William J. Eaton
American journalist
William J. Eaton (December 9, 1930 – August 23, 2005) was an American journalist.
He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1970 for his Chicago Daily News coverage of the confirmation battle over Clement Haynsworth , an unsuccessful Richard Nixon nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States . This landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents .
In 1980 he shared the Gerald Loeb Award for Large Newspapers for his reporting on the U.S. energy crisis .[ 1] [ 2]
From 1984 to 1988, Eaton was chief of the Moscow bureau of the Los Angeles Times .
He retired in 1994, then became curator of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows journalism program at the University of Maryland . He was a past president of the National Press Club .
References
Staff report (August 25, 2005). William J. Eaton; Journalist, 74. New York Times
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(1974–1979) (1980–1989)
1980: Cathleen Decker , William J. Eaton , Norman Kempster , Penelope McMillan , Larry Pryor , Tom Redburn , William C. Rempel , Gaylord Shaw , Bill Stall
1981: Jonathan Neumann , Ted Gup
1982: Linda Grant , Karen Tumulty
1983: Robert Frump
1984: Dan Morgan
1984 (HM): Ted Gup
1985: Paul Blustein
1985 (HM): Jane Applegate , Patrick Boyle , James Flanigan , Linda Grant , Michael Hiltzik , John Lawrence , Paul Richter , Nancy Rivera , Debra Whitefield
1986: Ken Auletta
1987: Kimberly Greer
1988: Daniel Hertzberg , James B. Stewart
1989: Donald L. Barlett , James B. Steele
(1990–1999) (2000–2009)
2000: Ellen E. Schultz
2001: Ronald Campbell , William Heisel , Mark Katches
2002: David Heath , Duff Wilson
2003: Alec Klein
2004: David B. Ottaway , Joe Stephens
2005: Walt Bogdanich
2006: Ann Hardie , Alan Judd , Carrie Teegardin
2007: James Bandler , Charles Forelle , Mark Maremont , Steve Stecklow
2008: David Barboza , Walt Bogdanich , Jake Hooker , Andrew W. Lehren
2009: Jo Becker , Julie Creswell , Eric Dash , Carter Dougherty , Charles Duhigg , Peter S. Goodman , Stephen Labaton , Gretchen Morgenson , Sheryl Gay Stolberg
(2010–2014)
2010: Andrew Martin , Michael Moss
2011: Alexandra Berzon , Douglas A. Blackmon , Ana Campoy , Ben Casselman , Russell Gold , Vanessa O'Connell
2012: Ken Bensinger
2013: Patricia Callahan , Michael Hawthorne , Sam Roe
2014: Barton Gellman , Ellen Nakashima , Laura Poitras , Steven Rich , Ashkan Soltani , Craig Timberg
Previously the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting – National from 1942–1947
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