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Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence

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The Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence was awarded from 1929 to 1947.

Winners

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Year Name(s) Publication Rationale
1929 Paul Scott Mowrer Chicago Daily News "for his coverage of international affairs including the Franco-British Naval Pact and Germany's campaign for revision of the Dawes Plan."
1930 Leland Stowe New York Herald Tribune "for the series of articles covering conferences on reparations and the establishment of the international bank."
1931 H. R. Knickerbocker New York Post "for a series of articles on the practical operation of the Five Year Plan in Russia."
Public Ledger
1932 Walter Duranty The New York Times "for his series of dispatches on Russia specifically the working out of the Five Year Plan."
Charlie Ross St. Louis Post-Dispatch "for his article entitled, 'The Country's Plight—What Can Be Done about It?,' a discussion of economic situation of the United States."
1933 Edgar Ansel Mowrer Chicago Daily News "for his day-by-day coverage and interpretation of the series of German political crises in 1932, beginning with the presidential election and the struggle of Adolf Hitler for public office."
1934 Frederick T. Birchall The New York Times "for his correspondence from Europe."
1935 Arthur Krock The New York Times "for his Washington dispatches."
1936 Wilfred C. Barber Chicago Tribune "for his reports of the war in Ethiopia."[a]
1937 Anne O'Hare McCormick The New York Times "for her dispatches and feature articles from Europe in 1936."
1938 Arthur Krock The New York Times "for his exclusive authorized interview with the President of the United States on February 27, 1937."
1939 Louis P. Lochner Associated Press "for his dispatches from Berlin."
1940 Otto D. Tolischus The New York Times "for his dispatches from Berlin."
1941 Group award "In place of an individual Pulitzer Prize for foreign correspondence, the Trustees approved the recommendation of the Advisory Board that a bronze plaque or scroll be designed and executed to recognize and symbolize the public services and the individual achievements of American news reporters in the war zones of Europe, Asia and Africa from the beginning of the present war."
1942 Carlos P. Romulo Philippines Herald "for his observations and forecasts of Far Eastern developments during a tour of the trouble centers from Hong Kong to Batavia."
1943 Hanson W. Baldwin The New York Times "for his report of his wartime tour of the Southwest Pacific."
1944 Ernie Pyle Scripps-Howard Newspapers "for distinguished war correspondence during the year 1943."
1945 Hal Boyle Associated Press "for distinguished war correspondence during the year 1944."
1946 Arnaldo Cortesi The New York Times "for distinguished correspondence during the year 1945, as exemplified by his reports from Buenos Aires, Argentina."
1947 Brooks Atkinson The New York Times "for distinguished correspondence during 1946, as exemplified by his series of articles on Russia."

Notes

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  1. ^ Awarded posthumously.
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