CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Reintroduction: Refining
Pulitzer’s Gold
PART I Gold for a New Century
CHAPTER 1
A Medal for All Seasons, 2013–2014:
From Police Speeding to NSA Spying
CHAPTER 2
The Most Prized Pulitzer:
The “Germ of an Idea” Takes Root
CHAPTER 3
A Newsroom Challenged, 2002:
The
New York Times
and 9/11
CHAPTER 4
Epiphany in Boston, 2003:
The
Globe
and the Church
CHAPTER 5
From
Times
to
Times,
2004–2005:
Rivals Win in New York and Los Angeles
CHAPTER 6
The Storm Before the Calm, 2006:
The
Times-Picayune
and the
Sun Herald
’s Summer of Katrina
CHAPTER 7
Stocks and Soldiers, 2007–2008:
The
Journal
on Options, the
Post
on Walter Reed
CHAPTER 8
Prizing Youth, 2009–2010:
The
Las Vegas Sun
and the
Bristol
(Va.)
Herald Courier
CHAPTER 9
The Tradition Survives, 2011–2012:
Return of the
L.A. Times
and the
Philadelphia Inquirer
PART II Coming of Age
CHAPTER 10
First Gold, 1917–1919:
The Great War, Brought Home
CHAPTER 11
Reporting on the Roaring, 1920–1929:
Ponzi’s Scam and an Ohio Editor’s Murder
CHAPTER 12
From Depression to Wartime, 1930–1945:
Corruption and the Dust Bowl
CHAPTER 13
A Handful of Gold, 1936–1952:
The
Post-Dispatch
Makes Its Mark
CHAPTER 14
A New Stew of Issues, 1953–1969:
Little Rock, the Suburbs, and Firsts for Women
CHAPTER 15
Secret Papers, Secret Reporting, 1972:
The Pentagon Papers and the
Times
CHAPTER 16
All the Editor’s Men, 1973:
Watergate and the
Post
PART III Challenges for a New Era
CHAPTER 17
In Watergate’s Shadow, 1970–1978:
Newsday
, the
Inquirer
, and Davids vs. Goliaths
CHAPTER 18
Mightier Than the Snake, 1979:
The
Point Reyes Light
on Synanon
CHAPTER 19
Everybody’s Business, 1980–1989:
Considering the Company View
CHAPTER 20
The Nature of Things, 1990–1998:
The Scientific and the Sordid
CHAPTER 21
The
Post
Rings Twice, 1999–2000:
Police Shootings and Shameful Homes
Afterword: A New Voice of the South
Appendix: Pulitzer Gold Nuggets
Notes
Bibliography
Index