创立美国新闻界最负盛名并以 其名字命名的奖赏,是美国 历史上最光灿夺目的新闻界人物之一约瑟夫·普利策。 普利策是一个来自于匈牙利的犹太移民,17岁从军,退役后供职于一家图书馆,开始与报界接触,25岁成为一个出版商,他在《纽约世界报》和《圣路易斯邮报》的创新精神重塑了报纸媒体的面貌。普利策是第一个号召在大学里设立新闻学院培养记者的人。在遗嘱中他将200万美元捐赠给哥伦比亚大学,用以建立一所新闻学院。 The prize to create the most prestigious and named American press in the United States is Joseph Pulitzer, one of the most brilliant figures in the history of the United States. Pulitzer, a Jewish immigrant from Hungary, retired from the army at the age of 17, worked in a library after he retired, started his contacts with the press, became a publisher at the age of 25, and was published in The New York Mon May and St. Louis Post The innovative spirit reshaped the media of the newspaper. Pulitzer was the first to call a college journalist to train reporters. In his will, he donated $ 2 million to Columbia University to establish a journalism institute.