The 1971 Pulitzer Prizes are:
Journalism awards
Public Service: Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel, for investigation of environmental problems, particularly blocking strip mine operations in northwest North Carolina. National Reporting: Lucinda Franks and Thomas Powers of United Press International, for their profile of revolutionary Diana Oughton, "The Making of a Terrorist". Local General or Spot News Reporting: Staff of the Akron Beacon Journal, for coverage of the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970. (Part 2 of article) Local Investigative Specialized Reporting: William Jones of the Chicago Tribune, for exposing "collusion between police and some of Chicago's largest ambulance companies to restrict services in low income areas." International Reporting: Jimmie Lee Hoagland of The Washington Post, for covering the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. Criticism or Commentary: William A. Caldwell of The Record (Hackensack, New Jersey), for his commentary in his daily column, "Simeon Stylites". (Part 2 of article) Harold C. Schonberg of The New York Times, for his music criticism in 1970. Editorial Writing: Horace G. Davis, Jr. of The Gainesville Sun, for his editorials in support of peaceful desegregation in Florida schools. Editorial Cartooning: Paul Conrad of the Los Angeles Times, for his cartooning in 1970. (Part 2 of article) Spot News Photography: John Paul Filo of the Valley Daily News/Daily Dispatch (Tarentum and New Kensington, Pennsylvania), for his photography of the Kent State shootings. Feature Photography: Jack Dykinga of the Chicago Sun-Times, for his photography at the Lincoln and Dixon State Schools for the Retarded (Illinois).
Letters, Drama and Music Awards
Fiction: No award given. Drama: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel (Harper) History: Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom by James MacGregor Burns (Harcourt) Biography or Autobiography: Robert Frost: The Years of Triumph, 1915-1938 by Lawrance Thompson (Holt) Poetry: The Carrier of Ladders by William S. Merwin (Atheneum) General Nonfiction: The Rising Sun by John Toland (Random) Music: Synchronisms No. 6 for Piano and Electronic Sound (1970) by Mario Davidovsky (E. B. Marks) Premiered August 19, 1970, at the Berkshire Music Festival.
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