1946 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1946.

Journalism awards

Public Service:
- Scranton Times for its fifteen-year investigation of judicial practices in the United States District Court for the middle district of Pennsylvania, resulting in removal of the District Judge and indictment of many others.
Reporting:
- William L. Laurence of The New York Times for his eye-witness account of the atom-bombing of Nagasaki and his subsequent ten articles on the development, production, and significance of the atomic bomb.
Correspondence:
- Arnaldo Cortesi of The New York Times for distinguished correspondence during the year 1945, as exemplified by his reports from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Telegraphic Reporting (National):
- Edward A. Harris of St. Louis Post-Dispatch for his articles on the Tidewater Oil situation which contributed to the nationwide opposition to the appointment and confirmation of Edwin W. Pauley as Undersecretary of the Navy.
Telegraphic Reporting (International):
- Homer Bigart of New York Herald Tribune for his distinguished reporting during the year 1945 from the Pacific war theatre.
Editorial Writing:
- Hodding Carter of Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, Mississippi for a group of editorials, including Go for Broke, published during the year 1945 on the subject of racial, religious and economic intolerance.