The Philadelphia Inquirer

***The Philadelphia Inquirer*** is a newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United States. The newspaper was founded by John R. Walker and John Norvell in June 1829 as ***The Pennsylvania Inquirer*** and is the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the United States. Owned by the local group Philadelphia Media Holdings LLC, _The Inquirer_ has the nineteenth largest average weekday U.S. newspaper circulation and has won eighteen Pulitzer Prizes.

## Awards

|align="center" colspan="5"|Pulitzer Prizes awarded to _The Philadelphia Inquirer_|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1975|National Reporting|Donald Barlett and James B. Steele|"Auditing the Internal Revenue Service" series|
|1976|Editorial Cartooning|Tony Auth|"O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain"|
|1977|Local Investigative Specialized Reporting|Acel Moore and Wendell Rawls, Jr.|Report on the conditions at the Fairview State Hospital for the mentally ill|
|1978|Public Service|_The Philadelphia Inquirer_|A series of articles on the abuse of power by Philadelphia police|
|1979|International Reporting|Richard Ben Cramer|Reports from the Middle East|
|1980|Local General or Spot News Reporting|Staff of _The Philadelphia Inquirer_|Coverage of the Three Mile Island accident|
|1985|Investigative Reporting|William K. Marimow|Expose on the Philadelphia police K-9 unit|
|1985|Feature Photography|Larry C. Price|Series of photographs from Angola and El Salvador|
|1986|National Reporting|Arthur Howe|Report on deficiencies in IRS processing of tax returns-reporting|
|1986|Feature Photography|Tom Gralish|Series of photographs on the homeless in Philadelphia|
|1987|Investigative Reporting|John Woestendiek|Prison beat reporting|
|1987|Investigative Reporting|Daniel R. Biddle, H. G. Bissinger and Fredric N. Tulsky|"Disorder in the Court"|
|1987|Feature Writing|Steve Twomey|Profile of life aboard an aircraft carrier|
|1988|National Reporting|Tim Weiner|Series on a secret Pentagon budget used for defense research and an arms buildup|
|1989|National Reporting|Donald Barlett and James B. Steele|Investigation into the Tax Reform Act of 1986|
|1989|Feature Writing|David Zucchino|"Being Black in South Africa"|
|1990|Public Service|Gilbert M. Gaul|Report on the American blood industry|
|1997|Explanatory Journalism|Michael Vitez, April Saul and Ron Cortes|Series on the choices of the critically-ill|
|colspan="4"|<small>_Source:_ The Pulitzer Prizes: Columbia University</small>|||

## Other websites

- _The Philadelphia Inquirer_ Online
- Philadelphia Media Holdings website
- The Philadelphia Inquirer Frontpage (Updated)

## Infobox (newspaper)

- **name**: The Philadelphia Inquirer
- **type**: Daily newspaper
- **format**: Broadsheet
- **owner**: Philadelphia Media Network
- **founders**: John R. Walker and John Norvell
- **publisher**: Terrance C.Z. Egger
- **editor**: Stan Wischnowski
- **chiefeditor**: Gabriel Escobar
- **maneditor**: Kim Fox, Patrick Kerkstra, Pat McCloone, Sandy Shea
- **foundation**: (as _The Pennsylvania Inquirer_)
- **headquarters**: 801 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- **publishing country**: United States
- **circulation**: 158,546 daily
312,197 Sunday
- **sister newspapers**: _Philadelphia Daily News_
- **issn**: 0885-6613