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Pulitzer Prize for Public Service winners

  • Los Angeles TimesThe Los Angeles Times first appeared on the 4th of December 1881. Nathan Cole Jr. and Thomas Gardiner published the paper under that name.
  • The New YorkerThe New Yorker magazine opened its doors on the 21st of February 1925. Harold Ross and his wife Jane Grant established the publication in a small office at…
  • The Washington PostThe Washington Post opened its doors in 1877 under the leadership of Stilson Hutchins. This new daily newspaper faced immediate financial instability and…
  • St. Louis Post-DispatchOn the 12th of December 1878, the first edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch appeared with a print run of just 4,020 copies.
  • The Baltimore SunThe Baltimore Sun began its life on the 17th of May 1837. Arunah Shepherdson Abell established the paper alongside William Moseley Swain and Azariah H.
  • The Boston GlobeSix Boston businessmen pooled $150,000 to launch The Boston Globe on the 4th of March 1872. Eben Dyer Jordan of the Jordan Marsh department store and Cyrus…
  • Miami HeraldThe first edition of the Miami Evening Record appeared on the 15th of September 1903. Frank B. Stoneman reorganized and moved the Orlando Record to Miami…
  • The Philadelphia InquirerOn the 1st of June 1829, printer John R. Walker and former editor John Norvell launched The Philadelphia Inquirer between Front and 2nd streets in…
  • The Wall Street JournalThe first issue of The Wall Street Journal appeared on the 8th of July 1889. It measured 20 and three-quarters inches by 15 and a half inches.
  • The GuardianThe Manchester Guardian first appeared on the 5th of May 1821, the very day Napoleon died. Cotton merchant John Edward Taylor launched the paper with backing…
  • Detroit Free PressJohn R. Williams and his uncle Joseph Campau launched the Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer on the 5th of May 1831.
  • Associated PressIn May 1846, five daily newspapers in New York City gathered to form a new organization. They needed a way to share the high costs of sending news about the…
  • The Denver PostIn August 1892, The Evening Post emerged from a $50,000 fund raised by supporters of Grover Cleveland. These backers sought to stem the flow of Colorado…
  • New York Daily NewsJoseph Medill Patterson launched the Illustrated Daily News on the 24th of June 1919. He and his cousin Robert R. McCormick had decided to create a new paper…
  • The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionCarey Wentworth Styles purchased a small newspaper called the Atlanta Daily Opinion on the 16th of June 1868. He renamed it The Constitution and began…
  • Akron Beacon JournalIn 1897, two distinct newspapers joined forces to create a single morning publication in Akron, Ohio. The Summit Beacon had been running since 1839 while the…
  • ProPublicaHerbert and Marion Sandler, former chief executives of Golden West Financial Corporation, committed $10 million per year to launch ProPublica in 2008.