Journalism awards
- Public Service:
- The Milwaukee Journal, for its successful campaign to stiffen the law against water pollution in Wisconsin, a notable advance in the national effort for the conservation of natural resources.
- Louisville Courier-Journal, for its successful campaign to control the Kentucky strip mining industry, a notable advance in the national effort for the conservation of natural resources.[1]
- Local General or Spot News Reporting:
- Robert V. Cox of the Chambersburg Public Opinion (Pennsylvania), for his vivid deadline reporting of a mountain manhunt that ended with the killing of a deranged sniper who had terrorized the community.[2]
- Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
- Gene Miller of The Miami Herald, whose initiative and investigative reporting helped to free two persons wrongfully convicted of murder.[3]
- National Reporting:
- Stanley Penn and Monroe Karmin of The Wall Street Journal, for their investigative reporting of the connection between American crime and gambling in the Bahamas.
- International Reporting:
- R. John Hughes of The Christian Science Monitor, for his thorough reporting of the attempted Communist coup in Indonesia in 1965 and the purge that followed in 1965-66.[4]
- Editorial Writing:
- Eugene Patterson of the Atlanta Constitution, for his editorials during the year.
- Editorial Cartooning:
- Patrick Oliphant of The Denver Post, for "They Won't Get Us To The Conference Table... Will They?", published February 1, 1966.[5]
- Photography:
- Jack R. Thornell of the Associated Press, New Orleans bureau, for his picture of the shooting of James Meredith in Mississippi by a roadside rifleman.