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New York World-Telegram , by Frederick Woltman

For his articles during 1946 on the infiltration of Communism in the U.S.

The Jury

George A. Cornish

W.S. Gilmore

Winners in Reporting

William Leonard Laurence

For his eye-witness account of the atom-bombing of Nagasaki and his subsequent ten articles on the development, production, and significance of the atomic bomb.

1947 Prize Winners

No author named

For their efforts to maintain and advance the high standards governing the Pulitzer Prize awards (Pulitzer centennial year).