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“Above the Law” series,
Sun Sentinel,
3–4,
8–14Affiliated Computer Services Incorporated,
122Akron Beacon Journal,
406
All the President’s Men movie,
251–252
Amarillo (Texas)
Globe-Times,
397
American Lithofold Corporation,
218American Society of News Editors,
269“A Nation Challenged” section,
New York Times,
50,
51f,
52Anchorage Daily News,
134; Alaska Teamsters Union,
283–290; alcoholism and suicide among native Alaskans,
405–406
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
227
Arkansas Gazette: front page September
4, 1957,
225f; Little Rock school desegregation,
224–228; school desegregation,
7
Atlanta Constitution,
190,
388
Baker vs. Carr (1962),
398
Baron, Martin,
83–84;
Boston Globe Catholic Church sex abuse scandal,
57–61,
63,
68–69,
74,
77–78,
82f; commencement speech at Lehigh University, 2014,
26–27;
Washington Post NSA spying story,
18,
26fBernstein, Carl,
6,
236; on American Society of News Editors panel,
269; assignment to Watergate story,
255; exclusion from Pulitzer Prize,
265–267; lessons learned from Watergate reporting,
267; mistakes in Watergate reporting,
261–262; newsroom teaming with Woodward,
255–257; tracking money in Watergate burglary,
258–259; on Watergate legacy,
268Blade, Tiger Force stories,
86
Blumenstein, Rebecca,
130Boston Globe: 2001 Pulitzer Gold Medal,
83f; campaign to prevent confirmation of Federal District Judge,
398–399; Catholic Church sex abuse scandal,
57–85,
76f; circulation of,
58; computer-assisted reporting,
64; Public Service Gold Medal,
28; school desegregation,
401–402; Spotlight Team,
59–75,
77–82,
82f
Boston Post: front page April
11, 1920,
174f; Ponzi scheme,
172–181
Bovard, Oliver Kirby,
199,
204Bradlee, Ben, Jr.,
59–61,
65,
70,
72,
74,
81–82,
82f,
84Bradlee, Ben, Sr.,
238,
265f; on assignment of Woodward and Bernstein to Watergate story,
255; on exclusion of Woodward and Bernstein from Pulitzer Prize,
265; on mistakes in Watergate reporting,
262; on Pulitzer Gold Medal,
6; on Pulitzer nomination of
New York Times for Pentagon Paper converage,
248–249; on Pulitzer process,
30; standard for publishing information,
259Brandenburg, Frederick E.,
373Bristol (Va.)
Herald Courier,
135–140
Brooklyn Daily Eagle,
189
Broomfield, Frederick,
366Buxton, Charles R., Jr.,
405
Catholic Church: birth control issue,
230; sex abuse scandal,
57–85,
76fCedar Rapids (Iowa)
Gazette,
389–390
Chicago Daily News: coverage of birth control issue,
228–231; Public Service Gold Medal,
29; state government fraud,
395–396
coal mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois,
7,
210–214Columbia University: Joseph Pulitzer’s bequest for journalism prizes,
31; journalism school,
35–36; World Room,
6,
38,
39fColumbus (Ga.)
Enquirer Sun,
386–387
crime: Alaska Teamsters Union,
283–290; in Canton, Ohio,
183–186; identifying rape victims,
338–344; illicit narcotic traffic,
274–283; international drug trade,
281–283;
Medford Mail Tribune coverage of,
190–191; narcotics smuggling,
396–397; police abuse of power in Long Island,
24; police abuse of power in Philadelphia,
296–302; police shootings in Washington, D.C.,
359–368; school violence in Philadelphia,
148–155; Synanon rehabilitation center,
303–315; violence against women in South Carolina,
377–383
Des Moines Register: front page February
26, 1990,
343f; identifying rape victims,
338–344
Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War (Gates),
128
Editor and Publisher: comments of George Thiem,
215; comments of Roy Harris,
215; comments of Verne Marshall,
390; comments of Willard Cole,
220–221; Jim Amoss,
110; Martin Baron,
57; as source of Pulitzer Prize winner information,
385
education issues: Boston school desegregation,
401–402; educational deficiencies in teaching history,
196–197; Little Rock school desegregation,
224–228; Philadelphia school violence,
148–155election fraud in St. Louis,
203–207environmental issues: contamination of water supply in Washington, NC,
332–333; Dust Bowl,
194–196; Hurricane Andrew,
116,
347–350; Hurricane Camille,
104–105; Hurricane Katrina,
101–117; overview,
331–332; plagues in North Dakota,
355–358; threats and damage to the Sierra Nevada mountain range,
344–347Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
332–333executive stock option pricing,
118–125
FAA, inadequacy of medical screening of airline pilots,
324–326Farragher, Thomas,
80,
82fFischer, Maurice “Ritz,”
228,
230Fitzgerald, F. Scott,
170“For Cops, No Limit” article,
Sun Sentinel,
10,
11fFraser, Hugh Russell,
196French, Daniel Chester,
6,
167Frontline workplace safety program,
90
Fulchino, Christopher T.,
