BJ Pulitzer stolen

The BJ’s Pulizer for the 1994 “A Question of Color” series was stolen from the enclosed display case at 44 E. Exchange Street while the BJ newsroom moved to its new office on the 7^th floor of the AES Building on 388 S. Main Street, previously a Goodrich factory.

The theft happened between Tuesday and late Thursday morning. Work crews were dismantling desks and other equipment to clear the Exchange Street building, which is owned by the Beacon Journal’s former owner, Black Press.

The BJ has 4 Pulitizers:

• In 1968 for Editorial Writing by John S. Knight for his Editor’s Notebook weekly columns opposing the Vietnam War and defending the public’s right to protest.

• In 1971 for General Local Reporting for coverage of the National Guard shootings that killed four students and wounded nine at Kent State University on May 4, 1970.

• In 1987 for General News Reporting for “The Goodyear War” when Sir James Goldsmith conducted a greenmail takeover of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

 

• In 1994 for Public Service for “A Question of Color,” a series on race relations and cultural awareness.