917 - 2003

by Sloan, Wm. David; Anderson, Laird B.

• ISBN13: 9780813825441
• ISBN10: 081382544X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-20
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Since Joseph Pulitzer first established a prize for the best editorial in1917, the award's prestige has grown steadily. Today the Pulitzer is acknowledged as the most distinguished prize in journalism. All 87 years of these prize-winning pieces are collected in the updated third edition of Pulitzer Prize Editorials: America's Best Writing, 1917-2003. This book is an impressive anthology that illustrates the evolution of editorial writing over the decades. Each entry contains the entire, unabridged text of the prize-winning editorial from that year, and is preceded by a succinct introduction from the editors. From students learning the craft to accomplished opinion writers, Pulitzer Prize Editorials makes it possible for all students of editorial writing to learn from the bestrs.

Author Biography

Wm. David Sloan is Professor of Journalism in the College of Communication and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Laird B. Anderson is Professor Emeritus of Journalism in the School of Communication at American University, Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Preface	viii
The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing	x
Acknowledgments	xxvii
1917 Frank H. Simonds, The Lusitania Anniversary	3	(5)
1918 Henry Wattersen, Vae Victis! and War Has Its Compensations	8	(8)
1920 Harvey E. Newbranch, Law and the Jungle	16	(5)
1922 Frank M. O'Brien, The Unknown Soldier	21	(3)
1923 William Allen White, To an Anxious Friend	24	(2)
1924 Frank Buxton, Who Made Coolidge?	26	(3)
1925 Robert Lathav, The Plight of the South	29	(2)
1926 Edward M. Kingsbury, The House of a Hundred Sorrows	31	(2)
1927 F. Lauriston Bullard, We Submit	33	(4)
1928 Grover Cleveland Hall, Our Tom	37	(2)
1929 Louis Isaac Jaffe, An Unspeakable Act of Savagery	39	(3)
1931 Charles S. Ryckman, The Gentleman from Nebraska	42	(6)
1933 Henry J. Haskell, Too Much Government	48	(3)
1934 Edwin P Chase, Where Is Our Money?	51	(5)
1936 Felix Morley, Bankrupt	56	(6)
George B. Parker, Censorship, You-and Us	59	(3)
1937 John W. Owens, The Opposition	62	(6)
1938 William Wesley Waymack, Tenancy Problem Is National	68	(4)
1939 Ronald G. Gallvert, My Country 'Tis of Thee ...	72	(3)
1940 Bart Howard, Europe's Emperor	75	(3)
1941 Reuben Maury, Toward Totalitarianism	78	(3)
1942 Geoffrey Parsons, The Urgent Need of Unity	81	(3)
1943 Forrest W. Seymour, Statesmanship in the Legion	84	(3)
1944 Henry J. Haskell, How Germany Fooled the World and That Valley Falls Latin Teacher	87	(6)
1945 George W. Potter, Relations of Freedoms	93	(4)
1946 Hodding Carter, Go For Broke	97	(3)
1947 William H. Grimes, Apathetic and Pathetic	100	(4)
1948 Virginias Dabney, We Will Not Be Intimidated	104	(4)
1949 John H. Crider, Imagine, One Billion!	108	(5)
Herbert Elliston, Church Unity	110	(3)
1950 Carl M. Saunders, First Things First	113	(4)
1951 William H. Fitzpatrick, Government by Treaty: What We Can Do About It	117	(3)
1952 Louis LaCoss, The Low Estate of Public Morals	120	(4)
