Washington Star

The Washington Star, previously known as the Washington Star-News and the Washington Evening Star, was a daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. between 1852 and 1982. For most of that time it was the city's newspaper of record, and it was the longtime home to columnist Mary McGrory and cartoonist Clifford K. Berryman.

Pulitzer Prizes

• 1944: Clifford K. Berryman, for Editorial Cartooning, "Where Is the Boat Going?"
• 1950: James T. Berryman, Editorial Cartooning, for "All Set for a Super-Secret Session in Washington."
• 1966: Haynes Johnson, for National Reporting, for his distinguished coverage of the civil rights conflict centered about Selma, Alabama, and particularly his reporting of its aftermath.
• 1974: James R. Polk, National Reporting, for his disclosure of alleged irregularities in the financing of the campaign to re-elect President Nixon in 1972.
• 1975: Mary McGrory, Commentary, for her commentary on public affairs during 1974
• 1979: Edwin M. Yoder Jr., Editorial Writing
• 1981: Jonathan Yardley, Criticism, for book reviews.