The list of winners and the citations accompanying the award, are taken from the Pulitzer Prize website. •
Public Service: •
The Boston Globe, for its massive and balanced coverage of the Boston school
desegregation crisis. •
Local General or Spot News Reporting: • Staff of
Xenia Daily Gazette (
Xenia, Ohio), for its coverage, under enormous difficulties, of
the tornado that wrecked the city on April 3, 1974. •
Local Investigative Specialized Reporting: •
The Indianapolis Star, for its disclosures of local
police corruption and dilatory law enforcement, resulting in a cleanup of both the Police Department and the office of the County Prosecutor. •
National Reporting: •
Donald L. Barlett and
James B. Steele of
The Philadelphia Inquirer, for their series
Auditing the Internal Revenue Service, which exposed the unequal application of Federal tax laws. •
International Reporting: •
William Mullen, reporter, and Ovie Carter, photographer of the
Chicago Tribune, for their coverage of famine in Africa and India. •
Commentary: •
Mary McGrory of the
Washington Star, for her commentary on public affairs during 1974. •
Criticism: •
Roger Ebert of the
Chicago Sun-Times, for his film criticism during 1974. •
Editorial Writing: •
John Daniell Maurice of the
Charleston Daily Mail, for his editorials about the
Kanawha County schoolbook controversy. •
Editorial Cartooning: •
Garry Trudeau, distributed by
Universal Press Syndicate, for his cartoon strip
Doonesbury. •
Spot News Photography: •
Gerald H. Gay of
The Seattle Times, for his photograph of four exhausted firemen,
Lull in the Battle. •
Feature Photography: •
Matthew Lewis of
The Washington Post, for his photographs in color and black and white. ==Letters, Drama and Music awards==