1980 Pulitzer Prize

Awards for journalism and related fields February 2025 thumb|"Firing Squad in Iran", the prize-winning spot news photograph The Pulitzer Prizes for 1980 were announced on April 14, 1980.1980 Pulitzer Prizes in journalism, letters St. Louis Post-Dispatch April 15, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92717667/1980-pulitzer-prizes-in-journalism/ Newspapers.com A total of 1,550 entries were submitted for prizes in 19 categories of journalism and the arts.Mailer cops his second Pulitzer Peter Kihss The Spokesman-Review New York Times April 15, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92717801/mailer-cops-his-second-pulitzer/ Newspapers.com Finalists were chosen by expert juries in each category, and winners were then chosen by the 16-member Pulitzer Prize Board, presided over by Clayton Kirkpatrick.16 journalists, educators on Pulitzer board The Miami Herald AP April 15, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92822559/16-journalists-educators-on-pulitzer/ Newspapers.com For the first time in the Prizes' history, juries were asked to name at least three finalists in each category, and the finalists were announced in addition to the winners.Complete Historical Handbook of the Pulitzer Prize System 1917-2000 Heinz-Dietrich Fischer Erika J. Fischer Walter de Gruyter 2011 978-3110939125 273 https://books.google.com/books?id=w3CdrctE80IC&pg=PA273 Each prize carried a $1,000 award, except for the Public Service prize, which came with a gold medal. The winner in each category is listed first, in bold, followed by the other finalists. Journalism awards Public Service: Gannett News Service, for "Story of the Pauline Fathers", its 18-day series on misuse of financial contributions to the Pauline Fathers.Gannett News Service receives Pulitzer Prize Public Opinion Chambersburg, PA John T. McGowan Gannett April 15, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/article/public-opinion-gannett-news-service-rece/139964842/ Newspapers.comComplete Historical Handbook of the Pulitzer Prize System 1917-2000 Heinz-Dietrich Fischer Erika J. Fischer Walter de Gruyter 2011 978-3110939125 30 https://books.google.com/books?id=w3CdrctE80IC&pg=PA30 The Miami Herald, for "Dangerous Doctors: A Medical Dilemma", an 8-part series on medical incompetence, malfeasance, and abuse.Tropic's Blais wins a Pulitzer; Herald has four other finalists The Miami Herald April 15, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92823428/tropics-blais-wins-a-pulitzer-herald/ Newspapers.com (Part 2 of article) The Miami Herald, for "Police Brutality: The Dangerous Few", a 5-part series on cases of police brutality in Dade County. The Philadelphia Inquirer,Inquirer wins top awards in newswriting contest The Philadelphia Inquirer June 15, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93015167/inquirer-wins-top-awards-in-newswriting/ Newspapers.com for "Poison at Our Doorsteps", a series on irresponsible disposal of toxic waste. St. Petersburg Times, for its investigation of the Church of Scientology. (Moved by the Board to the National Reporting category.) Local General or Spot News Reporting: Staff of The Philadelphia Inquirer, for coverage of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, including a 22,000-word recounting of the accident by 39 reporters and photographers.Countdown: How the nation's worst nuclear accident happened The Philadelphia Inquirer April 8, 1979 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92720567/countdown-how-the-nations-worst/ Newspapers.com Staff of the Chicago Tribune, for coverage of the worst air crash in US history and the blizzard of 1979. Staff of the Greensboro Daily News (North Carolina), for coverage of the Greensboro massacre, a shooting at an anti-Ku Klux Klan rally.Communists, Klan, blacks hold rallies The Charlotte News July 14, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93016034/communists-klan-blacks-hold-rallies/ Newspapers.com Local Investigative Specialized Reporting: Stephen A. Kurkjian, Alexander B. Hawes Jr., Nils Bruzelius, Joan Vennochi and Robert M. Porterfield of The Boston Globe, for a 10-part exposé on mismanagement of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.Members of Globe staff win 3 Pulitzer Prizes The Boston Globe April 15, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92720193/members-of-globe-staff-win-3-pulitzer/ Newspapers.com (Part 2 of article) Carole E. Agus, Andrew V. Fetherston Jr., and Frederick J. Tuccillo of Newsday (Long Island, New York), for their investigation of a scandal at the Southwest Sewer District in Suffolk County.Press winners, finalists Newsday April 15, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93325558/press-winners-finalists/ Newspapers.com Charles R. Cook and James S. Carlton of The Port Arthur News (Texas), for their exposé on the use of road oil contaminated with cyanide and other toxic chemicals, distributed by Browning-Ferris Industries.Texas paper nominated Longview News-Journal UPI April 15, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93325875/texas-paper-nominated/ Newspapers.comPoison reportedly used on E. Texas roads Austin American-Statesman April 27, 1979 Cox News