American journalist
Myrta Jane Pulliam (born June 20, 1947) is an American journalist.
Biography
Pulliam was born in Indianapolis, Indiana . She is the granddaughter of Eugene C. Pulliam , the former publisher of The Indianapolis Star , and the daughter of Eugene S. Pulliam , Star publisher from 1975 to 1999.[1] [2] Pulliam has worked as a journalist in Indianapolis and in Phoenix .
A co-founder of Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. , Pulliam is also a past board member.[3] [4] [5]
Pulliam is a cousin of former Vice President Dan Quayle and a first cousin, once removed, of former U.S. representative Ben Quayle .[6] Her niece is the Washington Post journalist Sarah Pulliam Bailey.[7] Pulliam has served on the Board of Trustees of DePauw University and Newfields .[8] [9]
Awards
Pulliam worked on a 1974 Star series that uncovered "local police corruption and dilatory law enforcement, resulting in a cleanup of both the Police Department and the office of the County Prosecutor." It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting , in 1975.[10]
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
Previously the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, No Edition Time from 1953–1963 and the Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting from 1964–1984
1953–1975 1976–2000
Chicago Tribune (1976)
Acel Moore & Wendell Rawls Jr. (1977)
Anthony R. Dolan (1978)
Gilbert M. Gaul & Elliot G. Jaspin (1979)
Stephen Kurkjian , Alexander B. Hawes Jr., Nils Bruzelius, Joan Vennochi & Robert M. Porterfield (1980)
Clark Hallas & Robert B. Lowe (1981)
Paul Henderson (1982)
Loretta Tofani (1983)
Kenneth Cooper, Joan Fitz Gerald, Jonathan Kaufman , Norman Lockman, Gary McMillan, Kirk Scharfenberg & David Wessel (1984)
Lucy Morgan , Jack Reed & William K. Marimow (1985)
Jeffrey A. Marx & Michael M. York (1986)
Daniel R. Biddle, H.G. Bissinger , Fredric N. Tulsky & John Woestendiek (1987)
Dean Baquet , William C. Gaines & Ann Marie Lipinski (19)
Bill Dedman (1989)
Lou Kilzer (1990)
Joseph T. Hallinan & Susan M. Headden (1991)
Lorraine Adams & Dan Malone (1992)
Jeff Brazil & Steve Berry (1993)
Providence Journal-Bulletin (1994)
Stephanie Saul & Brian Donovan (1995)
The Orange County Register (1996)
Eric Nalder , Deborah Nelson & Alex Tizon (1997)
Gary Cohn & Will Englund (1998)
Miami Herald (1999)
Sang-Hun Choe , Charles J. Hanley & Martha Mendoza (2000)
2001–2025
David Willman (2001)
Sari Horwitz , Scott Higham & Sarah Cohen (2002)
Clifford J. Levy (2003)
Michael D. Sallah , Joe Mahr & Mitch Weiss (2004)
Nigel Jaquiss (2005)
Susan Schmidt , James V. Grimaldi & R. Jeffrey Smith (2006)
Brett Blackledge (2007)
Walt Bogdanich , Jake Hooker & Chicago Tribune (2008)
David Barstow (2009)
Barbara Laker , Wendy Ruderman & Sheri Fink (2010)
Paige St. John (2011)
Matt Apuzzo , Adam Goldman , Eileen Sullivan , Chris Hawley, Michael J. Berens & Ken Armstrong (2012)
David Barstow & Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab (2013)
Chris Hamby (2014)
Eric Lipton & The Wall Street Journal (2015)
Leonora LaPeter Anton , Anthony Cormier , Michael Braga & Esther Htusan (2016)
Eric Eyre (2017)
The Washington Post (2018)
Matt Hamilton, Harriet Ryan & Paul Pringle (2019)
Brian Rosenthal (2020)
Matt Rocheleau, Vernal Coleman, Laura Crimaldi, Evan Allen & Brendan McCarthy (2021)
Corey G. Johnson, Rebecca Woolington & Eli Murray (2022)
Staff of The Wall Street Journal (2023)