Pulitzer's Gold : A Century of Public Service Journalism / Roy Harris , Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Roy J., Jr., 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--Awards--United States.

Journalism.

Pulitzer Prizes--History.

Pulitzer Prizes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (484 p.)

Edition:

revised and updated edition

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Joseph Pulitzer Gold Medal for meritorious public service is an unparalleled American media honor, awarded to news organizations for collaborative reporting that moves readers, provokes change, and advances the journalistic profession. Updated to reflect new winners of the Pulitzer Prize for public service journalism and the many changes in the practice and business of journalism, Pulitzer's Gold goes behind the scenes to explain the mechanics and effects of these groundbreaking works. The veteran journalist Roy J. Harris Jr. adds fascinating new detail to well-known accounts of the Washington Post investigation into the Watergate affair, the New York Times coverage of the Pentagon Papers, and the Boston Globe revelations of the Catholic Church's sexual-abuse cover-up. He examines recent Pulitzer-winning coverage of government surveillance of U.S. citizens and expands on underexplored stories, from the scandals that took down Boston financial fraud artist Charles Ponzi in 1920 to recent exposés that revealed neglect at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and municipal thievery in Bell, California. This one-hundred-year history of bold journalism follows developments in all types of reporting-environmental, business, disaster coverage, war, and more.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Reintroduction

PART I. Gold for a New Century

Chapter 1. A Medal for All Seasons 2013 - 2014

Chapter 2. The Most Prized Pulitzer

Chapter 3. A Newsroom Challenged, 2002

Chapter 4. Epiphany in Boston, 2003

Chapter 5. From Times to Times, 2004-2005

Chapter 6. The Storm Before the Calm, 2006

Chapter 7. Stocks and Soldiers, 2007-2008

Chapter 8. Prizing Youth, 2009-2010

Chapter 9. The Tradition Survives, 2011-2012

PART II. Coming of Age

Chapter 10. First Gold, 1917-1919

Chapter 11. Reporting on the Roaring, 1920-1929

Chapter 12. From Depression to Wartime, 1930-1945

Chapter 13. A Handful of Gold, 1936-1952

Chapter 14. A New Stew of Issues, 1953-1969

Chapter 15. Secret Papers, Secret Reporting, 1972

Chapter 16. All the Editor's Men, 1973

PART III. Challenges for a New Era

Chapter 17. In Watergate's Shadow, 1970-1978

Chapter 18. Mightier Than the Snake, 1979

Chapter 19. Everybody's Business, 1980-1989

Chapter 20. The Nature of Things, 1990-1998

Chapter 21. The Post Rings Twice, 1999-2000

Afterword

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231540568

0231540566

OCLC:

933388573