Price Day
Price Day | |
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Born | |
Died | January 29, 1978 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | journalist |
Price Day (1907-1978) was a war correspondent for the Baltimore Sun who won a 1949 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.[1]
Early life
Price Day was born in 1907 in
Career
In 1942, Price Day moved to Florida to join the Fort Lauderdale Times as a city editor. But a year later, he was assigned by the Baltimore Sun to cover the Mediterranean battle areas as a war correspondent. He performed his job from 1942 to 1945 and covered the 8th Air Force, the Anzio beachhead, and Rome's liberation, the breaking of the "Gustav Line" near the Vosges. In 1945, Day was present at the signing of the German Instrument of Surrender.[1][3]
In the post-war period, the correspondent covered the
In 1948, Price Day got an assignment to India, where he wrote a twelve-article series "Experiment with Freedom – India and Its First Year of Independence." In the course of his work in the country, the journalist also interviewed Mahatma Gandhi. His journalistic success earned him the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1949.[5][3]
In 1952, Day moved from reporting to the editorial staff of the Baltimore Sun in 1952. Four years later, he became an associate editor of the newspaper. In the 1970s, the columnist joined the Advisory Board on the Pulitzer Prizes.[2][6]
In 1975, Day retired from editor‐in‐chief of the Sun and the newspapers after 15 years. He died at the age of 71 in MedStar Memorial Hospital three years later.[2]
References
- ^ ISBN 9783110849837.
- ^ a b c d Joan Cook (December 11, 1978). "Price Day, Baltimore Sun Editor And a War Correspondent, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
- ^ ISBN 9781573561112.
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"TASK OF OCCUPATION DECLARED IN PERIL; Patterson at Dinner Honoring War Correspondents Says More Appropriations Are Needed". Washington DC. 1946-11-23. p. 28. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ISBN 9783598301865.
- ISBN 978-3598301711.