Thomas J. Hylton

Thomas J. Hylton, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist from Pottstown, Pennsylvania, is the author of a book called and host of a public television documentary,.
Born in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, in 1948, Hylton graduated from Kutztown University in 1970
and began working as a staff writer for The [Mercury (Pennsylvania)|The Mercury] in Pottstown the following year. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1990 for Mercury editorials about a bond issue for the preservation of farmland and open space. He resigned from the newspaper in 1994 to write his book and organize a non-profit dedicated to land use planning and community building in Pennsylvania.
Hylton's book Save Our Land, Save Our Towns: A Plan for Pennsylvania was published in 1995 by RB Books and illustrated with photography by Blair Seitz. It won the National Trust for Historic Preservation award.