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Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary
American journalism award
American journalism award
The Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary is one of the fourteen Pulitzer Prizes that is annually awarded for journalism in the United States. It is the successor to the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning{{cite web |title=Editorial Cartooning |url= https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/215 |website=The Pulitzer Prizes |access-date=May 11, 2022}} awarded from 1922 to 2021.
History
Since 1922 the prize had been awarded for a distinguished editorial cartoon or portfolio of cartoons published during the year, characterized by originality, editorial effectiveness, quality of drawing, and pictorial effect.
Since 1980, finalists (usually two) have been announced in addition to the winner.
Only two comic strips have been awarded the prize: Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau in 1976 and Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed in 1987.
In 2021, with Ruben Bolling, Marty Two Bulls Sr, and Lalo Alcaraz the finalists, no winner was selected, which drew controversy. (The same thing happened in the category in 1923, 1936, 1960, 1965, and 1973, but it had not happened in 48 years, and it was the first time no winner was selected when the finalists' names had been made public.)
In 2022, the Editorial Cartooning prize was superseded by the revamped category of Illustrated Reporting and Commentary,{{cite web |title=2022 Pulitzer Prize Competition in Journalism Opens |url= https://www.pulitzer.org/news/2022-pulitzer-prize-competition-journalism-opens |website=The Pulitzer Prizes |access-date=Sep 1, 2022}} In response, the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists "issued a statement calling for the Pulitzer board to reinstate Editorial Cartooning as its own category while also recognizing Illustrated Reporting as a separate form." They wrote:
The 2022 award went to a work of comics journalism.
List of winners
| Year | Winner | Organization | Rationale | No award given. | No award given. | No award given. | No award given. | No award given. | and | No award given. | , , and |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | New York World | "For 'On the Road to Moscow.'" | |||||||||
| 1923 | |||||||||||
| 1924 | Des Moines Register & Tribune | "For 'In Good Old USA.'" | |||||||||
| 1925 | New York World | "For 'News from the Outside World.'" | |||||||||
| 1926 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | "For 'The Laws of Moses and the Laws of Today.'" | |||||||||
| 1927 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle | "For 'Toppling the Idol.'" | |||||||||
| 1928 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle | "For 'May His Shadow Never Grow Less.'" | |||||||||
| 1929 | New York World | "For 'Tammany.'" | |||||||||
| 1930 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle | "For 'Paying for a Dead Horse.'" | |||||||||
| 1931 | The Baltimore Sun | "For 'An Old Struggle Still Going On.'" | |||||||||
| 1932 | Chicago Tribune | "For 'A Wise Economist Asks a Question.'" | |||||||||
| 1933 | The Washington Daily News | "For 'The Light of Asia.'" | |||||||||
| 1934 | The Baltimore Sun | "For 'California Points with Pride!'" | |||||||||
| 1935 | Milwaukee Journal | "For 'Sure, I'll Work for Both Sides.'" | |||||||||
| 1936 | |||||||||||
| 1937 | New York Daily News | "For 'Come on in, I'll treat you right. I used to know your Daddy.'" | |||||||||
| 1938 | Chicago Daily News | "For 'The Road Back.'" | |||||||||
| 1939 | Daily Oklahoman | "For 'Nomination for 1938.'" | |||||||||
| 1940 | The Baltimore Sun | "For 'The Outstretched Hand.'" | |||||||||
| 1941 | Chicago Daily Times | "For 'If I Should Die Before I Wake.'" | |||||||||
| 1942 | Newspaper Enterprise Association | "For 'British Plane.'" | |||||||||
