In 1889 Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World, started to cruise around the world. His doctors had warned him against overexcitement. In Greece he received a cable from his brother-in ...

My hometown paper, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, had been established by Joseph Pulitzer himself before he’d left for New York — and the prizes, especially those we’d won over the years ...

When we discuss excellence in journalism, literature, or the arts, the Pulitzer Prize is the first to spring to mind. But behind this symbol of excellence stands the extraordinary story of Joseph ...