For a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs, in a United States newspaper, published daily, Sunday or at least once a week, during the year, One thousand dollars ($1,000).
Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance , by Vance Trimble
For a series of articles exposing the extent of nepotism in the Congress of the United States.
The Jury
The Jury
Herbert Brucker
Editor, Hartford Courant
Ralph McGill*
Editor, Atlanta Constitution
William P. Steven
Editor, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Winners in National Reporting
Howard Van Smith
For a series of articles that focused public notice on deplorable conditions in a Florida migrant labor camp, resulted in the provision of generous assistance for the 4,000 stranded workers in the camp, and thereby called attention to the national problem presented by 1,500,000 migratory laborers.
Clark Mollenhoff
For his persistent inquiry into labor racketeering, which included investigatory reporting of wide significance.
James Reston
For his distinguished national correspondence, including both news dispatches and interpretive reporting, an outstanding example of which was his five-part analysis of the effect of President Eisenhower's illness on the functioning of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
Charles L. Bartlett
For his original disclosures that led to the resignation of Harold E. Talbott as Secretary of the Air Force.
1960 Prize Winners
Garrett Mattingly
It is a first class history and a literary work of high order.
Lenoir Chambers
For his series of editorials on the school integration problem in Virginia, as exemplified by "The Year the Schools Closed," published January 1, 1959, and "The Year the Schools Opened," published December 31, 1959.