• Seattle vendor wants kiosk to stand for something Aug 11, 2008
The original Seattle newsboys, like those who famously did battle in New York by striking against Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst at the end of the 19th century, were making barely 2 cents on every nickel paper. The creation of the Seattle Newsboys Union in 1892 helped impose order among the squabbling hawkers by setting up a system that gave union members exclusive access to certain street corners, according to Roger Simpson, a communications professor at the University of... (Q13.com, WA)
Former 'St. Louis Post-Dispatch' Managing Editor Dies at 77 Aug 1, 2008
Lipman, who decided to publish the information despite the protests of a federal marshal, later called it "an emotional experience. I aged considerably in one day." Shortly after that, then-Publisher Joseph Pulitzer Jr. promoted Lipman to assisstant managing editor. Lipman became managing editor in 1979, taking charge of the newspaper's daily content. (MediaWeek.com)
Book offers interesting insight in Lady Liberty Jul 21, 2008
Outraged, newspaperman Joseph Pulitzer asked for donations from anyone who could spare a penny, and plenty of people sent money. And on an October day almost 122 years ago, the Lady was unveiled. (Westerly Sun, RI)
From Alexander Cockburn Jul 5, 2008
In the 1880s, Joseph Pulitzer hung a sign in the newsroom of his paper, the New York World, which read: The World has no friends. Russert, as the recent obsequies attest, had far too many. (Harper's Magazine)
American News Project Jul 3, 2008
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Revolutionary Women Jun 29, 2008
Each two-page spread spotlights an individual, from Frenchman Edouard de Laboulaye, who got the idea that France should give a gift to the United States for its 100th anniversary, to Auguste Bartholdi, who sculpted the statue, to structural engineer Gustave Eiffel, to Emma Lazarus, who wrote the "Give me your tired, your poor ..." poem for it, to Joseph Pulitzer, who solicited financial contributions from his readers so it could be placed in New York Harbor. Rappaport herself opens the book by... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
The Bookworm: Lady Liberty’ beautifully illustrated, inspirational story of landmark statue Jun 29, 2008
Outraged, newspaperman Joseph Pulitzer asked for donations from anyone who could spare a penny, and plenty of people sent money. One girl from New Jersey sent her chickens to be sold on behalf of the statue. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
The Presidency of William McKinley May 17, 2008
With the news of Spanish atrocities in Cuba (which were terrible, yes, but greatly exagerated by the "Yellow Journalism" of men like Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst who desired only to sell more newspapers than the other), followed by the mysterious sinking of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor in February of 1898, America could no longer remain neutral. The Maine had been sent to Cuba due to the riots which had broken out there to oppose the Spanish oppression, which McKinley saw as... (Suite101.com)
Dylan wins special Pulitzer Prize Apr 9, 2008
The awards, named after newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, carry a prize of $10,000 (5,053). Previous recipients of the special musical Pulitzer include jazz icon John Coltrane, composer George Gershwin and science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
You Won a Pulitzer. Whoop De Do. Apr 9, 2008
Even the Academy Awards are more ecumenical than the Pulitzers, honoring foreign films, short subjects, technical achievement, animated features, and even the (As long as we're cataloging the Ewwww Factor, don't forget that the Pulitzers are named after one of the inventors of , Joseph Pulitzer. . (Slate)
WASHINGTON POST Dominates PULITZERS... Apr 8, 2008
The Pulitzers were created under the terms of the will of newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, who died in The first awards were handed out in 1917. The awards carry a prize of $10,000, except for the public service award, in which a gold medal is awarded to the newspaper. (The Drudge Report)
Pulitzer wins for Washington Post Apr 8, 2008
Named after newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, who died in 1911, the accolades were first awarded in 1917, and 2008's awards are the 92nd of their kind. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Junot Diaz wins Pulitzer Apr 8, 2008