81Fulchino, Thomas R.,
80–81Futrell, Ashley, Jr.,
333
Gannett News Service,
402
Government wrongdoing: corruption in Bell, CA,
141–148; corruption in L.A.,
232–234; editors-on-the-payroll story,
214–217; election fraud in St. Louis,
203–207; Estes Kefauver,
275; land deals in eastern Long Island,
276–281; Marine’s cover-up of death of recruit,
290–296; misuse of funds by Florida Turnpike Authority,
231–232; Navy’s cover-up of death of sailor,
402–403; NSA spying,
4,
14–27; Pentagon Papers,
5,
25,
235–250,
328–329; tax system abuses,
217–218; Watergate,
5,
251–270Graham, Philip,
28,
412n1
Greeley, Andrew M.,
57,
83
Haldeman, H. R. “Bob,”
252Hale, William Bayard,
162,
240Harris, Roy J.: coal mine explosion coverage,
210–212; editors-on-the-payroll story,
214–217health issues: birth control services,
228–231; “brown lung,”
317–318; health risks of waste disposal systems in hog industry,
351–352; inadequacy of FAA’s medical screening of airline pilots,
324–326; King/Drew Medical Center,
92–100; lack of regulation in blood industry,
333–338; neglect and abuse in homes for mentally retarded,
369–375Hearst, William Randolph,
32Hohenberg, John,
37,
160,
391,
401; on consideration of
Washington Post for Pulitzer Prize,
264; on
Lufkin News nomination for Pulitzer Prize,
295; reforms to Pulitzer Prize process,
326–327Houdon, Jean-Antoine,
167Hutchinson (Kans.)
News,
398
Illinois newspapermen on Illinois state payroll,
214–217Internal Revenue Bureau,
199Internal Revenue Service,
199,
218International Reply Coupons (IRCs),
175–176International Reporting Pulitzer: Seymour Hersh,
252–253;
Wall Street Journal,
125Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) organization,
137–138,
273,
283,
429n21
IRCs (International Reply Coupons),
175–176I-Team,
Sun Sentinel,
8,
10,
13
Jackson (Miss.)
Clarion-Ledger,
403–404
Jenkins, Holman W., Jr.,
124Joseph Pulitzer Gold Medal,
6jurors, Pulitzer board,
38–41Jusserand, Jean Jules,
159
King/Drew Medical Center,
92–100King Tutankhamen’s tomb,
166Knight Ridder Incorporated,
30; Bryan Monroe,
115;
Charlotte Observer,
317–321; cutbacks ordered by,
298;
Detroit News,
296;
Grand Forks Herald,
116,
348; Lee Hills,
296;
Miami Herald,
57,
111,
116;
St. Paul Pioneer-Press,
356;
Sun Herald,
104
Landsberg, Mitchell,
95,
99Las Vegas Review-Journal,
135
Liberty Window, Columbia University World Room,
38,
39f,
40,
413n14
Light on Synanon, The (Ofshe),
304
Little Rock school desegregation,
224–228Local Investigative Specialized Reporting Pulitzer,
334Los Angeles Times: Alaska Teamsters Union,
286–287; corruption in Bell, CA,
141–148; corruption in L.A.,
232–234; front page September
22, 2010,
145f; King/Drew Medical Center,
92–100; Latino community,
404; narcotics smuggling,
396–397; right of free press,
391
Louisville Courier-Journal,
399–400
Manchester Union-Leader,
263
Martinez, Juan “Jay,” Jr.,
366McConnell, Raymond A., Jr.,
394McDermott, Patrick (Red),
186McSorley, Patrick,
75,
80McWane Incorporated,
88–90Mercury Interactive Corporation,
119,
123MGM Mirage CityCenter,
132Miami Herald,
115–116; coverage of Elian Gonzalez affair,
57; crime reporting,
394; Hurricane Andrew,
347–350; Martin Baron work,
57–58
Miller, Charles Ransom,
36,
163Morrissey, Francis X.,
399
National Security Agency (NSA) spying,
4,
14–27Netflix model,
Post and Courier,
381–383Newcome, W. U. “Duke,”
398New Journalism movement,
36New Orleans Picayune,
193
News About the News, The: American Journalism in Peril (Downie and Kaiser),
362
Newsday: abuse of power by Long Island police,
24; Greene Team,
61,
274–283; illicit narcotic traffic,
274–283; New York labor racketeering,
221–223; overview,
273–274; Watergate coverage,
260
New York Times: “A Nation Challenged” section,
50,
51f,
52; comparison of
Sun Herald’s and
Times-Picayune’s hurricane coverage,
112; Cuba’s Bay of Pigs coverage,
240; educational deficiencies in teaching history,
196–197; front page April
3, 1917,
165f; front page July
1, 1971,
247f; 9/11 terrorist attacks,
7; Pentagon Papers,
235–250; “Portraits of Grief,”
48–49,
52–55; Public Service Gold Medal,
28; Pulitzer board jurors ranking of 1973 entry,
264f; September 11 attacks,
42–56; Wilhelm II interview,
240–241; workplace safety,
86–92; World War I,
160–168
9/11 terrorist attacks,
42–56NSA (National Security Agency) spying,
4,
14–27
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),
89,
91–92,
130–135Oregonian: problems within the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service,
407–408; use of “Portraits of Grief” feature,
53
Orleans Parish Prison,
105OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration),
89,
91–92,
130–135
Panama City (Fla.)
