Roy J. Harris

Roy J. Harris (1902–1980) was an American journalist, an investigative reporter whose work was rewarded with the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

Journalism career

The 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service was awarded "[f]or the work of George Thiem and Roy J. Harris, respectively, in exposing the presence of 37 Illinois newspapermen on an Illinois State payroll."[1]

References
  1. "Public Service". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 4 November 2013.

The Pulitzer Prize won by Roy J. Harris and George Thiem was chronicled in a book on the Public Service Pulitzer Prizes, "Pulitzer's Gold," by Harris's son, Roy J. Harris Jr. https://www.pulitzersgold.com/ An article about the connection between the two Harrises was published on the Pulitzer Prize website. https://www.pulitzer.org/article/life-pulitzers


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