The Pulitzer Diaries

Author : John Hohenberg
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1997-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0815603924

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The Pulitzer Diaries by John Hohenberg Pdf

Those curious about the inner workings of the Pulitzer Prize committee will find many, if not all, of their questions answered in John Hohenberg's memoir, The Pulitzer Diaries. Hohenberg, a journalism professor at Columbia University at the time of his appointment to the Pulitzer board in 1954, kept careful records of his 22 years as administrator of the prizes. These detail not only matters pertaining to the Pulitzers, but also the author's private life and his attitudes toward various world events. The clashes and compromises of the Pulitzer committee, however, are the heart of the book, which goes a long way toward explaining the story behind many controversial choices. Hohenberg reveals why Duke Ellington never won a Pulitzer and why David Halberstam did. He offers his opinion on the controversy surrounding the authorship of Profiles in Courage and admits to the board's somewhat spotty record where music and literature are concerned. The Pulitzer Diaries is about more than just prizes, of course; it opens a window on the changing American society of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s.

Author : James Boylan
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231500173

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Pulitzer's School by James Boylan Pdf

Marking the centennial of the founding of Columbia University's school of journalism, this candid history of the school's evolution is set against the backdrop of the ongoing debate over whether journalism can—or should—be taught in America's universities. Originally known as "the Pulitzer School" in honor of its chief benefactor, the newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer, Columbia's school of journalism has long been a significant and highly visible presence in the journalism community. But at the turn of the twentieth century, when the school was originally conceived, journalism was taught either during an apprenticeship at a newspaper office or as a vocational elective at a few state universities—no Ivy League institution had yet dared to teach a common "trade" such as journalism. It was Pulitzer's vision, and Columbia's decision to embrace and cultivate his novel idea, that would eventually help legitimize and transform the profession. Yet despite its obvious influence and prestige, the school has experienced a turbulent, even contentious history. Critics have assailed the school for being disengaged from the real world of working journalists, for being a holding tank for the mediocre and a citadel of the establishment, while supporters—with equal passion—have hailed it for upholding journalism's gold standard and for nurturing many of the profession's most successful practitioners. The debate over the school's merits and shortcomings has been strong, and at times vehement, even into the twenty-first century. In 2002, the old argument was reopened and the school found itself publicly scrutinized once again. Had it lived up to Pulitzer's original vision of a practical, uncompromising, and multifaceted education for journalists? Was its education still relevant to the needs of contemporary journalists? Yet after all the ideological arguments, and with its future still potentially in doubt, the school has remained a magnet for the ambitious and talented, an institution that provides intensive training in the skills and folkways of journalism. Granted unprecedented access to archival records, James Boylan has written the definitive account of the struggles and enduring legacy of America's premiere school of journalism.

Author : Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307772985

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A Midwife's Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Pdf

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, "A truly talented historian unravels the fascinating life of a community that is so foreign, and yet so similar to our own" (The New York Times Book Review). Between 1785 and 1812 a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in 27 years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in Hallowell, Maine. On the basis of that diary, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich gives us an intimate and densely imagined portrait, not only of the industrious and reticent Martha Ballard but of her society. At once lively and impeccably scholarly, A Midwife's Tale is a triumph of history on a human scale.

Author : Heinz-Dietrich Fischer
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Journalism
ISBN : 9783643908827

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The Pulitzer Prize Century by Heinz-Dietrich Fischer Pdf

This volume presents a synopsis of the 100-Years-History of the prestigious Pulitzer Prizes by listening the winners and samples of their work in all award groups, like Reportage Journalism, Recherche Journalism, Opinion Journalism, Picture Journalism, Nonfictional Books, Belles Lettres, Performing Arts, and Honorary Awards. (Series: Pulitzer Prize Panorama, Vol. 14) [Subject: History, Journalism]

Author : Roy J. Harris, Jr.
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780231540568

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Pulitzer's Gold by Roy J. Harris, Jr. Pdf

The Joseph Pulitzer Gold Medal for meritorious public service is an unparalleled American media honor, awarded to news organizations for collaborative reporting that moves readers, provokes change, and advances the journalistic profession. Updated to reflect new winners of the Pulitzer Prize for public service journalism and the many changes in the practice and business of journalism, Pulitzer's Gold goes behind the scenes to explain the mechanics and effects of these groundbreaking works. The veteran journalist Roy J. Harris Jr. adds fascinating new detail to well-known accounts of the Washington Post investigation into the Watergate affair, the New York Times coverage of the Pentagon Papers, and the Boston Globe revelations of the Catholic Church's sexual-abuse cover-up. He examines recent Pulitzer-winning coverage of government surveillance of U.S. citizens and expands on underexplored stories, from the scandals that took down Boston financial fraud artist Charles Ponzi in 1920 to recent exposés that revealed neglect at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and municipal thievery in Bell, California. This one-hundred-year history of bold journalism follows developments in all types of reporting—environmental, business, disaster coverage, war, and more.

Author : Heinz-Dietrich Fischer
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783643914958

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History of the Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism 1917-2000 by Heinz-Dietrich Fischer Pdf

This volume describes the fascinating and sometimes amazing story of the prestigeous Pulitzer Prizes in all journalistic award categories. On the basis of the confidential and unpublished jury reports it was made possible to reconstruct the decision-making discussions within the committees to confirm or prevent prize-winners by majority votings. The book also makes clear that Pulitzer awards during more than eight decades went to a broad spectrum of American newspapers.