| 1943 | Des Moines Register & Tribune | "For 'What a Place For a Waste Paper Salvage Campaign.'" | |||||||||
| 1944 | The Evening Star | "For 'But Where Is the Boat Going?'" | |||||||||
| 1945 | United Feature Syndicate, Inc. | "For distinguished service as a cartoonist, as exemplified by the cartoon entitled, 'Fresh, spirited American troops, flushed with victory, are bringing in thousands of hungry, ragged, battle-weary prisoners,' in the series entitled, 'Up Front With Mauldin.'" | |||||||||
| 1946 | Los Angeles Times | "For 'Time to Bridge That Gulch.'" | |||||||||
| 1947 | Chicago Daily News | "For his cartoon, 'Still Racing His Shadow.'" | |||||||||
| 1948 | New York Sun | "For 'Peace Today.'" | |||||||||
| 1949 | Newark Evening News | "For 'Who Me?'" | |||||||||
| 1950 | The Evening Star | "For 'All Set for a Super-Secret Session in Washington.'" | |||||||||
| 1951 | Arizona Republic | "For 'Hats.'" | |||||||||
| 1952 | New York Mirror | "For 'Your Editors Ought to Have More Sense Than to Print What I Say!'" | |||||||||
| 1953 | Cleveland Plain Dealer | "For 'Aftermath.'" | |||||||||
| 1954 | The Washington Post and Times-Herald | "For a cartoon depicting the robed figure of Death saying to Stalin after he died, 'You Were Always A Great Friend of Mine, Joseph.'" | |||||||||
| 1955 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | "For a cartoon published on June 8, 1954 entitled, 'How Would Another Mistake Help?' showing Uncle Sam, bayoneted rifle in hand, pondering whether to wade into a black marsh bearing the legend 'French Mistakes in Indo-China.' The award is also given for distinguished body of the work of Mr. Fitzpatrick in both 1954 and his entire career." | |||||||||
| 1956 | Louisville Times | "For his cartoon, 'Achilles' showing a bulging figure of American prosperity tapering to a weak heel labeled 'Farm Prices.'" | |||||||||
| 1957 | The Nashville Tennessean | "For 'Wonder Why My Parents Didn't Give Me Salk Shots?' Published on January 12, 1956." | |||||||||
| 1958 | Buffalo Evening News | "For 'The Thinker,' published on August 10, 1957, depicting the dilemma of union membership when confronted by racketeering leaders in some labor unions." | |||||||||
| 1959 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | "For 'I won the Nobel Prize for Literature. What was your crime?' Published on October 30, 1958." | |||||||||
| 1960 | |||||||||||
| 1961 | Chicago Tribune | "For 'The Kindly Tiger,' published on October 8, 1960." | |||||||||
| 1962 | The Hartford Times | "For 'What You Need, Man, Is a Revolution Like Mine,' published on August 31, 1961." | |||||||||
| 1963 | Des Moines Register | "For a cartoon which showed a world destroyed with one ragged figure calling to another: 'I said we sure settled that dispute, didn't we!'" | |||||||||
| 1964 | The Denver Post | "For his editorial cartooning during the past year" | |||||||||
| 1965 | |||||||||||
| 1966 | The Miami News | "For 'You Mean You Were Bluffing?'" | |||||||||
| 1967 | The Denver Post | "For 'They Won't Get Us To The Conference Table...Will They?' Published February 1, 1966." | |||||||||
| 1968 | The Charlotte Observer | "For his editorial cartooning in 1967." | |||||||||
| 1969 | Chicago Daily News | "For his editorial cartooning in 1968." | |||||||||
| 1970 | Newsday | "For his editorial cartooning during 1969." | |||||||||
| 1971 | Los Angeles Times | "For his editorial cartooning during 1970." | |||||||||
| 1972 | Richmond News-Leader | "For his editorial cartooning during 1971." | |||||||||
| 1973 | |||||||||||
| 1974 | The Boston Globe | "For his editorial cartooning during 1973." | |||||||||
| 1975 | Universal Press Syndicate | "For his cartoon strip Doonesbury." | |||||||||
| 1976 | The Philadelphia Inquirer | "For 'O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain,' published on July 22, 1975." | |||||||||
