The 1971 Pulitzer Prize went to the following:
National Reporting:
Lucinda Franks and Thomas Powers of United Press International, for their documentary The Making of a Terrorist.
Public Service:
Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel for investigation of environmental problems, particularly blocking strip mine operations in northwest North Carolina.
Local General or Spot News Reporting:
Staff of Akron Beacon Journal for coverage of Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970.
Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
William Jones of the Chicago Tribune, for exposing "collusion between police and some of Chicago's largest ambulance companies to restrict services in low income areas."
International Reporting:
Jimmie Lee Hoagland of The Washington Post, for covering the struggle against apartheid in South Africa
Commentary:
William A. Caldwell of The Record, Hackensack, New Jersey, for his daily column.
Criticism:
Harold C. Schonberg of The New York Times, for his music criticism in 1970.
Editorial Writing:
Horace G. Davis, Jr. of The Gainesville Sun, for his editorial in support of peaceful desegregation in Florida schools.
Editorial Cartooning:
Paul Conrad of the Los Angeles Times, for his cartooning in 1970.
Spot News Photography:
John Paul Filo of the Valley Daily News/Daily Dispatch of the Pittsburgh suburbs of Tarentum and New Kensington, Pennsylvania. For his photography of the Kent State shootings.
Feature Photography:
Jack Dykinga of the Chicago Sun-Times, for his photography at the Lincoln and Dixon State Schools for the Retarded (Illinois).
Letters, Drama and Music Awards
Fiction:
No award given.
Drama:
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel (Harper)
History:
Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom by James MacGregor Burns (Harcourt)
Biography or Autobiography:
Robert Frost: The Years of Triumph, 1915-1938 by Lawrance Thompson (Holt)
Poetry:
The Carrier of Ladders by William S. Merwin (Atheneum)
General Non-Fiction:
The Rising Sun by John Toland (Random)
Music:
Synchronisms No. 6 for Piano and Electronic Sound (1970) by Mario Davidovsky (E. B. Marks)
Premiered August 19, 1970, at the Berkshire Music Festival.
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