Author : Heinz-D Fischer,Erika J. Fischer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110939125

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Complete Historical Handbook of the Pulitzer Prize System 1917-2000 by Heinz-D Fischer,Erika J. Fischer Pdf

The School of Journalism at Columbia University has awarded the Pulitzer Prize since 1917. Nowadays there are prizes in 21 categories from the fields of journalism, literature and music. The Pulitzer Prize Archive presents the history of this award from its beginnings to the present: In parts A to E the awarding of the prize in each category is documented, commented and arranged chronologically. Part F covers the history of the prize biographically and bibliographically. Part G provides the background to the decisions.

Author : Heinz-Dietrich Fischer
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783643915139

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100 Years of Pulitzer Prize Political Caricatures by Heinz-Dietrich Fischer Pdf

Author : Heinz-D. Fischer,Erika J. Fischer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110953985

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Complete Bibliographical Manual of Books about the Pulitzer Prizes 1935–2003 by Heinz-D. Fischer,Erika J. Fischer Pdf

The School of Journalism at Columbia University has awarded the Pulitzer Prize since 1917. Nowadays there are prizes in 21 categories from the fields of journalism, literature and music. The Pulitzer Prize Archive presentsthe history of this award from its beginnings to the present: In parts A toE the awarding oftheprize in each category is documented, commented and arranged chronologically. Part F covers the history of the prize biographically and bibliographically. Part G provides the background to thedecisions.

Author : Carol Shields
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307364135

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The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields Pdf

Winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Pulitzer Prize, and Shortlisted for the Booker Prize Born in 1905, Daisy Goodwill Flett drifts through the chapters of childhood, marriage, widowhood, remarriage, motherhood, and old age, bewildered by her inability to understand her own role in the unsettled decades of the twentieth century. At last, reflecting on her unobserved and unconventional life, Daisy attempts to find a way to tell her story within a novel that is itself about the limitations of autobiography. In The Stone Diaries, one of the most successful and acclaimed novels of our time, Carol Shields weaves the strands of Daisy’s life together in a rich, sensuous, and poignant work that delivers lasting insights into the nature of life—and fiction.

Author : Don Alberts
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780557232703

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A Diary of the Underdogs by Don Alberts Pdf

"Historical documentation and perspectives on jazz music, the social and political music environment of the period of the 1960's in San Francisco told by local musicians with their stories and interviews"--Back cover.

Author : Heinz-D. Fischer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110955774

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Editorial Cartoon Awards 1922–1997 by Heinz-D. Fischer Pdf

The School of Journalism at Columbia University has awarded the Pulitzer Prize since 1917. Nowadays there are prizes in 21 categories from the fields of journalism, literature and music. The Pulitzer Prize Archive presents the history of this award from its beginnings to the present: In parts A to E the awarding of the prize in each category is documented, commented and arranged chronologically. Part F covers the history of the prize biographically and bibliographically. Part G provides the background to the decisions.

Author : Heinz-Dietrich Fischer,Erika J. Fischer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110955750

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Musical Composition Awards 1943-1999 by Heinz-Dietrich Fischer,Erika J. Fischer Pdf

The School of Journalism at Columbia University has awarded the Pulitzer Prize since 1917. Nowadays there are prizes in 21 categories from the fields of journalism, literature and music. The Pulitzer Prize Archive presentsthe history of this award from its beginnings to the present: In parts A toE the awarding oftheprize in each category is documented, commented and arranged chronologically. Part F covers the history of the prize biographically and bibliographically. Part G provides the background to thedecisions.

Author : Gillian Roberts
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781442694590

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Prizing Literature by Gillian Roberts Pdf

When Canadian authors win prestigious literary prizes, from the Governor General's Literary Award to the Man Booker Prize, they are celebrated not only for their achievements, but also for contributing to this country's cultural capital. Discussions about culture, national identity, and citizenship are particularly complicated when the honorees are immigrants, like Michael Ondaatje, Carol Shields, or Rohinton Mistry. Then there is the case of Yann Martel, who is identified both as Canadian and as rootlessly cosmopolitan. How have these writers' identities been recalibrated in order to claim them as 'representative' Canadians? Prizing Literature is the first extended study of contemporary award winning Canadian literature and the ways in which we celebrate its authors. Gillian Roberts uses theories of hospitality to examine how prize-winning authors are variously received and honoured depending on their citizenship and the extent to which they represent 'Canadianness.' Prizing Literature sheds light on popular and media understandings of what it means to be part of a multicultural nation.

Author : R. T. Stone
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005-02-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781418483906

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The Journals Book II by R. T. Stone Pdf

The Council of Ancients returns to wreak irreverent havoc in the life of classic antihero, R.T. Stone. His latest mission? Deliver a new book of the Bible as told through the lives of not one, but two, reluctant saviors sent to save humankind. First, Stone must dodge assassination attempts, grapple with the amorous advances of an enchanting seductress, and face his own mortality. Will he learn to laugh with the Fates or will he succumb to the fear of life