| 1977 | The Boston Globe | ||||||||||
| 1978 | Richmond News Leader | ||||||||||
| 1979 | The Washington Post | "For the body of his work." | |||||||||
| 1980 | The Miami News | ||||||||||
| 1981 | Dayton Daily News | ||||||||||
| 1982 | Austin American-Statesman | ||||||||||
| 1983 | Chicago Tribune | ||||||||||
| 1984 | Los Angeles Times | ||||||||||
| 1985 | Chicago Tribune | ||||||||||
| 1986 | The Village Voice | ||||||||||
| 1987 | The Washington Post Writers Group | ||||||||||
| 1988 | The Atlanta Constitution and Charlotte Observer | ||||||||||
| 1989 | Chicago Sun-Times | ||||||||||
| 1990 | The Buffalo News | "For his work during the year as exemplified by the cartoon 'First Amendment.'" | |||||||||
| 1991 | The Cincinnati Enquirer | ||||||||||
| 1992 | The Philadelphia Daily News | ||||||||||
| 1993 | The Arizona Republic | ||||||||||
| 1994 | Commercial Appeal | "For his trenchant cartoons on contemporary issues." | |||||||||
| 1995 | The Atlanta Constitution | ||||||||||
| 1996 | The Miami Herald | ||||||||||
| 1997 | Times-Picayune | ||||||||||
| 1998 | Asbury Park Press | ||||||||||
| 1999 | The Seattle Post-Intelligencer | ||||||||||
| 2000 | Lexington Herald-Leader | ||||||||||
| 2001 | Los Angeles Times Syndicate | ||||||||||
| 2002 | The Christian Science Monitor | ||||||||||
| 2003 | The Seattle Post-Intelligencer | "For his perceptive cartoons executed with a distinctive style and sense of humor." | |||||||||
| 2004 | The Journal News | "For his piercing cartoons on an array of topics, drawn with a fresh, original style." | |||||||||
| 2005 | The Courier-Journal | "For his unusual graphic style that produced extraordinarily thoughtful and powerful messages." | |||||||||
| 2006 | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | "For his powerful cartoons on an array of issues, drawn with a simple but piercing style." | |||||||||
| 2007 | Newsday | "For his stark, sophisticated cartoons and his impressive use of zany animation." | |||||||||
| 2008 | Investor's Business Daily | "For his provocative cartoons that rely on originality, humor and detailed artistry." | |||||||||
| 2009 | The San Diego Union-Tribune | "For his agile use of a classic style to produce wide ranging cartoons that engage readers with power, clarity and humor." | |||||||||
| 2010 | Self-syndicated; appearing on SFGate.com | "For his animated cartoons appearing on SFGate.com, the San Francisco Chronicle Web site, where his biting wit, extensive research and ability to distill complex issues set a high standard for an emerging form of commentary." | |||||||||
| 2011 | The Denver Post | "For his widely ranging cartoons that employ a loose, expressive style to send strong, witty messages." | |||||||||
| 2012 | Politico | "For his consistently fresh, funny cartoons, especially memorable for lampooning the partisan conflict that engulfed Washington." | |||||||||
| 2013 | Star Tribune | "For his diverse collection of cartoons, using an original style and clever ideas to drive home his unmistakable point of view." | |||||||||
| 2014 | The Charlotte Observer | "For his thought provoking cartoons drawn with a sharp wit and bold artistic style." | |||||||||
| 2015 | The Buffalo News | "Who used strong images to connect with readers while conveying layers of meaning in a few words." | |||||||||
| 2016 | The Sacramento Bee | "For cartoons that convey wry, rueful perspectives through sophisticated style that combines bold line work with subtle colors and textures." | |||||||||
| 2017 | Miami Herald | "For editorial cartoons that delivered sharp perspectives through flawless artistry, biting prose and crisp wit." | |||||||||
| 2018 | The New York Times | "For an emotionally powerful series, told in graphic narrative form, that chronicled the daily struggles of a real-life family of refugees and its fear of deportation." | |||||||||
