Jack Rosenthal
Jack Rosenthal was deputy editorial page editor of The New York Times in 1982 when he won a Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing.
Following his death Wednesday from complications of pancreatic cancer at age 82, the Pulitzers remember his life by celebrating his prize-winning work.
The pieces — with headlines such as "The War Against the Poor," "Immigration and the Missing Nail" and "The Pornography of Fat" — are now available here.
For the first time, the Pulitzer jury report on Rosenthal's work is available as well, here. Jurors wrote of the pieces: "Brilliant writing of superb essays on the paramount national issues. No keener eloquence was offered in the 78 entries in this category."
The Pulitzers have assembled documents as part of a History Project on Rosenthal, available here and embedded below.
Rosenthal's long and full career took many turns, which his Times obituary describes in captivating detail. Read that piece, detailing his time as a spokesman and strategist for Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy during the 1960s civil rights upheaval as well as his journalistic endeavors, here.