The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1970.
Journalism awards
- Public Service:
- Newsday (Garden City, New York), for its three-year investigation and exposure of secret land deals in eastern Long Island, which led to a series of criminal convictions, discharges and resignations among public and political officeholders in the area.
- Local General or Spot News Reporting:
- Thomas Fitzpatrick of the Chicago Sun-Times, for his article about the violence of youthful radicals in Chicago, "A Wild Night's Ride With SDS".
- Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
- Harold E. Martin of the Montgomery Advertiser and Alabama Journal, for his expose of a commercial scheme for using Alabama prisoners for drug experimentation and obtaining blood plasma from them.
- National Reporting:
- William J. Eaton of the Chicago Daily News, for disclosures about the background of Judge Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., in connection with his nomination for the United States Supreme Court.
- International Reporting:
- Seymour M. Hersh of the Dispatch News Service, for his exclusive disclosure of the Vietnam War tragedy at the hamlet of My Lai.
- Criticism or Commentary:
- Marquis Childs of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, for distinguished commentary during 1969.
- Ada Louise Huxtable of The New York Times, for distinguished criticism during 1969.
- Editorial Writing:
- Philip L. Geyelin of The Washington Post, for his editorials during 1969.
- Editorial Cartooning:
- Thomas F. Darcy of Newsday, for his editorial cartooning during 1969.
Letters, Drama and Music Awards
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