For the best editorial article written during the year, the test of excellence being clearness of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning and power to influence public opinion in the right direction, due account being taken of the whole volume of the writer’s editorial work during the year, $500.
Jackson (MI) Citizen Patriot , by Carl M. Saunders
For distinguished editorial writing during the year.
The Jury
The Jury
Philip H. Parrish
Winners in Editorial Writing
Herbert Elliston of The Washington Post
For distinguished editorial writing during the year.
Virginius Dabney of the Richmond Times-Dispatch
For distinguished editorial writing during the year.
William H. Grimes of The Wall Street Journal
For his distinguished editorial writing during the year.
Hodding Carter of The Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, Miss.
For a group of editorials published during the year 1945 on the subject of racial, religious and economic intolerance, as exemplified by the editorial "Go for Broke."
1950 Prize Winners
James T. Berryman
For "All Set for a Super-Secret Session in Washington."