For distinguished editorial writing, the test of excellence being clearness of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning and power to influence public opinion in what the writer conceives to be the right direction, due account being taken of the whole volume of the editorial writer’s work during the year, One thousand dollars ($1,000).
St. Louis Post-Dispatch , by Robert Lasch
For his distinguished editorial writing in 1965.
The Jury
The Jury
Price Day*
Baltimore Sun
William P. Hobby, Jr.
Houston Post
John Seigenthaler
Nashville Tennessean
Mort Stern
Denver Post
Nick B. Williams
Los Angeles Times
Winners in Editorial Writing
John R. Harrison
For his successful editorial campaign for better housing in his city.
Hazel Brannon Smith
For steadfast adherence to her editorial duty in the face of great pressure and opposition.
Ira B. Harkey
For his courageous editorials devoted to the processes of law and reason during the integration crisis in Mississippi in 1962.
Thomas M. Storke
For his forceful editorials calling public attention to the activities of a semi-secret organization known as the John Birch Society.
1966 Prize Winners
Don Wright
For "You Mean You Were Bluffing?"