News & Herald,
397–398
parachute journalism,
345Patterson, Albert L.,
394Patterson, Joseph Medill,
221“Perfect Payday, The” article,
Wall Street Journal,
121–123Philadelphia Inquirer: front page March
27, 2011,
153f; lack of regulation in blood industry,
333–338; police abuse of power,
296–302; Public Service Gold Medal,
95; school violence,
148–155
Point Reyes Light: front page April
29, 1979,
314f; Public Service Gold Medal,
29; Synanon rehabilitation center,
303–315
police: abuse of power in Long Island,
24; abuse of power in Philadelphia,
296–302; police shootings in Washington D.C.,
359–368; speeding,
3–4,
8–14Ponzi’s Scheme (Zuckoff),
176
Portland Evening News,
189
Portraits 9/11/01 (Raines),
53
“Portraits of Grief,”
New York Times,
48–49,
52–55Pottsville Republican,
334
Providence Journal,
86–87
PTL ministry’s misuse of funds,
318–321Public Service Gold Medal,
4–8,
28–41; origin of,
30–38; Pulitzer boards,
38–41;.
See also names of specific news outletsPulitzer, Herbert,
36,
183Pulitzer, Joseph,
5,
33f,
34; bequest to Columbia University for journalism prizes,
31; competition for circulation,
32–33;
New York World,
32; platform stories,
198; start of prize idea,
30;
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
32
Race Beat, The: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation (Roberts and Klibanoff),
111,
227
Reese, Benjamin Harrison,
199,
203–204,
214; coal mine explosion coverage,
210,
212; St. Louis air pollution coverage,
207religious issues: birth control services,
228–231; Catholic Church sex abuse scandal,
57–85,
76f; PTL ministry’s misuse of funds,
318–321Riverside (Calif.)
Press-Enterprise,
400
Roberts, Eugene (Gene) L., Jr.,
111–113,
149,
224,
227,
297f; blood industry coverage,
336; on exclusion of Woodward and Bernstein and Sheehan from Pulitzer Prize,
266; importance of
Washington Post’s win of Pulitzer Prize,
267; police abuse of power in Philadelphia,
296–302; reforms to Pulitzer Prize process,
330; on Watergate legacy,
270Rowe, Sandra Mims,
83,
407Royster, Vermont Connecticut,
249“Ruined Lives” article,
Sun Sentinel,
9
Sacramento Bee: environmental threats and damage to the Sierra Nevada mountain range,
344–347; Federal judge appointments,
389
school violence, Philadelphia,
148–155Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
118,
123Sellers, Thomas J., Jr.,
395September 11 attacks,
42–56sexual abuse by Catholic clergy: cover up by Bernard F. Law,
58,
62–63,
68,
71–72,
74–75,
77–78; James R. Porter,
63,
70,
80; John J. Geoghan,
58–75,
78,
80–81Sherwood, Carlton A.,
402Smith, William Kennedy,
342Stevenson, E. Robert,
390St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
198–202; air pollution,
207–209; coal mine explosion,
7; coal mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois,
210–214; editors-on-the-payroll story,
214–217; election fraud,
203–207; front page July
22, 1936,
205f; platform stories,
202–203; Public Service Gold Medal,
29; tax system abuses,
217–218
Stone, Melville E.,
36,
168St. Paul Pioneer-Press,
356
Sulzberger, Arthur Hays,
196Sulzberger, Iphegene Ochs,
196Sun Herald: front page two days after Hurricane Katrina,
114f; Hurricane Katrina,
7,
104–105,
110–117
Sun Sentinel: “For Cops, No Limit” article,
10,
11f; I-Team,
8,
10,
13; police speeding,
3–4,
8–14; reporters celebrating Pulitzer announcement,
13f
Sweeney, Constance M.,
68,
70,
72Synanon rehabilitation center,
303–315
Taft, William Howard,
168Tiger Force stories,
Blade,
86Topping, Seymour,
239–240; on exclusion of Woodward and Bernstein from Pulitzer Prize,
266; importance of
Washington Post’s win of Pulitzer Prize,
267Tyler Pipe company,
87–88
University of Missouri’s journalism school,
35Utica (N.Y.)
