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Meyer Berger
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Meyer Berger
Career
Meyer Berger spent most of his career at the New York Times
Early Life
His career climaxed in 1950 when a veteran in Camden, New Jersey committed a mass shooting and he interviewed 50 people in 1 day and wrote a 4,000 page report in 2 hours and it was published the next day, unedited.
Meyer "Mike"Berger was born on September 1st, 1898 in New York City
Berger was known for his unique use of color and detail
Meyer moved to the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn shortly after his birth
Meyer's mother was a store keeper and his father was a Czechoslovakian immigrant
He dropped out of school at 13 years old because of poor eyesight, stomach problems and low income
Pulitzer Prize
Death and Berger Award
Meyer "Mike" Berger died on February 8th, 1959
9 years after the mass shooting, Berger won the Pulitzer Prize of $1000
Sources Cited
Wikipedia-
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After Berger's death, a man named Louis Schweitzer created the Berger award in 1960 which is annually given to some of the most distinguished journalists of New York
Columbia Journalism School-
. Np.. Web.6 Jan 2014. <www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/171-brger-award/172>
Berger donated the whole $1000 to the mother of the veteran whose actions caused a major boost in his career
Every May at the Journalism Day ceremony the Berger award is presented to one special journalist at Columbia School of Journalism
The Berger award is a $1500 prize