1972 Pulitzer Prize

Journalism awards

• Public Service:
• *The New York Times, for the publication of the Pentagon Papers.
• Local General or Spot News Reporting:
• * Richard Cooper and John Machacek of the Rochester Times-Union, for their coverage of the Attica Prison riots.
• Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
• * Timothy Leland, Gerard M. O'Neill, Stephen A. Kurkjian and Ann Desantis of The Boston Globe, for their exposure of widespread corruption in Somerville, Massachusetts.
• National Reporting:
• * Jack Anderson, syndicated columnist, for his reporting of American policy decision-making during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.
• International reporting:
• * Peter R. Kann of The Wall Street Journal, for his coverage of the Indo Pakistan War of 1971.
• Commentary:
• * Mike Royko of the Chicago Daily News, for his columns during 1971.
• Criticism:
• * Frank Peters Jr. of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, for his music criticism during 1971.
• Editorial Writing:
• * John Strohmeyer of the Bethlehem Globe-Times, for his editorial campaign to reduce racial tensions in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
• Editorial Cartooning:
• * Jeffrey K. MacNelly of the Richmond News-Leader, for his editorial cartooning during 1971.
• Spot News Photography:
• * Horst Faas and Michel Laurent of Associated Press, for their picture series, Death in Dacca.
• Feature Photography:
• * David Hume Kennerly of United Press International, for his dramatic photographs of the Vietnam War in 1971.

Letters, Drama and Music awards

• Fiction:
• * Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
• Drama:
• * No award given.
• History:
• *Neither Black Nor White by Carl N. Degler
• Biography or Autobiography:
• * Eleanor and Franklin by Joseph P. Lash
• Poetry:
• * Collected Poems by James Wright
• Nonfiction:
• * Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-1945 by Barbara W. Tuchman
• Music:
• *Windows by Jacob Druckman