page_title: 1949 Pulitzer Prize
section_title: Journalism awards
hierarchical_section_title: 1949 Pulitzer Prize / Journalism awards
caption_attribution_description: English: "Who, Me?", an editorial cartoon commenting on a coal miners' strike. It depicts labor leader John L. Lewis. This cartoon won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.
context_page_description: The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1949.
context_section_description: Public Service:
  Nebraska State Journal for the campaign establishing the "Nebraska All-Star Primary" presidential preference primary which spotlighted, through a bi-partisan committee, issues early in the presidential campaign.
  Local Reporting:
  Malcolm Johnson of the New York Sun for his series of 24 articles entitled "Crime on the Waterfront" in New York City.
  National Reporting:
  C. P. Trussell of The New York Times for consistent excellence covering the national scene from Washington.
  International Reporting:
  Price Day of The Baltimore Sun for his series of 12 articles entitled, "Experiment in Freedom: India and Its First Year of Independence".
  Editorial Writing:
  Herbert Elliston of The Washington Post for distinguished editorial writing during the year.
  John H. Crider of the Boston Herald for distinguished editorial writing during the year.
  Editorial Cartooning:
  Lute Pease of the Newark Evening News for "Who, Me?"
  Photography:
  Nathaniel Fein of the New York Herald-Tribune for his photo, "Babe Ruth Bows Out".
caption: The winning editorial cartoon, "Who, Me?"
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