Pulitzer Prizes – Page 5

David Mitchell, Weekly Editor Who Exposed a Corrupt Cult, Dies at 79

His tiny California newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for its exposé of Synanon, a renowned drug rehabilitation program that had turned into a violent operation.

By Sam Roberts

Deaths (Obituaries) Florida Morgan, Lucy News and News Media Newspapers Pulitzer Prizes St Petersburg Times

Lucy Morgan, Feared and Revered Florida Reporter, Dies at 82

Her investigations upended rural sheriffs’ departments, exposed state senators’ misdeeds and exemplified the power of a past era in American newspapering.

By Alex Traub

Books and Literature Pulitzer Prizes United States Writing and Writers

Pulitzer Prizes Expand Eligibility to Noncitizens

The jury for the memoir category had raised concerns that the citizenship requirement was excluding a large part of American culture.

By Alexandra Alter

Colleges and Universities Deaths (Obituaries) Detroit News Giles, Robert H Journalism Schools Kent State University Newspapers Nieman Foundation Pulitzer Prizes

Robert H. Giles, Newspaper Editor and Nieman Curator, Dies at 90

He headed the journalism program at Harvard after overseeing Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Kent State shootings and corruption in Michigan.

By Sam Roberts