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Pulitzer Prize Board gives special citation to pioneering journalist Chuck Stone
He made an impact as columnist, university professor and co-founder of NABJ
05/05/25
Once called the “most influential journalist in Philadelphia,” the late Chuck Stone was a legendary figure first to his readers, then to fellow Black journalists and later to college students, across a storied career.
On Monday, the Pulitzer Prize Board awarded him a special citation “for his groundbreaking work as a journalist covering the Civil Rights Movement, his pioneering role as the first Black columnist at the Philadelphia Daily News — later syndicated to nearly 100 publications — and for co-founding the National Association of Black Journalists 50 years ago.”
Stone, who was a Tuskegee Airman in World War II and a professor at the University of North Carolina later in his career, was known for his sartorial style and bow ties. He also became known for having more than 70 suspects turn themselves in to him — later to be surrendered to police — over his nearly 20 years as a columnist and senior editor at the Daily News.
Stone’s citation came in the 50th anniversary year of the NABJ, an influential organization for the Black press and Black journalists.
He died in 2014 at the age of 89.
