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1975 Pulitzer Prizes

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Journalism

Category
Winners
Finalists
Public Service

The Boston Globe

For its massive and balanced coverage of the Boston school desegregation crisis.
Finalists:
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.
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International Reporting

William Mullen and Ovie Carter of Chicago Tribune

For their coverage of famine in Africa and India.
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Commentary

Mary McGrory of The Washington Star-News

For her commentary on public affairs during 1974.
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Criticism

Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times

For his film criticism during 1974.
Finalists:
Editorial Writing

John Daniell Maurice of Charleston (WV) Daily Mail

For his editorials about the Kanawha County schoolbook controversy.
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Feature Photography

Matthew Lewis of The Washington Post

For his photographs in color and black and white.
Finalists:
Local General or Spot News Reporting

Staff of Xenia (OH) Daily Gazette

For its coverage, under enormous difficulties, of the tornado that wrecked the city on April 3, 1974.
Finalists:
Local Investigative Specialized Reporting

Staff of 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.
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Editorial Cartooning

Garry Trudeau of Universal Press Syndicate

For his cartoon strip Doonesbury.
Finalists:
Spot News Photography

Gerald H. Gay of The Seattle Times

For his photograph of four exhausted firemen, "Lull in the Battle."
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Special Citations

Books, Drama & Music

Category
Winners
Finalists
Music

From the Diary of Virginia Woolf, by Dominick Argento

For medium voice and piano, commissioned by the Schubert Club of St. Paul, and premiered January 5, 1975 in Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis.
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