Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several awards established by Joseph Pulitzer and conferred annually for accomplishment in various fields of American journalism, literature, and music.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun an annual American
award given forjournalism ,literature , andmusic
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Pulitzer Prize.
Examples
-
The Los Angeles Timeswon the Pulitzer Prize for public service for exposing corruption by top officials of Bell, Calif.
'L.A. Times' wins Pulitzer for exposing corruption in Bell, Calif. 2011
-
"It's entirely possible to write about extraordinary people during ordinary times, because someone always keeps your letters when you're famous," says historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H.W. Brands.
Twitter archive at Library of Congress could help redefine history's scope 2010
-
I hope you will consider joining me, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Sydney Schanberg ( "The Killing Fields") and David Margolick (Newsweek, Vanity Fair, NY Times) for a reading from my book Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, America's Invisible Government and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years -- and exploration of how the Bush apparatus is part of a longer-playing power phenomenon that trumps reform in the Obama era.
-
By being the first and, largely, the only publication pursuing the Edwards story through his denials of the affair and of fathering a child out of wedlock, The Enquirer is under consideration for a Pulitzer Prize, and it has strong support for its bid from other journalists.
Times Has (Some) Praise for National Enquirer Breaking Edwards' Story It Ignored Clay Waters 2010
-
"I was pretty miserable down there," says Fiore by phone Monday from San Francisco, where he was still absorbing the day's news of his Pulitzer Prize win for distinguished Editorial Cartooning.
The 'Riffs Interview: New Pulitzer winner MARK FIORE drafts a path less traveled 2010
-
I'm a big fan of Eugene Robinson, but I wish they'd quit introducing him as the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist for the Washington Post.
Mark Axelrod: Political Nomenclature; Or, Who Am I, Anyway? 2010
-
Ironically, Edwards 'arrogance and entitlement may just end up winning a Pulitzer Prize for that icon of prurient journalism, The National Inquirer.
-
"It's entirely possible to write about extraordinary people during ordinary times, because someone always keeps your letters when you're famous," says historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H.W. Brands.
Twitter archive at Library of Congress could help redefine history's scope 2010
-
Poltico's coverage of the event looked like Pulitzer Prize material when compared to Milbank's vapid scribblings.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Unbearable Lightness of Reading Dana Milbank 2010
-
The attackers often brought the victims into their homes, raping them "in front of their children and their families," Mr. Cragin said, leaving many of them bloodied and sexually mutilated, or "ruined" to use the expression that gave the Pulitzer Prize winning play about this tragic phenomenon its name.
Marisa Tramontano: Beyond Outrage -- Bringing Sexual Terrorists to Justice Marisa Tramontano 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.