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.
Editorial Staff of The Kansas City Star
For its series of editorials on national and international topics.
The Jury
The Jury
R.C.E. Brown(Chair)
Lester Markel
C.M. Morrison
Winners in Editorial Writing
Charles S. Ryckman of the Fremont (Neb.) Tribune
For the editorial entitled "The Gentleman from Nebraska."
Louis Isaac Jaffe of The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.
For his editorial entitled "An Unspeakable Act of Savagery," which is typical of a series of articles written on the lynching evil and in successful advocacy of legislation to prevent it.
1933 Prize Winners
Edgar Ansel Mowrer of the Chicago Daily News
For his day-by-day coverage and interpretation of the series of German political crises in 1932, beginning with the presidential election and the struggle of Adolf Hitler for public office.
H. M. Talburt of the Washington Daily News
For "The Light of Asia."