Joseph Pulitzer

Monday, January 01, 1883

Joseph Pulitzer was born in Hungary in 1847 and immigrated to the United States in 1864 to serve in the Union Army during the Civil War. Pulitzer was a politician, journalist, and newspaper publisher. He transformed newspapers to be both informative and a source of entertainment by including investigative reporting, comics, sports, and lifestyle sections. Pulitzer purchased the newspaper The World (New York World) in 1883 and turned it into a profitable and successful newspaper. In 1917, the Pulitzer Prize was established in his honor.