Figures

Joseph Pulitzer

PULL-it-ser

Newspaper Publisher

Citation Formats

General Reference

Film and Media Atlas. "Joseph Pulitzer." Accessed August 29, 2026. https://dev-media.interactiveatlas.org/figures/joseph-pulitzer.

APA Style

Film and Media Atlas. (n.d.). Joseph Pulitzer. Retrieved August 29, 2026, from https://dev-media.interactiveatlas.org/figures/joseph-pulitzer

BibTeX

@misc{filmandmediaatlas-joseph-pulitzer,
  author = {Film and Media Atlas},
  title = {Joseph Pulitzer},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-media.interactiveatlas.org/figures/joseph-pulitzer},
  note = {Accessed August 29, 2026}
}

Hungarian-born American publisher whose New York World built the modern mass-circulation newspaper: crusading investigations, illustrations, sports pages and stunt journalism. His will endowed the Columbia University school of journalism and the Pulitzer Prizes, awarded since 1917.

Facts

Birth Year

1847 1

Death Year

1911 1

Nationality

Hungarian-born American 1

Defining Contribution

The mass-circulation New York World; the Pulitzer Prizes and the Columbia journalism school 1

Cross-Tradition Connections