New York Daily News , by Joseph Martin and Philip Santora
For their exclusive series of articles disclosing the brutality of the Batista government in Cuba long before its downfall and forecasting the triumph of the revolutionary party led by Fidel Castro.
The Jury
The Jury
Arthur C. Deck
Executive Editor, Salt Lake Tribune
Ben Maidenburg
Executive Editor, Akron Beacon-Journal
John T. O'Rourke
Editor, Washington Daily News
Winners in International Reporting
Staff
For its distinguished coverage of foreign news, which was characterized by admirable initiative, continuity and high quality during the year.
Russell Jones
For his excellent and sustained coverage of the Hungarian revolt against Communist domination, during which he worked at great personal risk within Russian-held Budapest and gave front-line eyewitness reports of the ruthless Soviet repression of the Hungarian people.
William Randolph Hearst Jr., J. Kingsbury-Smith and Frank Connif
For a series of exclusive interviews with the leaders of the Soviet Union.
Harrison E. Salisbury
For his distinguished series of articles, "Russia Re-Viewed," based on his six years as a Times correspondent in Russia. The perceptive and well-written Salisbury articles made a valuable contribution to American understanding of what is going on inside Russia. This was principally due to the writer's wide range of subject matter and depth of background plus a number of illuminating photographs which he took.
1959 Prize Winners
William H. (Bill) Mauldin
For "I won the Nobel Prize for Literature. What was your crime?" Published on October 30, 1958.
Ralph McGill
For his distinguished editorial writing during 1958 as exemplified in his editorial "A Church, A School...." and for his long, courageous and effective editorial leadership.