Ebook: Pulitzer's Gold: A Century of Public Service Journalism

Roy J. Harris Jr. adds fascinating new detail to accounts of the Washington Post investigation into the Watergate affair, the New York Times coverage of the Pentagon Papers, and the Boston Globe revelations of the Catholic Church's sexual-abuse cover-up. He examines recent Pulitzer-winning coverage of government surveillance of U.S. citizens and expands on underexplored stories. This one-hundred-year history of bold journalism follows developments in all types of reporting.
The Joseph Pulitzer Gold Medal for public service is awarded to news organizations for reporting that moves readers, provokes change, and advances the journalistic profession. Updated to reflect new winners and changes in media practice and business, Pulitzer's Gold goes behind the scenes to explain the mechanics and effects of these groundbreaking works. Veteran journalist Roy J. Harris Jr. adds fascinating new detail to well-known accounts of the Washington Post's Watergate coverage and the Boston Globe revelations of the Catholic Church's sexual-abuse cover-up. He examines recent Pulitzer-winning coverage of government surveillance of U.S. citizens and the exposés that revealed neglect at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and municipal thievery in Bell, California. His one-hundred-year history follows all types of reporting: environmental, business, disaster coverage, and more.

Published to coincide with the 2016 centennial celebration of the Pulitzer Prize, a new edition of the “stories behind the stories” that won American journalism’s most coveted award.