The Pulitzers, created by the will of newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, are these days mostly dedicated to journalism, but have occupied a prestigious place in American letters since the awards were first presented in 1917. They are judged by Columbia University on the recommendation of an 18-member board. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Nellie Bly - Stunt Reporter Mar 25, 2008
In 1887 she headed for New York and Joseph Pulitzer s New York World. Nellie's introductory stunt to the New York reporting was perhaps more dangerous. (Suite101.com)
Book details comics’ gory days, and their taming Mar 2, 2008
When The Yellow Kid appeared in Joseph Pulitzer s New York World in the late 1800s, it fostered the term yellow journalism and numerous comic strip knockoffs that caused parents, clergy and some editors to decry them as depravity and the devil s path to delinquency. But Hajdu says the early comics spoke to and of the swelling immigrant populations in New York and other cities. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Pulitzer's Owner Takes Prize for Frothy Numbers: Jonathan Weil Jan 9, 2008
46 billion in cash to buy Pulitzer Inc., the newspaper chain founded by journalism legend Joseph Pulitzer ... Joseph Pulitzer, whose will provided for the establishment of the Pulitzer Prizes and the journalism school at Columbia University, was an avid sensationalist. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Pulitzer Season Begins! Book Probes Public Service Winners Jan 3, 2008
"For some reason, people were not telling the story behind history. It is clearly the prize that Joseph Pulitzer considered most important," Harris says of the newspaper mogul who created the awards. He also points to the impact the Public Service stories must have in order to be considered: They must show the reporting made a difference. (MediaWeek.com)
War protests: Why no coverage? Oct 30, 2007
Joseph Pulitzer, the editor and publisher for whom the highest honor in journalism is named, understood this well. In May 1904, he wrote: "Our Republic and its press rise or fall together. An able, disinterested, public-spirited press can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery. The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations.". (Christian Science Monitor)
Democrats Put Partisanship Before Security Sep 4, 2007
Joseph Pulitzer once suggested, A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will product in time a people base as itself. Guess what Joe. (Newsmax)
A flight down the Hudson and back 100 years Sep 3, 2007
Curtiss' much-heralded 1910 feat earned "the hawk of the skies" a $10,000 check in a challenge issued by New York World Publisher Joseph Pulitzer. Curtiss carried a handwritten note from the mayor of Albany to the mayor of New York City, allowing the aviator to lay claim to delivering the first airmail in the country. (Albany Times Union)
Brooke Astor - Manhattan society leader, philanthropist Aug 15, 2007
Vincent Astor's second marriage was ending, and the couple married in a small ceremony Oct. 8, 1953, at the Bar Harbor home of Joseph Pulitzer. Vincent Astor, like Marshall, died unexpectedly of a heart attack in 1959, after the couple had been married for five years. (San Francisco Chronicle)
How powerful is Rupert Murdoch now? Aug 2, 2007
But unlike past media moguls such as William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, whose newspapers' sensationalist reporting may have pushed the nation into the Spanish-American War media owners today may find it more difficult to sway national opinion, some experts say. With the advent of the Internet, information percolates to the public from thousands of sources. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
WP: So how would Murdoch run the Journal? Jun 23, 2007
In the late 19th century, when the U.S. government was but a small fraction of its modern-day size and influence, publishers such as William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer essentially had their own foreign policies. Throughout much of the 20th century, however, major U.S. newspapers attempted to limit advocacy to the editorial pages. (MSNBC -- International)
Crowning achievement of immigration bill May 26, 2007
The French donated money to build the copper edifice and Americans, prodded by editorials in "The World," the newspaper owned by Joseph Pulitzer, contributed for the pedestal. The colossus in New York harbor was immediately a big hit. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Truman in the classroom, Disney down the hall, famous Missourians come alive May 20, 2007
