The Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting is awarded to an example of "significant issues of local or statewide concern, demonstrating originality and community connection". This Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1948. Like most Pulitzers the winner receives a $15,000 award.
History The Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting was first awarded from 1948 until 1952. Beginning in 1953, two awards for Local Reporting were given out by the committee, for Local Reporting, Edition Time and for Local Reporting, No Edition Time.
In 1964 the Local Reporting Pulitzers were again renamed to "Local Investigative Specialized Reporting" and "Local General or Spot News Reporting." These prizes existed until 1984, when they were done away with.
In 1985, several new Pulitzer Prizes were introduced, the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism (later renamed "Explanatory Reporting"), the Pulitzer Prize for General News Reporting (later renamed "Breaking News Reporting"), the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, and the Pulitzer Prize for Specialized Reporting. None of these prizes were reserved specifically for local reporting.
In 2006, the prize committee announced that the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting was going to be replaced by a recreated Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. Debbie Cenziper of The Miami Herald became the first reporter to win the re-created Pulitzer for Local Reporting.
The Pulitzer Committee issues an official citation explaining the reasons for the award.
Winners From 1948 to 1952 YearName(s)PublicationRationale1948The Atlanta Journal"for his story of the Telfair County vote fraud, published in 1947."1949The Sun"for his series of 24 articles entitled 'Crime on the Waterfront' in New York City."1950The New York Times"for his 4,000 word story on the mass killings by Howard Unruh in Camden, New Jersey."1951San Francisco Examiner"for his series of articles on tax frauds which culminated in an exposé within the Bureau of Internal Revenue."1952San Francisco Chronicle"for his stories of a 'ransom racket' extorting money from Chinese in the United States for relations held in Red China."
From 2007 to present