This Pulitzer Prize has been awarded since 1948 for a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs, including United Nations correspondence. Before this, the Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence was awarded from 1929 to 1947 and the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting – International was awarded from 1942 to 1947.
CategoryYearsEmphasisNature of WorkCorrespondence1929–1947Foreign reportingInterpretive, narrativeTelegraphic Reporting – International1942–1947Breaking overseas newsFast cable dispatchesInternational Reporting1948–presentInternational affairsBroad, modern global journalism
List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting – International YearName(s)PublicationRationale1942Associated Press"for his reporting on the British Mediterranean Fleet, written as an accredited correspondent attached to the fleet."1943North American Newspaper Alliance"for a series of three articles on the fifth battle of the Solomon Islands."1944Associated Press"for his distinguished reporting during the year 1943."1945The Baltimore Sun"for distinguished reporting during the year 1944 from Washington, London and the fronts in Sicily, Italy and France."1946New York Herald Tribune"for his distinguished reporting during the year 1945 from the Pacific war theatre."1947Associated Press"for his correspondence from Moscow in 1946."
List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting