The First Pulitzer Prizes
"The Anniversary"
Editorial
By: New York Tribune
Date: May 7, 1916
Source: "The Anniversary." New York Tribune, May 7, 1916.
"Germany Keen for Peace, but
Expects and is Ready to Battle for
Years"
Newspaper article
By: Herbert Bayard Swope
Date: 1917
Source: Swope, Herbert Bayard. "Germany Keen for Peace, but Expects and Is Ready to Battle for Years," New York World, November 4, 1916. Reprinted in Swope, Herbert Bayard. Inside the German Empire: 1916. New York: Century, 1917.
Introduction
The Pulitzer Prize originated with Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911) who was born in Hungary and is perhaps the most influential journalist in American history. His brand of newspaper publishing, dubbed "yellow journalism," first gained appeal during his ownership of St. Louis...
[The entire page is 3480 words long]
1910's Media Primary Sources
The 1910's: Primary Sources
