Gene Roberts (journalist) in 1954 and was later a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. Gene Roberts (journalist) Eugene Leslie Roberts, Jr. (born June 15, 1932) is an American journalist and professor of journalism. He has been a national editor of "The New York Times", executive editor of "The Philadelphia Inquirer" from 1972 to 1990, and managing editor of "The New York Times" from 1994 to 1997. Roberts is most known for presiding over "The Inquirer"'s "Golden Age", a time in which the newspaper was given increased freedom and resources, won 17 Pulitzer Prizes in 18 years, displaced "The Philadelphia Bulletin" as the city's
1975 Pulitzer Prize for the publication of the Pentagon Papers. It was also the first year that the prize for editorial cartooning went to a comic strip artist (Garry Trudeau, writer/artist of "Doonesbury"), and the first year that a film critic won a Pulitzer (Roger Ebert). Dumas Malone, 83, become the prize's oldest recipient. The list of winners and the citations accompanying the award, are taken from the Pulitzer Prize website. The list of winners and the citations accompanying the award, are taken from the Pulitzer Prize website. 1975 Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prizes for 1975, the 59th annual prizes, were ratified by