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When I searched for the image, it
simply says "A portrait of Joseph
Pulitzer superimposed on images of the
New York World and the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch."
There's no artist attributed to it.
Diana West has an article about the liberal trend in the Pulitzer Prize winners, and that Joseph Pulitzer himself intended his prize to reward conservative views. Here is a memorable quote on how what Pulitzer expected of the winning novels:
[T]he American novel published during the year...shall best present the wholesome atmosphere of American life, and the highest standard of American manners and manhood."Similarly, on editorial writing:
[T]he test of excellence being clearness of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning, and power to influence public opinion in what the writer conceives to be the right direction."West writes that these "criteria were more nebulous" but goes on to explain what kinds of writing fulfilled these expectations:
Maybe some of the first Prize winners, a pair of 1917 editorials from the Louisville Courier-Journal, can clue us in to what that "right direction" was. Written in support of U.S. involvement in World War I, one is called "Vae Victis" -- Woe to the Vanquished -- and the other, "War Has Its Compensations."Perhaps we can go a long way if we simply follow these two quotes from Pulitzer.
