Gene Sherman
Born
Eugene Franklin Sherman

January 27, 1915
DiedMarch 5, 1969(1969-03-05) (aged 54)
Occupation(s)Newspaper reporter and columnist
EmployerLos Angeles Times
AwardsPulitzer Prize for Public Service (named contributor)

Eugene Franklin Sherman (January 27, 1915 – March 5, 1969) was an American journalist whose work contributed to the Los Angeles Times winning the 1960 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.[2] Sherman started his 30 years on staff as a cub reporter covering nearly all the regular news beats from police and sheriff to municipal and Superior Courts. He then worked as a rewrite man, a frontline general assignment reporter, leading feature story writer, war correspondent, in-depth investigative reporter and a foreign correspondent. He became a daily general interest writer of his page-2 column Cityside for seven years and a roving national and international assignment reporter. In 1964 he opened the London bureau as part of the Los Angeles Times bid to widen its editorial base into a national newspaper, rivaling the influence and impact of The Washington Post and The New York Times.

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  1. ^ Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974
  2. ^ "Public Service". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-10-26.