1950 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1950.

Journalism awards

Public Service:
* The Chicago Daily News and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, for the work of George Thiem and Roy J. Harris, respectively, in exposing the presence of 37 Illinois newspapermen on an Illinois State payroll.
Local Reporting:
* Meyer Berger of The New York Times, for his 4,000-word story on the mass killings by Howard Unruh in Camden, New Jersey.
National Reporting:
* Edwin O. Guthman of The Seattle Times, for his series on the clearing of Communist charges of Professor Melvin Rader, who had been accused of attending a secret Communist school.
International Reporting:
* Edmund Stevens of The Christian Science Monitor, for his series of 43 articles written over a three-year residence in Moscow entitled, "This Is Russia Uncensored".
Editorial Writing:
* Carl M. Saunders of the Jackson Citizen Patriot, for distinguished editorial writing during the year.
Editorial Cartooning:
* James T. Berryman of the Washington Evening Star, for "All Set for a Super-Secret Session in Washington".
Photography:
* Bill Crouch of The Oakland Tribune, for his picture, "Near Collision at Air Show".