Groundbreaking Daily News columnist Chuck Stone wins a special Pulitzer citation

Groundbreaking Daily News columnist Chuck Stone wins a special Pulitzer citation

Stone received the award for his groundbreaking work covering the civil rights movement, his role as the Daily News’ first Black columnist, and his position as a cofounder of NABJ.

Pioneering journalist honored posthumously with Pulitzer citation

The late Chuck Stone, a pioneering Black journalist who ended his career as an instructor at UNC-Chapel Hill, was awarded a special citation on Monday by the Pulitzer Prize Board.The citation honored Stone “for his groundbreaking work as a journalist covering the Civil Rights Movement, his pioneering role as the first Black columnist at the Philadelphia Daily News … and for co-founding the National Association of Black Journalists 50 years ago.”…

Chuck Stone, an NABJ founder and late longtime columnist, receives special citation from the Pulitzers NABJ Black News & Views

The Pulitzers gave a special citation on Monday to the late Chuck Stone, a pioneering columnist in Philadelphia, and a founder and first president of the National Association of Black Journalists. The announcement was part of the reveal of the list of 2025 winners of the Pulitzer Prizes. In this Feb. 15, 1984, file photo,