Pulitzerprisen for avislederskriving har blitt utdelt siden 1917 for utmerket skriving av avisledere, målet på fortreffelighet er en klar stil, moralsk formål, sunt resonnement, og makt til å påvirke opinionen i hva forfatteren oppfatter som riktig retning. Pulitzerkomiteen gir en offisiell begrunnelse for utdeling av prisen.
| År |
Skribent |
Avis
|
| 1917 |
Ingen skribent ble navngitt |
New-York Tribune
|
| 1918 |
Ingen skribent ble navngitt |
Louisville Courier Journal
|
| 1919 |
Ingen pris ble utdelt |
|
| 1920 |
Harvey E. Newbranch |
Evening World Herald (Omaha, Nebraska)
|
| 1921 |
Ingen pris ble utdelt |
|
| 1922 |
Frank M. O'Brien |
New York Herald
|
| 1923 |
William Allen White |
Emporia Gazette (Kansas)
|
| 1924 |
Ingen skribent ble navngitt |
Boston Herald
|
| 1925 |
Ingen skribent ble navngitt |
Charleston News and Courier
|
| 1926 |
Edward M. Kingsbury |
The New York Times
|
| 1927 |
F. Lauriston Bullard |
Boston Herald
|
| 1928 |
Grover Cleveland Hall |
Montgomery Advertiser
|
| 1929 |
Louis Isaac Jaffe |
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
|
| 1930 |
Ingen pris ble utdelt |
|
| 1931 |
Charles S. Ryckman |
Fremont Tribune
|
| 1932 |
Ingen pris ble utdelt |
|
| 1933 |
Ingen skribent ble navngitt |
The Kansas City Star
|
| 1934 |
E. P. Chase |
Atlantic News-Telegraph (Iowa)
|
| 1935 |
Ingen pris ble utdelt |
|
| 1936 |
Felix Morley |
The Washington Post
|
| 1936 |
George B. Parker |
Scripps-Howard Newspapers
|
| 1937 |
John W. Owens |
Baltimore Sun
|
| 1938 |
William Wesley Waymack |
Des Moines Register
|
| 1939 |
Ronald G. Callvert |
The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon)
|
| 1940 |
Bart Howard |
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
|
| 1941 |
Reuben Maury |
New York Daily News
|
| 1942 |
Geoffrey Parsons |
New York Herald Tribune
|
| 1943 |
Forrest W. Seymour |
Des Moines Register
|
| 1944 |
Henry J. Haskell |
The Kansas City Star
|
| 1945 |
George W. Potter |
Providence Journal-Bulletin
|
| 1946 |
Hodding Carter |
Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Mississippi)
|
| 1947 |
William H. Grimes |
The Wall Street Journal
|
| 1948 |
Virginius Dabney |
Richmond Times-Dispatch
|
| 1949 |
John H. Crider |
Boston Herald
|
| 1950 |
Carl M. Saunders |
Jackson Citizen Patriot (Michigan)
|
| 1951 |
William Harry Fitzpatrick |
New Orleans States
|
| 1952 |
Louis LaCoss |
St. Louis Globe Democrat
|
| 1953 |
Vermont Connecticut Royster |
The Wall Street Journal
|
| 1954 |
Don Murray |
Boston Herald
|
| 1955 |
Royce Howes |
Detroit Free Press
|
| 1956 |
Lauren K. Soth |
Register and Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
|
| 1957 |
Buford Boone |
Tuscaloosa News
|
| 1958 |
Harry Ashmore |
Arkansas Gazette
|
| 1959 |
Ralph McGill |
Atlanta Constitution
|
| 1960 |
Lenoir Chambers |
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
|
| 1961 |
William J. Dorvillier |
San Juan Star
|
| 1962 |
Thomas M. Storke |
Santa Barbara News-Press
|
| 1963 |
Ira B. Harkey Jr. |
Pascagoula Chronicle
|
| 1964 |
Hazel Brannon Smith |
Lexington Advertiser
|
| 1965 |
John R. Harrison, Gainesville Sun (Florida)
|
| 1966 |
Robert Lasch |
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
|
| 1967 |
Eugene Patterson |
Atlanta Constitution
|
| 1968 |
John S. Knight |
Knight Newspapers
|
| 1969 |
Paul Greenberg |
Pine Bluff Commercial (Arkansas)
|
| 1970 |
Philip L. Geyelin |
The Washington Post
|
| 1971 |
Horance G. Davis Jr. |
Gainesville Sun (Florida)
|
| 1972 |
John Strohmeyer |
Bethlehem Globe-Times (Pennsylvania)
|
| 1973 |
Roger B. Linscott |
Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts)
|
| 1974 |
F. Gilman Spencer |
Trentonian (New Jersey)
|
| 1975 |
John Daniell Maurice |
Charleston Daily Mail
|
| 1976 |
Philip P. Kerby |
Los Angeles Times
|
| 1977 |
Warren L. Lerude, Foster Church og Norman F. Cardoza |
Reno Evening Gazette and Nevada State Journal
|
| 1978 |
Meg Greenfield |
The Washington Post
|
| 1979 |
Edwin M. Yoder Jr. |
Washington Star
|
| 1980 |
Robert L. Bartley |
The Wall Street Journal
|
| 1981 |
Ingen pris ble utdelt |
|
| 1982 |
Jack Rosenthal |
The New York Times
|
| 1983 |
Editorial Board |
Miami Herald
|
| 1984 |
Albert Scardino |
Georgia Gazette
|
| 1985 |
Richard Aregood |
Philadelphia Daily News
|
| 1986 |
Jack Fuller (author) |
Chicago Tribune
|
| 1987 |
Jonathan Freedman |
Tribune (San Diego, California)
|
| 1988 |
Jane Healy |
Orlando Sentinel
|
| 1989 |
Lois Wille |
Chicago Tribune
|
| 1990 |
Thomas J. Hylton |
Pottstown Mercury (Pennsylvania)
|
| 1991 |
Ron Casey, Harold Jackson og Joey Kennedy |
The Birmingham News
|
| 1992 |
Maria Henson |
Lexington Herald-Leader (Kentucky)
|
| 1993 |
Ingen pris ble utdelt |
|
| 1994 |
R. Bruce Dold |
Chicago Tribune
|
| 1995 |
Jeffrey Good |
St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
|
| 1996 |
Robert B. Semple, Jr. |
The New York Times
|
| 1997 |
Michael Gartner |
Daily Tribune (Ames, Iowa)
|
| 1998 |
Bernard L. Stein |
Riverdale Press (New York)
|
| 1999 |
Lederskribentene |
New York Daily News
|
| 2000 |
John C. Bersia |
Orlando Sentinel
|
| 2001 |
David Moats |
Rutland Herald
|
| 2002 |
Alex Raksin og Bob Sipchen |
Los Angeles Times
|
| 2003 |
Cornelia Grumman |
Chicago Tribune
|
| 2004 |
William R. Stall |
Los Angeles Times
|
| 2005 |
Tom Philp |
Sacramento Bee
|
| 2006 |
Rick Attig og Doug Bates |
Oregonian
|
| 2007 |
Lederskribenter |
New York Daily News
|
| 2008 |
Ingen pris ble utdelt |
|
| 2009 |
Mark Mahoney |
The Post-Star
|
| 2010 |
Tod Robberson, Colleen McCain Nelson og William McKenzie |
The Dallas Morning News
|
| 2011 |
Joseph Rago |
The Wall Street Journal
|
| 2012 |
Ingen pris ble utdelt |
|
| 2013 |
Tim Nickens og Daniel Ruth |
Tampa Bay Times
|
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