public service: The Amarillo Globe-Times, for exposing a breakdown in local law enforcement with resultant punitive action that swept lax officials from their posts and brought about the election of a reform slate. The newspaper thus exerted its civic leadership in the finest tradition of journalism.
local reporting, no edition time: Edgar May of The Buffalo Evening News, for his series of articles on New York State's public welfare services entitled, "Our Costly Dilemma," based in part on his three-month employment as a State case worker. The series brought about reforms that attracted nation-wide attention.
national reporting: Edward R. Cony of The Wall Street Journal, for his analysis of a timber transaction which drew the attention of the public to the problems of business ethics.
international reporting: Lynn Heinzerling of The Associated Press, for his reporting under extraordinarily difficult conditions of the early stages of the Congo crisis and his keen analysis of events in other parts of Africa.
photography: Yasushi Nagao of Mainichi, Tokyo, for his photograph, "Tokyo Stabbing," distributed by United Press International and widely printed in American newspapers.
special awards and citations - letters: American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War. A special citation is given to The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War as a distinguished example of American book publishing.
External link
Pulitzer Prizes for 1961 (http://www.pulitzer.org/cyear/1961w.html)
PulitzerPrize for Explanatory Journalism, became the PulitzerPrize for Explanatory Reporting.
PulitzerPrize for Photography, was divided in 1968 into PulitzerPrize for Feature Photography and a spot news category, which became the PulitzerPrize for Breaking News Photography.
PulitzerPrize for the Novel, became the PulitzerPrize for Fiction.
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