In another, there were famous writers like Laura Ingalls Wilder, Joseph Pulitzer and Tennessee Williams. Oh, and Samuel Clemens couldn t be missed as Kristi Hulsey wore a mustache and hair that might have been made from a mop and a big white hat to tell the story of how Clemens became Mark Twain. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Working through differences Apr 20, 2007
Yellow journalism of the Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst era was sensational and scandalous and The Cavalier Daily's story presentation has no resemblance to yellow journalism. Sources can seem desperate to rehabilitate themselves if they have offended readers by trying to build a case of unfair treatment. (The Cavalier Daily, VA)
LA Weekly's Jonathan Gold Wins Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism - First Time Restaurant Critic Wins Apr 19, 2007
The Criticism award, one of 21 awards given by the Pulitzer board for 2006, comes with a $10,000 prize paid from a trust established by journalism pioneer Joseph Pulitzer. Since its inception in 1917, the Pulitzer Prize has been considered the Nation's top journalism award and receives more than 2,400 entries each year. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Novelist McCarthy wins Pulitzer Apr 18, 2007
The Pulitzers were created in 1911 under terms of the will of newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer. The first prizes were bestowed in his honour in 1917, with literature, music and poetry categories added in later years. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
2007 Pulitzer winners announced in New York Apr 17, 2007
The prize was established by Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-American journalist and newspaper publisher. The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded in 1917. (Xinhuanet, China)
Pulitzer Schmulitzer: Apr 17, 2007
(As long as we're cataloging the Ewwww Factor, don't forget that the Pulitzers are named after one of the inventors of , Joseph Pulitzer. . (Slate)
St. Simons distances itself from Ga.'s hectic mainland Apr 1, 2007
J.P. Morgan, William Rockefeller, Jay Gould and Joseph Pulitzer, among others, all built winter "cottages" - actually large homes - here. The island was purchased by the state of Georgia after World War II; the cottages are part of a national historic district and can be visited. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Nellie Bly: Much more than a global traveler Mar 11, 2007
In 1887 she moved to New York City, in quest of a job with Joseph Pulitzer s New York World. Employing her usually single-mindedness, she wangled a position. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Tornadoes kill 7-year-old girl, damage homes in Kansas and southern Missour Mar 2, 2007
From 1886 until the 1940s, it was the private winter playground of America's wealthiest -- Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, J.P. Morgan, Joseph Pulitzer. They built hulking Victorian "cottages" that by anyone else's standards are mansions. (North County Times)
Fig Garden revamped Feb 10, 2007
Clothing company founder Lilly Pulitzer, who married the grandson of Joseph Pulitzer, namesake of the Pulitzer prize, landed upon the colors accidentally. She ran a juice stand and stained her clothes squeezing oranges, lemons, limes and pink grapefruit. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Streamlining Immigration Dec 2, 2006
Some of the finest minds in American history were immigrants -- just think of Joseph Pulitzer and Albert Einstein. In fact, one reason we won World War II and the Cold War is that American policymakers strove to bring the best and the brightest into this country. (Fox News -- Views)
West County students thank veterans Nov 11, 2006
Dylan Politte's friend made him a long, curly black beard for his portrayal of Joseph Pulitzer. like that he had the Pulitzer Prize named after him, Dylan said. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
1960: Vidal, celebs, pols mix it up in NY Nov 10, 2006
Murray, with Walter Wood, his "Hoodlum Saint" co-producer, was confabbing with Joseph Pulitzer Jr. in whose St. Louis territory the pic will be lensed. Mort Sahl, back with his gal, Phyllis Kirk, talked Shelley into appearing on his KHJ-TV'er Tuesday p.m. When Winters arrived, she found the wait was too long for her early "Matter of Conviction" call--departed. (Variety)
More of this story Sep 10, 2006
