Myrta Pulliam

Myrta Jane Pulliam (born June 20, 1947) is an American journalist.

Myrta Pulliam
Born	Myrta Jane Pulliam (1947-06-20) June 20, 1947 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Parent(s)	Eugene S. Pulliam Jane Bleecker
Relatives	Eugene C. Pulliam (grandfather) Dan Quayle (cousin)

Early life

Myrta Pulliam was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is the granddaughter of Eugene C. Pulliam, former publisher of the Indianapolis Star, and the daughter of Eugene S. Pulliam, Star publisher from 1975 to 1999.[1][2] Pulliam has worked as a journalist in Indianapolis and in Phoenix.

Investigative career

Pulliam worked on a 1974 Star series that uncovered "local police corruption and dilatory law enforcement, resulting in a cleanup of both the Police Department and the office of the County Prosecutor." It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting in 1975.[3]

A co-founder of Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., Pulliam is also a past board member.[4][5]

Personal life

Pulliam is a cousin of former Vice President Dan Quayle and a first cousin, once removed, of former U.S. representative Ben Quayle.[6] Her niece is Washington Post journalist Sarah Pulliam Bailey.[7] She is on the Board of Trustees of DePauw University and Newfields.[8][9]

References

Journalism, Indiana University (January 28, 1987). "Pulliam, Eugene S."
Pace, Eric (January 22, 1999). "Eugene Pulliam Is Dead at 84; Publisher Opposed McCarthy" – via NYTimes.com.
"1975 Winners". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
"History".
"Pulliams keep alive family's century-long media legacy | The EIJ News".
"QUAYLE SCOOP IN FAMILY'S NEWSPAPER SIGNALS END OF AN ERA". August 20, 1988 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
"Spring 2014 - Briefly Noted". Philanthropy Roundtable.
Stall, Sam. "2010 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Myrta Pulliam".
"Board of Trustees". discovernewfields.org.

Pulliam, Russell. (1984). Publisher: Gene Pulliam: Last of the Newspaper Titans. Ottawa, Illinois: Jameson Books. ISBN 0-915463-02-4

External links

Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

As Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, No Edition Time (1953–1963)
(1953–1959)	Edward J. Mowery (1953) Alvin McCoy (1954) Roland Kenneth Towery (1955) Arthur Daley (1956) Wallace Turner (1957) George Beveridge (1958) John Harold Brislin (1959)
(1960–1963)	Miriam Ottenberg (1960) Edgar May (1961) George Bliss (1962) Oscar Griffin Jr. (1963)

As Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting (1964–1984)
(1964–1969)	James V. Magee (1964 shared) Albert V. Gaudiosi (1964 shared) Frederick Meyer (1964 shared) Gene Goltz (1965) John Anthony Frasca (1966) Gene Miller (1967) J. Anthony Lukas (1968) Al Delugach (1969 shared) Denny Walsh (1969 shared)
(1970–1979)	Harold Eugene Martin (1970) William Jones (1971) Timothy Leland (1972 shared) Gerard M. O'Neill (1972 shared) Stephen A. Kurkjian (1972 shared) Ann Desantis (1972 shared) The Sun Newspapers Of Omaha (1973) William Sherman (1974) The Indianapolis Star (1975) Staff of Chicago Tribune (1976) Acel Moore (1977 shared) Wendell Rawls Jr. (1977 shared) Anthony R. Dolan (1978) Gilbert M. Gaul (1979 shared) Elliot G. Jaspin (1979 shared)
(1980–1984)	Stephen A. Kurkjian (1980 shared) Alexander B. Hawes Jr. (1980 shared) Nils Bruzelius (1980 shared) Joan Vennochi (1980 shared) Robert M. Porterfield (1980 shared) Clark Hallas (1981 shared) Robert B. Lowe (1981 shared) Paul Henderson (1982) Loretta Tofani (1983) Kenneth Cooper (1984 shared) Joan Fitz Gerald (1984 shared) Jonathan Kaufman (1984 shared) Norman Lockman (1984 shared) Gary McMillan (1984 shared) Kirk Scharfenberg (1984 shared) David Wessel (1984 shared)

As Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting (1985–2018)
(1985–1989)	Lucy Morgan (1985 shared) Jack Reed (1985 shared) William K. Marimow (1985) Jeffrey A. Marx (1986 shared) Michael M. York (1986 shared) Daniel R. Biddle (1987 shared) H.G. Bissinger (1987 shared) Fredric N. Tulsky (1987 shared) Dean Baquet (1988 shared) William C. Gaines (1988 shared) Ann Marie Lipinski (1988 shared) Bill Dedman (1989)
(1990–1999)	Lou Kilzer (1990) Joseph T. Hallinan (1991 shared) Susan M. Headden (1991 shared) Lorraine Adams (1992 shared) Dan Malone (1992 shared) Jeff Brazil (1993 shared) Steve Berry (1993 shared) Providence Journal-Bulletin (Rhode Island) staff (1994) Stephanie Saul (1995 shared) Brian Donovan (1995 shared) The Orange County Register staff (1996) Eric Nalder (1997 shared) Deborah Nelson (1997 shared) Alex Tizon (1997 shared) Gary Cohn (1998 shared) Will Englund (1998 shared) The Miami Herald staff (1999)
(2000–2009)	Sang-Hun Choe (2000 shared) Charles J. Hanley (2000 shared) Martha Mendoza (2000 shared) David Willman (2001) Sari Horwitz (2002 shared) Scott Higham (2002 shared) Sarah Cohen (2002 shared) Clifford J. Levy (2003) Michael D. Sallah (2004 shared) Joe Mahr (2004 shared) Mitch Weiss (2004 shared) Nigel Jaquiss (2005) Susan Schmidt (2006) James V. Grimaldi (2006) R. Jeffrey Smith (2006) Brett Blackledge (2007) Walt Bogdanich (2008 shared) Jake Hooker (2008 shared) Staff of The Chicago Tribune (2008 shared) David Barstow (2009)
(2010–2018)	Barbara Laker (2010 shared) Wendy Ruderman (2010 shared) Sheri Fink (2010 shared) Paige St. John (2011 shared) Matt Apuzzo (2012 shared) Adam Goldman (2012 shared) Eileen Sullivan (2012 shared) Chris Hawley (2012 shared) Michael J. Berens (2012 shared) Ken Armstrong (2012 shared) David Barstow (2013 shared) Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab (2013 shared) Chris Hamby (2014) Eric Lipton (2015 shared) The Wall Street Journal staff (2015 shared) Leonora LaPeter Anton (2016 shared) Anthony Cormier (2016 shared) Michael Braga (2016 shared) Esther Htusan (2016 shared) Eric Eyre (2017) staff of The Washington Post (2018)

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