Pearce, John Ed

Date:
1981-07-31
Length:
105 minutes
Interviewer:
Bobo, Mary
Transcription available:
no
Series:
Courier-Journal Interviews
Series ID:
9999_004
Interview Number(s):
1981__130
1981__131
Summary:
Mr. Pearce joined the Courier-Journal staff as an editorial writer. He shared in the Pulitzer Prize awarded to the Courier-Journal in 1967. On this occasion the Courier-Journal received the Pulitzer Committee's "Meritorious Public Service Award" for its successful battle for stronger strip-mining controls. At the time of the interview, John Ed Pearce was a writer for the Sunday Magazine in which he specializes in Kentucky county profiles.
Topic(s):
Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), Newspapers, Journalism, Journalists: Pulitzer Prizes