caption death_date awards image_size article_title name birth_date alt employer birth_name occupation
sherman about 1959 1969 pulitzer prize for public service 190x286 gene sherman -lrb- reporter -rrb-
 gene sherman 1915 gene sherman -lrb- reporter -rrb- approximately 1959 '' los angeles times '' eugene franklin sherman newspaper reporter and columnist
gene sherman -lrb- reporter -rrb-

gene sherman -lrb- 1915 -- 1969 -rrb- was a journalist who won the 1960 pulitzer prize for public service for the `` los angeles times '' .
sherman started his 30 years on staff as a cub reporter covering nearly all the regular news beats from police and sheriff to municipal and superior courts .
he then worked as a rewrite man , a frontline general assignment reporter , leading feature story writer , war correspondent , in-depth investigative reporter and a foreign correspondent .
he became a daily general interest writer of his page-2 column `` cityside '' for seven years and a roving national and international assignment reporter .
in 1964 he opened the london bureau as part of the `` los angeles times '' bid to widen its editorial base into a national newspaper , rivaling the influence and impact of `` the washington post '' and `` the new york times '' .