| 2019 | Freelancer | "For beautiful and daring editorial cartoons that took on issues affecting disenfranchised communities, calling out lies, hypocrisy and fraud in the political turmoil surrounding the Trump administration." | |||||||||
| 2020 | The New Yorker | "For work that skewers the personalities and policies emanating from the Trump White House with deceptively sweet watercolor style and seemingly gentle caricatures." | |||||||||
| 2021 | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Insider | "For using graphic reportage and the comics medium to tell a powerful yet intimate story of the Chinese oppression of the Uyghurs, making the issue accessible to a wider public." | |||||||||
| 2023 | The New York Times | "For striking illustrations that combine statistical reporting with keen analysis to help readers understand the immense wealth and economic power of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos." | |||||||||
| 2024 | The New Yorker | "For his visually-driven story set inside Rikers Island jail using bold black-and-white images that humanize the prisoners and staff through their hunger for books." | |||||||||
| 2025 | The Washington Post | "For delivering piercing commentary on powerful people and institutions with deftness, creativity—and a fearlessness that led to her departure from the news organization after 17 years." |
Repeat winners
Through 2017, eighteen people have won the Editorial Cartooning Pulitzer twice, and five of those have won it three times.
| Name | No. | Years won |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1922, 1925, 1929 | |
| 3 | 1931, 1934, 1940 | |
| 3 | 1942, 1954, 1979 | |
| 3 | 1964, 1971, 1984 | |
| 3 | 1972, 1978, 1985 | |
| 2 | 1924, 1943 | |
| 2 | 1926, 1955 | |
| 2 | 1927, 1928 | |
| 2 | 1938, 1947 | |
| 2 | 1945, 1959 | |
| 2 | 1966, 1980 | |
| 2 | 1974, 1977 | |
| 2 | 1994, 2008 | |
| 2 | 1995, 2006 | |
| 2 | 1996, 2017 | |
| 2 | 1997, 2007 | |
| 2 | 1998, 2009 | |
| 2 | 1999, 2003 |
Nelson Harding is the only cartoonist to have won the prize in two consecutive years, 1927 and 1928.
References
References
- (May 9, 2022). "Illustrated Reporting and Commentary".
- (Dec 2, 2018). "'Doonesbury' creator Garry Trudeau talks with Jane Pauley about 50 years of his Pulitzer Prize-winning strip". [[CBS News]].
- Solomon, Charles. (November 26, 1987). "Strip That Split the Cartoonists". [[Los Angeles Times]].
- Fu, Angela. (June 15, 2021). "The Pulitzers didn't name a winner in editorial cartooning. That's unusual, but not unprecedented: 'This feels like it's an insult to the entire profession,' said one of the finalists". [[Poynter Institute.
- Cavna, Michael. (June 16, 2021). "COMICS: The Pulitzers did not pick a winner for cartooning this year. Artists feel 'mystified' and 'insulted.'". [[The Washington Post]].
- Tornoe, Rob. (May 1, 2022). "Pulitzer change leaves illustrators feeling slighted: New category muddies distinctions between illustrated reporting and editorial cartooning".
- Tornoe, Rob. (May 1, 2022). "Pulitzer change leaves illustrators feeling slighted: New category muddies distinctions between illustrated reporting and editorial cartooning".
- (May 10, 2022). "Fahmida Azim, Anthony Del Col, Josh Adams and Walt Hickey win new Pulitzer Prize for comic".
- Carey Orr. (October 8, 1960). "The Kindly Tiger". Chicago Tribune.
- Ann Telnaes. (Spring 2016). "Mooning the Pulitzer board". Columbia Journalism Review.
- Tony Auth. (July 22, 1975). "O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain...". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
- "The 1990 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Editorial Cartooning".
- "The 2023 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Illustrated Reporting and Commentary".
- [https://www.herbblockfoundation.org/herb-block/biography Biography. The Herb Block Foundation]
- "Editorial Cartooning". The Pulitzer Prizes.
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