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
Pulitzer Prize news, the Breaking News Reporting category was expanded to encompass all domestic breaking news events in 2017. Definitions of Pulitzer Prize categories as presented in the December 2017 Plan of Award: There are six categories in letters and drama: There is one prize given for music: There have been dozens of Special Citations and Awards: more than ten each in Arts, Journalism, and Letters, and five for Pulitzer Prize service, most recently to Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. in 1987. In addition to the Prizes, Pulitzer Travelling Fellowships are awarded to four outstanding students of the Graduate School of Journalism as selected