The Pulitzer Prizes in journalism were established in 1917 in memory of newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, who provided for the birth and funding of the awards in his 1904 will as an incentive to journalistic excellence. . (DeRidder Beauregard Daily News, LA)
Students Giving Up on Reading Sep 6, 2006
I suspect they would have understood the point I tried unsuccessfully to make once when I quoted Joseph Pulitzer to my students. It is journalism's job, he said, to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. (The Ledger)
Today in history: August 27 Aug 27, 2006
Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-born American newspaper publisher (1847-1911). 2006 The Associated Press. (MSNBC -- Race)
This Day in History Aug 27, 2006
Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-born American newspaper publisher (1847-1911). LEE ENTERPRISES REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS. (Montana Standard, MT)
Looking for answers: the Nichols quiz Jul 13, 2006
a) James Gordon Bennett b) Horace Greeley c) William Randolph Hearst d) James J. Hill e) Joseph Pulitzer. 23. (Buffalo News)
America's vision of Klee (Deborah K. Dietsch) Jun 17, 2006
What do writer Ernest Hemingway, playwright Clifford Odets, publisher Joseph Pulitzer and architect Philip Johnson have in common. They all collected the works of artist Paul Klee. (Washington Times)
An age more golden than gilded Jun 8, 2006
Publisher Joseph Pulitzer, an immigrant from Hungary, provided Cleveland s strongest appeal when he editorialized in his New York World: There are four reasons for electing Cleveland: 1. He is an honest man. (Townhall.com)
Schools For Scribblers May 29, 2006
The notion of a special program for journalists first surfaced at the turn of the century, when Joseph Pulitzer dreamed of founding a school of journalism at Columbia. In 1902, he offered the university $2 million to establish one. (CBS News)
The Mouth vs. the Bully: Apr 21, 2006
Famous grudges have pitted William Randolph Hearst against Joseph Pulitzer; Alexander Cockburn against Abe Rosenthal and Norman Podhoretz; Walter Annenberg against the entire "liberal media"; Jim Bellows against Ben Bradlee; Ben Bradlee against Al Neuharth; Ted Turner against Rupert Murdoch; the New York Post against the Daily News; and Walter Winchell against Cissy Patterson, Ed Sullivan, Time magazine, Whittaker Chambers, Westbrook Pegler, Drew Pearson, and the entire known universe. Modern... (Slate)
Why I Hate CNN Apr 19, 2006
" There was also an article about the Pope's first Easter Mass and one about political progress in Iraq. If I were challenged to make up a list of the most inanely trivial and worthlessly sensationalized news stories, there is a realistic chance that I would lose to CNN's starting lineup. While I recognize the nature of these stories, there is still a problem: I read them -- every gory detail. And I have the feeling that I am not alone. Today, instead of reading The New York Time's analysis of... (The Dartmouth Online, NH)
Mitchell, Ramsey Pulitzer finalists Apr 19, 2006
The Pulitzers were created under the terms of the will of newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, who died in 1911. He endowed the journalism school at Columbia and dictated that money be set aside for the prizes. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Gulf Coast papers win Pulitzers for Katrina coverage Apr 19, 2006
The Pulitzers were created under the terms of the will of newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, who died in 1911. (The Morning Star)
Full Story from Columbia Daily Spectator Apr 19, 2006
Pulitzer administrator Sig Gissler conducted the press conference in the Joseph Pulitzer World Room, which is named after the school's founder and the namesake of journalism's most prestigious awards. The winners are decided by a board of distinguished figures in journalism and at the University, including President Lee Bollinger. (U-Wire.com)
Claudia Emerson of Fredericksburg, left, wins top prize for poetry. Apr 18, 2006
com - UMW professor wins Pulitzer for poetry. Sometimes the subjects just present themselves, I process the world through poetry. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Stanford professor Bill Woo dies at 69 Apr 14, 2006
I was appointed editor of the Post-Dispatch, becoming the fourth editor in the papers history and the first not to be named Joseph Pulitzer, Woo wrote in a 1996 letter of application to teach at Stanford to Marion Lewenstein, now professor emeritus. That is one journalistic curiosity. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
