James V. Risser
American journalist
James V. Risser (born 1938) is an American journalist and Emeritus Professor of Communication at Stanford University.
Career
Risser worked for The Des Moines Register for 20 years after which he was a member of the Pulitzer Prize board. He was also the director for Knight Fellowships.[1] He has won two Pulitzer Prizes for National Reporting, one in 1976 and the other in 1979. A Stanford University Prize was named after him, called the "Knight-Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism".[2][3]
Awards
- 1979: Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting "for a series on farming damage to the environment".[4]
- 1977: (with George Anthan) Raymond Clapper Memorial Award "for a story disclosing production of unsanitary meat for the school lunch program."[5]
- 1976: Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting "for disclosing large-scale corruption in the American grain exporting trade".[6]
- 1975: Raymond Clapper Memorial Award[7]
- 1971: Raymond Clapper Memorial Award Honorable Mention[7]
References
- ^ UPI ARCHIVES (Feb 12, 1985). "James Risser, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington bureau chief of the..." United Press International.
- ^ "The Knight-Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism, Stanford University". Stanford University. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- ^ "Risser". College of Journalism and Mass Communications Archive. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- ^ Risser, James (1979). "The Pulitzer Prizes". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- ^ Collins, Nancy (May 1, 1978). "President's Regrets". The Washington Post.
- ^ Risser, James. "The Pulitzer Prizes". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- ^ a b Journalism Institute. "Raymond Clapper Memorial Award winners (1944 to 2011)". National Press Club. Retrieved Nov 15, 2023.
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Previously the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting – National from 1942–1947
- Louis Stark (1942)
- Dewey L. Fleming (1944)
- James Reston (1945)
- Edward A. Harris (1946)
- Edward T. Folliard (1947)
- Bert Andrews & Nat S. Finney (1948)
- C. P. Trussell (1949)
- Edwin O. Guthman (1950)
- Anthony Leviero (1952)
- Don Whitehead (1953)
- Richard Wilson (1954)
- Anthony Lewis (1955)
- Charles L. Bartlett (1956)
- James Reston (1957)
- Clark Mollenhoff & Relman Morin (1958)
- Howard Van Smith (1959)
- Vance Trimble (1960)
- Edward R. Cony (1961)
- Nathan G. Caldwell & Gene S. Graham (1962)
- Anthony Lewis (1963)
- Merriman Smith (1964)
- Louis M. Kohlmeier Jr. (1965)
- Haynes Johnson (1966)
- Stanley Penn & Monroe Karmin (1967)
- Nathan K. (Nick) Kotz & Howard James (1968)
- Robert Cahn (1969)
- William J. Eaton (1970)
- Lucinda Franks (1971)
- Jack Anderson (1972)
- Robert Boyd & Clark Hoyt (1973)
- Jack White & James R. Polk (1974)
- Donald L. Barlett & James B. Steele (1975)
- James V. Risser (1976)
- Walter Mears (1977)
- Gaylord D. Shaw (1978)
- James V. Risser (1979)
- Bette Swenson Orsini & Charles Stafford (1980)
- John M. Crewdson (1981)
- Rick Atkinson (1982)
- The Boston Globe (1983)
- John Noble Wilford (1984)
- Thomas J. Knudson (1985)
- Craig Flournoy, George Rodrigues & Arthur Howe (1986)
- Staff of The Miami Herald & Staff of The New York Times (1987)
- Tim Weiner (1988)
- Donald L. Barlett & James B. Steele (1989)
- Ross Anderson, Bill Dietrich, Mary Ann Gwinn & Eric Nalder (1990)
- Marjie Lundstrom, Rochelle Sharpe & Gannett News Service (1991)
- Jeff Taylor, Mike McGraw & The Kansas City Star (1992)
- David Maraniss (1993)
- Eileen Welsome (1994)
- Tony Horwitz (1995)
- Alix M. Freedman (1996)
- Staff of The Wall Street Journal (1997)
- Russell Carollo & Jeff Nesmith (1998)
- Staff of The New York Times (1999)
- Jeff Gerth (1999)
- Staff of The Wall Street Journal (2000)
- Staff of The New York Times (2001)
- Staff of The Washington Post (2002)
- Alan Miller & Kevin Sack (2003)
- Staff of Los Angeles Times (2004)
- Walt Bogdanich (2005)
- James Risen & Eric Lichtblau (2006)
- Staff of The San Diego Union-Tribune & Staff of Copley News Service including Marcus Stern & Jerry Kammer (2006)
- Charlie Savage (2007)
- Jo Becker & Barton Gellman (2008)
- Staff of St. Petersburg Times (2009)
- Matt Richtel & Staff of The New York Times (2010)
- Jesse Eisinger & Jake Bernstein (2011)
- David Wood (2012)
- Lisa Song, Elizabeth McGowan & David Hasemyer (2013)
- David Philipps (2014)
- Carol D. Leonnig (2015)
- Staff of The Washington Post (2016)
- David Fahrenthold (2017)
- Staff of The New York Times & Staff of The Washington Post (2018)
- Staff of The Wall Street Journal (2019)
- Dominic Gates, Steve Miletich, Mike Baker & Lewis Kamb of The Seattle Times (2020)
- T. Christian Miller, Megan Rose & Robert Faurtechi of ProPublica (2020)
- Staff of The New York Times (2022)
- [Caroline Kitchener]] (2023)