1953 Vermont C. Royster, The Quality of Morality	124	(3)
1954 Don Murray, Still Wanted: A New Look-1	127	(3)
1955 Royce Howes, An Instance of Costly Cause and Effect Which Detroiters Should Weigh Soberly	130	(6)
1956 Lauren K. Soth, If the Russians Want More Meat ...	136	(2)
1957 Buford Boone, What a Price for Peace	138	(3)
1958 Harry S. Ashmore, Reflections in a Hurricane's Eye	141	(3)
1959 Ralph McGill, A Church, A School-	144	(3)
1960 Lenoir Chambers, The Year Virginia Closed the Schools	147	(3)
1961 William J. Dorvillier, The Pastoral Letter	150	(2)
1962 Thomas M. Storke, The John Birch Society: An Editorial	152	(3)
1963 Ira B. Harkey, Jr., Perfectly Capable of Closing Ole Miss	155	(2)
1964 Hazel Brannon Smith, Arrest of Bombing Victim Is Grave Disservice	157	(3)
1965 John R. Harrison, Memo to McKinney	160	(2)
1966 Robert Lasch, The Containment of Ideas	162	(3)
1967 Eugene Patterson, Julian Bond Got Used, Too	165	(3)
1968 John S. Knight, Our "Commitments" Open to Question	168	(6)
1969 Paul Greenberg, An Appeal to Reason	174	(3)
1970 Philip Geyelin, Lyndon Johnsons Presidency	177	(4)
1971 Horance G. Davis, Jr., Do You, Governer Kirk?	181	(2)
1972 John Strohmeyer, Whitewash	183	(2)
1973 Roger B. Linscott, Our $213 Million Gift Horse	185	(3)
1974 F. Gilman Spencer, Mr. Cahill's Colleagues	188	(3)
1975 John Daniell Maurice, Where They Square Off and Washington, the Father or an Infamous Traitor?	191	(4)
1976 Philip P. Kerby, Justice Is Blind-and Gagged	195	(4)
1977 Foster Church, Con fortes Influence	199	(9)
Norman F Cardoza, Conforte Influence in Washoe County Is Shocking	202	(3)
Warren L. Lerude, Renos Reputation	205	(3)
1978 Meg Greenfield, A Good Decision on Libel	208	(3)
1979 Edwin M. Yodér, Solzhenitsyn at Harvard	211	(3)
1980 Robert L. Bartley, Chappaquiddick and Credibility	214	(3)
1982 Jack Rosenthal, The Pornography of Fat	217	(3)
1983 Editorial Board, Miami Herald, The Shame of Kroroe	220	(3)
1984 Albert Scardino, Moldy Department	223	(3)
1985 Richard Aregood, We Must Be Crazy	226	(3)
1986 Jack Fuller, Too Far Too Fast on Abortion	229	(3)
1987 Jonathan Freedman, Easter Sunrise on the Border Ends in Trauma	232	(3)
1988 Jane Healy, An Orange Going Sour	235	(4)
1989 Lois Wille, Election Board Caves In to a Swindle	239	(4)
1990 Thomas J. Hylton, Bond Issue Is Essential to Protect Chester County's Future and Rampant Development May Doom Chester County's Farm Industry	243	(4)
1991 Ron Casey, The Bubbling Caldron	247	(9)
Joey Kennedy, Nickels and Dimes	250	(3)
Harold Jackson, Handcuffing Money	253	(3)
1992 Maria Henson, A Victim No More	256	(4)
1994 R. Bruce Dold, The System Is the Scapegoat	260	(4)
1995 Jeffrey Good, Broken Promises	264	(8)
1996 Robert B. Semple, Jr., Stopping the Yellowstone Mine	272	(3)
1997 Michael Gartner, Holiday Message Tucked Away in Park	275	(4)
1998 Bernard L. Stein, Learning from 'the Fieldston Warblers'	279	(4)
1999 Editorial Board, New York Daily News, Give Theater Board the Hook	283	(4)
2000 John C. Bersia, Legal Loan Sharking	287	(4)
2001 David Moats, A Courageous Step	291	(3)
2002 Alex Raksin and Bob Sipchen, A Case Against Liberty	294	(3)
2003 Cornelia Grumman, No More Excuses. Go to the Tape	297	(6)
Afterword	303	(2)
About the Editors	305