What is the Pulitzer Prize?

Pulitzer Prize, also known as Pulitzer Prize for Journalism, is an American news and cultural award. It is regarded as the highest award in American journalism. Founded by Joseph Pulitzer, a famous Hungarian-American newspaper editor and publisher, the award is given once a year from 19 17.

Pulitzer prizes include news prizes and art prizes. There are 0/4 news awards and 7 literary awards, among which news awards mainly include: public service award, reporting award, editing award, cartoon award, criticism award, communication award, feature award, photojournalism award, etc. Literary and artistic awards include novel awards, drama awards, poetry awards, American historical works awards, autobiography or biography awards and non-fiction awards; Music composition award 1. In addition, two special prizes were awarded. Public service awards are generally awarded to newspapers, and the prize is a gold medal. Winners of other awards can get bonuses and certificates of $654.38+00,000 yuan.

The first Pulitzer Prize for Photography was awarded by 1942. After that, it will be issued once a year except 1946. Since 1968, the photography category has added a special news photography award, and the winning works usually consist of a group of photos.

Pulitzer initially bequeathed a fund of $500,000, and later the fund management organization raised more than $6,543,800. This award is selected once a year by the Pulitzer Prize Selection Committee composed of 16 people, including the president of Columbia University. The selection results are usually announced by the president of Columbia University in mid-April, and the awards will be presented in May.

Joseph Pulitzer was born in a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary on April 1964 1847. /kloc-at the age of 0/7, he ran away from home and wanted to join the army, but he was rejected because of his poor eyesight and weak body. Later, he was recruited by the US Army and became a cavalry. He became an American citizen on 1867. 1868 became a reporter for the German "Western Post" and began to engage in journalism. With a strong thirst for knowledge and abundant energy, he tirelessly dug up all kinds of news and later became a wholly-owned operator of the newspaper. By 1878, Pulitzer had mastered English. On February 9 of that year, he bought the Daily Telegraph in St. Louis for $2,500, and later merged with the local post office to establish St. Louis Post. 1883, he bought new york's Le Monde for $346,000. He created a collection and writing system-that is, the materials collected and written by journalists were polished, sorted and integrated into manuscripts for publication. This writing rule is still the universal principle of the whole press. Pulitzer is unique in the management and editing of newspapers. He stressed that the news published in newspapers should be true and accurate, the words should be concise and popular, and efforts should be made to write editorials.

Pulitzer's life has had a great influence on the development of American newspapers. He is known as the pioneer and demonstrator of creating modern American newspapers. 1903, he wrote his will and decided to contribute to the establishment of Columbia Journalism College and Pulitzer Prize, and the board of directors of Columbia University was in charge of the funds he left behind. 19110 Pulitzer died on129 October. According to his will, the Columbia Journalism Institute was established in 19 12, and the Pulitzer Prize was established in 19 17.