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PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS WHO SERVED AS FACULTY
OR TOOK CLASSES IN THE UNC-CH SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
1953 *Horace Carter, '43 (ABJour), meritorious public service (editor, Tabor City Tribune, with Whiteville News-Reporter). First Pulitzer to a weekly newspaper or periodical. 1953 Vermont Royster, '35 (AB), editorials (The Wall Street Journal) 1953 Lenoir Chambers, '14 (AB), editorials (The Virginian Pilot) 1965 *Bill Woestendiek, '47 (ABJour), as managing editor of the Houston Post he directed coverage that won the special reporting award 1968 *Derick J. Daniels, '50 (ABJour), investigative reporting (executive editor, The Detroit Free Press) 1968 *Phil Meyer, '63 (MA), investigative reporting (special reporter, The Detroit Free Press) 1970s *Eugene roberts, '54 (ABJour), six awards (executive editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer) 1972 Jeff MacNelly, '69, political cartoons (The Richmond News Leader) 1978 Jeff MacNelly, '69, political cartoons 1979 *Bill Woestendiek, '47 (ABJour), as executive editor of the Arizona Daily Star he directed coverage that won the special reporting award 1979 Edwin Yoder, '56 (AB), editorials (The Washington Star) 1980 Joel Brinkley, '75 (ABJour), international reporting, jointly with Jay Mather (The Louisville Courier Journal) 1981 Jonathan Yardley, '61 (AB), book reviews (The Washington Star) 1984 Vermont Royster, '35 (AB), distinguished commentary 1985 Jeff MacNelly, (his third!) 1987 John William Woestendiek Jr., '75 (ABJour), special reporting, jointly with Daniel R. Biddle, H.G. Bissinger and Frederic Tulsky (The Philadelphia Inquirer) 1989 David Zucchino, '73 (ABJour), feature writing (The Philadelphia Inquirer) 1990 *Eugene Roberts, '54 (ABJour), public service, (executive editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer)* -- A distinction has to be made between awards made to individuals and those made to newspapes. An asterisk indicates that the alumnus was not named as the Pulitzer recipient. Six alumni in that category are included because they had primary roles of responsibility in the papers which won the Pulitzers.
Several North Carolina papers have also won the Pulitzer Prize for news coverage.
In 1953 the Whiteville News-Reporter, edited by Willard Cole, and the Tabor City Tribune, edited by Horace Carter, won the Pulitzer for their coverage and editorial stands in opposition to the KKK (Klu Klux Klan), which had gone through a revival in North Carolina in the 1950's.Along with these papers, there have been several individuals in the state who have won a Pulitzer Prize. Below is a list of these names:Later in 1971, the Winston Salem Journal and Sentinel, edited and published by Wallace Carroll, won the prize for a lengthy series on environmental preservation.
In 1990, the Washington Daily News, edited by Bill Coughlin, won the Pulitzer for their coverage of cancer-causing chemicals tainting the area's drinking water, and how it was being silenced by town officials.
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