Service Jim Carlton Chuck Cook https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93327113/poison-reportedly-used-on-e-texas-roads/ Newspapers.com (Part 2 of article) Judy Grande and Brian Gallagher of The Journal News (Nyack, New York), for the 5-part series, "Getting Away with Murder", exposing the shoddy investigation and prosecution of murders in Rockland, New York.Finalist for a Pulitzer The Journal News Nyack, NY April 21, 1980 Bob Baird https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93327844/finalist-for-a-pulitzer/ Newspapers.com Lewis M. Simons and Ron Shaffer of The Washington Post, for a series on fraud committed by officials of a low-income housing organization, P.I. Properties, including Marion Barry's ex-wife.Ron Shaffer, Washington Post journalist who founded 'Dr. Gridlock' column, dies at 76 The Washington Post November 13, 2021 Matt Schudel https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ron-shaffer-dead/2021/11/13/aa0f7d9a-44c4-11ec-a88e-2aa4632af69b_story.html 2022-01-27Pride firm tied to $600,000 theft The Washington Post Lewis M. Simons Ron Shaffer October 21, 1979 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1979/10/21/pride-firm-tied-to-600000-theft/b30e882b-e5c4-44d5-92ef-45d3bb1688ec/ 2022-01-27 National Reporting: Bette Swenson Orsini and Charles Stafford of the St. Petersburg Times, for their 16-part investigation of the Church of Scientology.2 Times reporters win Pulitzers for Scientology reports St. Petersburg Times Charles Patrick April 15, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92728928/2-times-reporters-win-pulitzers-for/ Newspapers.com (Part 2 of article) Joseph P. Albright of Cox Newspapers, for "Our Trillion Dollar Treasure", a series on energy policy regarding oil and gas under federally owned lands.Pulitzer Prize board, for first time, names finalists in all categories The Boston Globe April 16, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93624505/pulitzer-prize-board-for-first-time/ Newspapers.comNatural irony: Oil may lie beneath scenic national parks The Atlanta Constitution April 15, 1979 Joseph Albright https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93624595/natural-irony-oil-may-lie-beneath/ Newspapers.com George Anthan of The Des Moines Register, for "Vanishing Acres", a 7-part series on the dwindling amount of good farmland.George Anthan, journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, dies at 80 The Washington Post Bart Barnes August 30, 2016 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/george-anthan-journalist-and-two-time-pulitzer-prize-finalist-dies-at-80/2016/08/30/da5d29fc-6bd0-11e6-99bf-f0cf3a6449a6_story.html 2022-01-27Feeding our hungry world from less and less farm land The Des Moines Register July 8, 1979 George Anthan https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93625454/feeding-our-hungry-world-from-less-and/ Newspapers.com (Part 2 of article) Staff of the Los Angeles Times, for a series on chemicals in the environment, "The Poisoning of America".Chemical wastes imperil water supplies The Los Angeles Times Bob Secter September 6, 1979 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93626671/chemical-wastes-imperil-water-supplies/ Newspapers.com International Reporting: Joel Brinkley, reporter, and Jay Mather, photographer of The Courier-Journal, for the 4-part series, "Living the Cambodian Nightmare", about refugees from the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.C-J wins Pulitzer Prize for Cambodian series The Courier-Journal Louisville, KY April 15, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92730370/c-j-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-cambodian/ Newspapers.com (Part 2 of article) Peter Arnett of the Associated Press, for "The World's Homeless", a 6-part series about international refugees, with photographs by Eddie Adams.Divided island: Cypriot Greeks camp in forest and watch as Turkish soldiers loot their village The Journal Herald Dayton, OH AP Peter Arnett May 5, 1979 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93737761/divided-island-cypriot-greeks-camp-in/ Newspapers.comMillions seek new homes Abilene Reporter-News April 22, 1979 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93737854/millions-seek-new-homes/ Newspapers.com Fox Butterfield of The New York Times, for dispatches from China. Staff of the Los Angeles Times, for coverage of Iran. Feature Writing: Madeleine Blais of The Miami Herald, for a selection of stories profiling families and individuals, particularly "Zepp's Last Stand".Pulitzer for public service won by Gannett News Editor & Publisher April 19, 1980 56 https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1980-04-19_113_16/page/56/mode/2upZepp's Last Sand The Miami Herald November 11, 1979 Madeline Blais https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-zepps-last-stand/92728473/ Bonnie M. Anderson of The Miami Herald, for "The Execution of My Father", about her father's execution during the Cuban Revolution in 1961.The Execution of My Father The Miami Herald Bonnie M. Anderson February 25, 1979 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93201486/the-execution-of-my-father/ Newspapers.com John R. Camp of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, for a series of articles about Native American culture.About the Author John Sandford http://www.johnsandford.org/author.html 2022-01-22 Saul Pett of the Associated Press, for an article on the snail darter controversy.Tiny fish casting big shadow over TVA dam project Asbury Park Press Saul Pett AP April 1, 1979 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93200797/tiny-fish-casting-big-shadow-over-tva/ Newspapers.com Commentary: Ellen H. Goodman of The Boston Globe, for her syndicated daily column, commenting on a variety of topics. Richard Reeves of Universal Press Syndicate, for his syndicated political column.Political historian-commentator Richard Reeves dies at 83 Los Angeles Times Arit John AP March 27, 2020 https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-03-27/political-historian-commentator-richard-reeves-dies-at-83 2022-01-29 Carl T. Rowan of the Chicago Sun-Times and Syndicate, for his syndicated column. Criticism: William A. Henry III of The Boston Globe, for critical writing about television. William C. Glackin of The Sacramento Bee, for his drama and music reviews.An unseasonal Valentine arrives for William Glackin The Sacramento Bee April 19, 1980 Herb Michelson https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93743458/an-unseasonal-valentine-arrives-for/ Newspapers.com William K. Robertson of The Miami Herald, for a collection of columns and book reviews. Editorial Writing: Robert L. Bartley of The Wall Street Journal, for editorials on a variety of topics. John Alexander of the Greensboro Daily News (North Carolina), for editorials about the Greensboro massacre.A leader among leaders News & Record Greensboro, NC Stephen Martin December 4, 1999 https://greensboro.com/a-leader-among-leaders-john-alexander-tried-out-graduate-school-and-starred-in-journalism-before/article_4646931b-45f1-5e05-b76d-f76f157a3476.html 2022-02-06 Alfred Ames and Joan Beck of the Chicago Tribune Bruce C. Davidson, Thomas N. Oliphant, and Anne C. Wyman of The Boston Globe, for the 8-part series, "Search for an Energy Policy".An editorial view of the energy fix The Boston Globe July 1, 1979 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94325419/an-editorial-view-of-the-energy-fix/ Newspapers.comA plan for action The Boston Globe July 1, 1979 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94325398/a-plan-for-action/ Newspapers.com Tom Dearmore of the San Francisco Examiner, for editorials on a variety of topics. Editorial Cartooning: Don Wright of The Miami News, for his cartoons, exemplified by "Florida State Prison".Editorial Cartoon Awards 1922-1997: From Rollin Kirby and Edmund Duffy to Herbert Block and Paul Conrad Heinz-Dietrich Fischer Erika J. Fischer Walter de Gruyter 1999 225 978-3-11-095577-4 https://books.google.com/books?id=8hZN60X5kO0C&pg=PA225Florida State Prison The Miami News May 22, 1979 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94283250/florida-state-prison/ Newspapers.comPulitzer No. 2 for News's Don Wright The Miami News Patrice Gaines-Carter April 15, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94284102/pulitzer-no-2-for-newss-don-wright/ Newspapers.com Richard Locher of the Chicago Tribune Paul Szep of The Boston Globe thumb|Spot News finalist photo by Michael Haering, of a protester struck by a car at a demonstration in Beverly Hills Spot News Photography: Anonymous, distributed by United Press International. (In 2006, the photographer was identified as Jahangir Razmi of Ettela'at),A chilling photograph's hidden history The Wall Street Journal December 2, 2006 Joshua Prager https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116499510215538266 2022-01-1727 years after it was awarded, a Pulitzer Prize is acknowledged The New York Times Pradnya Joshi May 28, 2007 https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/28/business/media/28pulitzer.html 2021-01-16 for "Firing Squad in Iran", depicting the execution of prisoners in the 1979 Kurdish rebellion by an Iranian government firing squad. Robert L. Gay of the Charleston Daily Mail (West Virginia), for a series on a crazed veteran holding 29 hostages in a church.Photojournalist reflects on close encounters during career The Daily Athenaeum January 15, 2008 Jon Offredo https://www.thedaonline.com/photojournalist-reflects-on-close-encounters-during-career/article_3f7046cb-186c-511e-a4a3-d8af5e18988b.html 2022-01-30Vet's broadcast ends hostage drama The Olympian Olympia, WA Gannett Jack A. Seamonds October 22, 1979 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-olympian-vets-broadcast-ends-hostag/140075269/ Newspapers.com Michael Haering of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, for a photo of a woman being struck by a car at a demonstration outside the house of the Shah of Iran's sister in Beverly Hills.200 attack home of shah's sister Minneapolis Tribune January 3, 1979 https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune-200-attack-home-of-shahs-s/137268303/ Newspapers.comPulitzer finalist had local ties The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL May 3, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93839488/pulitzer-finalist-had-local-ties/ Newspapers.com Feature Photography: Erwin H. Hagler of The Dallas Times Herald, for a 23-picture series documenting the life of cowboys in the Texas Panhandle.Photographer's dream fulfilled Longview News-Journal UPI April 15, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92828380/photographers-dream-fulfilled/ Newspapers.comMailer receives second Pulitzer Longview News-Journal AP April 15, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92828416/mailer-receives-second-pulitzer/ Newspapers.comTexas Cowboys: The Pulitzer Prize Collection Skeeter Hagler Photography http://www.skeeterhagler.net/pulitzer.html 2022-01-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20230528042442/http://www.skeeterhagler.net/pulitzer.html 2023-05-28 David A. Kryszak of The Detroit News, for "Cambodian Exodus", a five-part photo-essay on Cambodian refugees in Thailand.Cambodian Exodus The Detroit News David Kryszak December 9–13, 1979 John J. Sunderland of The Denver Post, for photos of patients living and dying in a hospice in Lakewood, Colorado.Hospice: Death with dignity The Denver Post October 7, 1979 Empire magazine Patrick A. McGuire John Sunderland center 600 Texas Cowboys 02.jpg Texas Cowboys 03.jpg Texas Cowboys 08.jpg Texas Cowboys 15.jpg Selections of the prize-winning Feature Photography series on Texas cowboys by Erwin Hagler The winning news organizations celebrated their prize in trade publications File:1980 Pulitzer Prize ad - Boston Globe.jpg The Boston Globe File:1980 Pulitzer Prize ad - Courier-Journal.jpg The Courier-Journal File:1980 Pulitzer Prize ad - Dallas Times Herald.jpg The Dallas Times Herald File:1980 Pulitzer Prize ad - Gannett.jpg Gannett News Service File:1980 Pulitzer Prize ad - Miami Herald.jpg The Miami Herald File:1980 Pulitzer Prize ad - Philadelphia Inquirer.jpg The Philadelphia Inquirer File:1980 Pulitzer Prize ad - St. Petersburg Times.jpg St. Petersburg Times File:1980 Pulitzer Prize ad - UPI.jpg United Press International Letters, Drama and Music Awards Fiction: The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer Birdy by William Wharton The Ghost Writer by Philip Roth thumb|upright|Poster for the Broadway production of the prize-winning drama, Talley's Folly Drama: Talley's Folly by Lanford WilsonWhen the pain stops, he'll smile Daily News New York City April 17, 1980 Ernest Leogrande https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-when-the-pain-stops-hell-sm/140096940/ Newspapers.com History: Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery by Leon F. LitwackUC historian wins Pulitzer Independent & Gazette Berkeley, CA April 15, 1980 Marcy Kates https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-berkeley-gazette-uc-historian-wins-p/140098367/ Newspapers.com (Part 2 of article) The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants on the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840–60 by John D. Unruh Jr. The Urban Crucible: Social Change, Political Consciousness and the Origins of the American Revolution by Gary B. Nash Biography or Autobiography: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris Being Bernard Berenson by Meryle Secrest Bernard Berenson: The Making of a Connoisseur by Ernest Samuels The Duke of Deception: Memories of My Father by Geoffrey Wolff Poetry: Selected Poems by Donald JusticeIowa poet shrugs at Pulitzer fame The Des Moines Register April 16, 1980 Jerald Heth https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-iowa-poet-shrugs/137371239/ Newspapers.com (Part 2 of article) Goshawk, Antelope by Dave Smith Selected Poems by Richard Hugo General Nonfiction: Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas HofstadterHofstadter doesn't plan sequel to Pulitzer book The Indianapolis News April 19, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-news-hofstadter-doesnt/140096813/ Newspapers.com The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination by Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar'Near-prize' thrills authors The Indianapolis Star May 6, 1980 Betsy Harris https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-near-prize-thril/141262974/ Newspapers.com The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher by Lewis Thomas Music: In Memory of a Summer Day by David Del TrediciSLSO Untold: SLSO Commissioned 1980 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Piece St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Eric Dundon April 12, 2022 https://www.slsostories.org/post/untold-pulitzer 2023-12-24 After the Butterfly by Morton Subotnick Quintets for Orchestra by Lukas Foss The Pulitzer Prize-winning books for 1980 File:ExecutionersSong.jpg The Executioner's Song File:Been in the Storm So Long book cover.jpg Been in the Storm So Long File:TheRiseOfTheodoreRoosevelt.jpg The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt File:Donald Justice - Selected Poems.jpg Selected Poems File:Godel, Escher, Bach (first edition).jpg Gödel, Escher, Bach References External links http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1980 Category:Pulitzer Prizes by year Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer