List of Pulitzer Prizes awarded to The New York Times

The New York Times has won 135 Pulitzer Prizes. It won its first award in 1918, and has since won more Pulitzer prizes than any other organization.

The Pulitzer Prize is a prize awarded within the United States for excellence in journalism in a range of categories. First awarded in 1917, prizes have been awarded every year since, though not in every category. News organizations submit work, or series of works, for consideration to a 19-member board, which is composed of editors, columnists, media executives, artists, and academic administrators from Columbia University, which administers the prize Updated 2013 by Sig Gissler.

1910s 1918: The New York Times, for Public Service, specifically for expansive coverage of World War I, including publishing the full text of "official reports, documents and speeches by European statesmen relating to the progress and conduct of the war."

1920s 1923: Alva Johnston, in Reporting, for science news and his reporting of the 1922 convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 1926: Edward M. Kingsbury, in Editorial Writing, for his editorial, "The House of a Hundred Sorrows".

1930s 1930: Russell Owen, in Reporting, for graphic radio dispatches from the Byrd Antarctic Expedition. 1932: Walter Duranty, in Correspondence, for his series of dispatches from Russia describing the working out of the Five Year Plan. This award received substantial criticism in the later 1900s for failures to report on the conditions that led to the Soviet famine of 1932–33, but as of 2021, The Pulitzer board has twice declined to withdraw the award. 1934: Frederick T. Birchall, in Correspondence, for reporting from Europe. 1935: Arthur Krock, in Correspondence, for his Washington dispatches. 1936: Lauren D. Lyman, in Reporting, for his exclusive story revealing that Charles Lindbergh and his family were leaving the United States to live in England following hysteria surrounding the kidnap and murder of his infant son. The U.S. media had called it the "Crime of the Century" and it spurred the U.S. Congress to enact the Federal Kidnapping Act, designating kidnapping a federal crime, so that charges could be pursued even if the perpetrator crossed state lines. 1937: William L. Laurence, in Reporting, for his coverage of "science" at the Tercentenary Celebration at Harvard University, shared with four other reporters from other news organizations. 1937: Anne O'Hare McCormick, in Correspondence, for her dispatches and feature articles from Europe in 1936. 1938: Arthur Krock, in Correspondence, for his exclusive interview with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937. This broke an "unwritten rule" among the White House press pool, and "the Washington press corps sizzled with rage at such 'favoritism'", according to a later Times Magazine report. The President apologized for granting the exclusive interview.

1940s 1940: Otto D. Tolischus, in Correspondence, for articles from Berlin explaining the economic and ideological background of war-engaged Nazi Germany. 1941: The New York Times with a special citation for the "public educational value" of its foreign news reporting, "exemplified," according to the Pulitzer Board, "by its scope, by excellence of writing and presentation and supplementary background information, illustration, and interpretation". 1942: Louis Stark, in Telegraphic Reporting (National), for reporting of "important labor stories" during the year. 1943: Hanson W. Baldwin, in Correspondence, for a series of articles reporting a wartime tour of the Southwest Pacific. 1944: The New York Times, in Public Service (described by the Prize Board as "for the most disinterested and meritorious public service rendered by any American newspaper during the year"), for a survey of the teaching of American history. 1945: James ("Scotty") Reston, in Telegraphic Reporting (National), for his coverage of the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in Washington, D.C., particularly an exclusive series that detailed how the delegates planned to set up the United Nations. 1946: William L. Laurence, in Reporting, for his eyewitness account of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and other articles on the "development, production, and significance" of the atomic bomb. 1946: Arnaldo Cortesi, in Correspondence, for his reports from Buenos Aires in 1945. 1947: Brooks Atkinson, in Correspondence, for his series of articles on Russia in 1946. 1949: C. P. Trussell, in National Reporting, for "consistent excellence in covering the national scene from Washington".

1950s 1950: Meyer Berger, in Local Reporting, for an article on the killing of 13 people by a berserk gunman in Camden, New Jersey. 1951: Arthur Krock, with a Special Citation, for his exclusive interview with President Harry S. Truman in 1950, which revealed he did not intend to run for a third term. At the time Krock published his work (in 1950), he was a member of the Pulitzer Board. The Board noted in this 1951 award that, as a policy, it "does not make any award to an individual member of the Board"; instead, they issued no award in the National Reporting category in 1950, and awarded Krock this special award in 1951. It was the second time (following his 1938 Pulitzer Prize) that Krock had won the Prize for an exclusive interview with a sitting president—which was exceedingly rare and a contravention of unwritten rules of engagement between a President and the press pool. At the time, it was viewed as a scandal among the White House press. 1951: Cyrus L. Sulzberger, with a Special Award, for his interview with Archbishop Stepinac of Yugoslavia. 1952: Anthony H. Leviero, in National Reporting, for an exclusive article he wrote disclosing the record of conversations between President Harry S. Truman and General of the Army Douglas MacArthur at their Wake Island Conference in 1950, where they discussed the progress of the Korean War. 1953: The New York Times, with a Special Citation, for its "Review of the Week" section (credited as being edited by Lester Markel) which the Board said, "for seventeen years has brought enlightenment and intelligent commentary to its readers." 1955: Harrison E. Salisbury, in International Reporting, for a series based on his six years in Russia. 1956: Arthur Daley, in Local Reporting (no edition time) for his sports column, "Sports of The Times." 1957: James ("Scotty") Reston, in National Correspondence, for "his five-part analysis of the effect of President Eisenhower's illness on the functioning of the executive branch of the federal government". 1958: Staff of The New York Times, in International Reporting. The Board noted in particular The Times' "initiative, continuity, and high quality".

1960s 1960: A.M. Rosenthal, in International Reporting, for "perceptive and authoritative" reporting from Poland. The Pulitzer Board added, "Mr. Rosenthal's subsequent expulsion from the country was attributed by Polish government spokesmen to the depth his reporting into Polish affairs, there being no accusation of false reporting." 1963: Anthony Lewis, in National Reporting, for reporting on the proceedings of the United States Supreme Court that year, especially "the decision in the reapportionment case and its consequences in many of the States of the Union." 1964: David Halberstam, in International Reporting, for reporting from South Vietnam of the Vietnam War and the overthrow of the Diem regime (shared with Malcolm Browne of Associated Press). 1968: J. Anthony Lukas, in Local Investigative Specialized Reporting, for his article on an 18-year-old girl, murdered in New York City, and her two different lives.

1970s 1970: Ada Louise Huxtable, in Criticism, for her architecture criticism during 1969. 1971: Harold C. Schonberg, in Criticism, for his music criticism during 1970. 1972: The New York Times, in Public Service, for publication of the Pentagon Papers. 1973: Max Frankel, in International Reporting, for his coverage of President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China, which marked the first time a U.S. president had visited the PRC, the end of 25 years of no communication or diplomatic ties between the two countries. 1974: Hedrick Smith, in International Reporting, for his coverage of the Soviet Union and its allies in Eastern Europe in 1973. 1976: Sydney H. Schanberg, in International Reporting, "for his coverage of the Communist takeover in Cambodia, carried out at great risk when he elected to stay at his post after the fall of Phnom Penh." 1976: Walter W. Smith (Red Smith), in Commentary, for his "Sports of The Times" column in 1975 "and for many other years". 1978: Henry Kamm, chief Asian diplomatic correspondent, in International Reporting, for articles calling attention to the plight of Indochinese refugees. 1978: Walter Kerr, Sunday drama critic, in Criticism, for "articles on the theater in 1977 and throughout his long career". 1978: William Safire, Op-Ed Page columnist, in Commentary, for his columns on the Bert Lance affair. 1979: Russell Baker, in Commentary, for his "Observer" column.

1980s 1981: John M. Crewdson, in National Reporting, for "his coverage of illegal aliens and immigration". 1981: Dave Anderson, in Commentary, for his "Sports of The Times" column. 1982: John Darnton, in International Reporting, for his coverage of the crisis in Poland. 1982: Jack Rosenthal, assistant Sunday editor, in Editorial Writing. 1983: Thomas L. Friedman, in International Reporting, for his coverage of the war in Lebanon; shared with Loren Jenkins of The Washington Post. 1983: Nan C. Robertson, in Feature Writing, for her article in The New York Times Magazine on her experience with toxic shock syndrome. 1984: John Noble Wilford, in National Reporting, for reporting on a "wide variety of scientific topics of national import". 1984: Paul Goldberger, in Criticism, for architecture criticism. 1986: Staff of The New York Times, in Explanatory Journalism, for a series of articles on the Strategic Defense Initiative, the "Star Wars" program. 1986: Donal Henahan, in Criticism, for his music criticism. 1987: Alex S. Jones, in Specialized Reporting, for "a skillful and sensitive report of a powerful newspaper family's bickering and how it led to the sale of a famed media empire" (specifically, when Barry Bingham Sr. sold The Courier-Journal and The Louisville Times to Gannett). 1987: Staff of The New York Times, in National Reporting, for coverage of the aftermath and causes of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. 1988: Thomas L. Friedman, in International Reporting, for "balanced and informed" coverage of Israel. 1989: Bill Keller, in International Reporting, for "resourceful and detailed" coverage of events in the Soviet Union.

1990s

1990: Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, in International Reporting, for coverage of political turmoil in China. 1991: Natalie Angier, in Beat Reporting, for coverage of molecular biology and animal behavior. 1991: Serge Schmemann, in International Affairs, for coverage of the reunification of Germany. 1992: Anna Quindlen, for "Public & Private," a compelling column covering a wide range of personal and political topics 1992: Howell Raines, for "Grady's Gift," an account in The New York Times Magazine of his childhood friendship with his family's housekeeper and the lasting lessons of their interracial relationship. 1993: John F. Burns, in International Reporting, for "courageous coverage of the strife and destruction in Bosnia". 1994: Staff of The New York Times, for local reporting of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, pooling the efforts of the metropolitan staff as well as Times journalists covering locations as far-ranging as the Middle East and Washington. 1994: Isabel Wilkerson, in Feature Writing.