Pulitzer Prize Board gives special citation to pioneering journalist Chuck Stone

Once called the “most influential journalist in Philadelphia,” the late Chuck Stone was a legendary figure first to his readers, then to fellow Black journalists and later to college students, across a storied career.

On Monday, the Pulitzer Prize Board awarded him a special citation “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 — later syndicated to nearly 100 publications — and for co-founding the National Association of Black Journalists 50 years ago.”