Observer-Dispatch,
396
Washington Post: neglect and abuse in homes for mentally retarded,
369–375; NSA spying,
4,
14,
18–19,
21–27; Pentagon Papers,
242,
244,
246,
248,
250; police shootings,
359–368; Public Service Gold Medal,
30; Pulitzer board jurors ranking of 1973 entry,
264f; return of Feature Writing Prize,
40; U.S. Justice Department forensics,
12; Walter Reed Army Hospital,
118,
125–129; Watergate,
8,
251–267
Waterbury (Conn.)
Republican & American,
390–391
Watergate,
5,
251–270;
All the President’s Men movie,
251–252; Bob Woodward on coverage of,
253–254; consideration for Pulitzer Prize,
262–266; E. Howard Hunt,
257–259; exclusion of Woodward and Bernstein from Pulitzer,
265–267; Howard Simons summarization of
Post’s coverage,
254; legacy of,
268–270; mistakes and criticism of
Post’s coverage,
260–262; start of
Post’s coverage,
254–257Watsonville (Calif.)
Register-Pajaronian,
395
“Why? ‘Because We Can’” article,
Sun Sentinel,
9–10Winston-Salem Journal,
221
Winston-Salem (N.C.)
Journal and Sentinel,
95,
400–401
Without Fear or Favor (Salisbury),
236
women in journalism: Alexandra Berzon,
130–135,
133f; Alicia Patterson,
221–223,
222f,
274; Amanda Bennett,
269,
407–408; Anne Hull,
118,
126–129; Arlene Edwards,
400; Betty Gray,
332–333; Cathy Mitchell,
303–315; Christine Kay,
45–49,
52–55; Corina Knoll,
147f; Dana Priest,
125–129; Dana Williams,
9; Diana Griego,
404–405; Eileen McNamara,
58; Elizabeth Mehren,
84; Geneva Overholser,
25,
40,
338–344; Geraldine Shanahan,
277,
278f,
279; Gwen Ifill,
25; Helen Dudar,
222–223; Jane Schorer,
339–344; Janet Cooke,
40,
371; Janine Gibson,
16–17,
24,
26; Jennifer Berry Hawes,
379–380; Jennifer LaFleur,
381; Jo Craven McGinty,
360–362; Julie Marquis,
93–95; Julie Sullivan,
407; Katharine Graham,
244,
259–260; Katherine Boo,
359–360,
369–375; Kay Fanning,
284–285,
289; Kristen Graham,
148–150,
152; Kristen Lombardi,
62; Laura Gaton,
378,
382; Laura Poitras,
15–23,
21f; Lois Wark,
336; Lois Wille,
228–231; Marilyn Thompson,
362–363,
369; Mary Pat Flaherty,
324; Melanie Sill,
351–352; Nancy Weaver,
403–404; Natalie Hauff,
379–381; Paloma Esquivel,
144,
147f; Rebecca Blumenstein,
130; Sacha Pfeiffer,
61–62,
65–66,
70,
73,
79,
82f; Sally Kestin,
3–4,
8–14,
13f; Sandra Mims Rowe,
83,
407; Sari Horwitz,
363–368; Sue Snyder,
148–152; Tess Elliott,
313; WWII and,
197Woodward, Bob,
6,
8,
236,
360; on American Society of News Editors panel,
269; assignment to Watergate story,
255; on
Boston Globe coverage of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy,
85; Deep Throat informant,
251,
258–259; exclusion from Pulitzer Prize,
265–267; handling of criticism for Watergate coverage,
260–261; lessons learned from Watergate reporting,
267; mistakes in Watergate reporting,
261–262; newsroom teaming with Bernstein,
255–257; on perception of Watergate reporting,
253–254; on Watergate legacy,
268–269workplace safety:
Las Vegas Sun,
130–135;
New York Times,
86–92World Room, Columbia University,
38,
39f