1924 Pulitzer Prize
Awards for journalism and related fields
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The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1924.
Journalism awards
- Public Service:
- New York World, for its work exposing the killing of Martin Tabert, which helped bring the convict leasing system in Florida to an end
- Reporting:
- Magner White, San Diego Sun, for his story of the eclipse of the sun.
- Editorial Writing:
- Frank Buxton of the Boston Herald, for an editorial entitled "Who Made Coolidge?"[1]
- Special prize of $1000 was awarded to the widow of Frank I. Cobb, New York World, in recognition of the distinction of her husband's editorial writing and service.
- Editorial Cartooning:
- Jay Norwood Darling of the Des Moines Register and Tribune for "In Good Old USA".[2]
Letters and Drama Awards
- Novel:
- Drama:
- History:
- The American RevolutionâA Constitutional Interpretation by Charles Howard McIlwain (Macmillan)
- Biography or Autobiography:
- From Immigrant to Inventor by Michael I. Pupin (Scribner)
- Poetry: