 "The Washington Daily News" was the home newspaper for Ernie Pyle, the famed war correspondent.People who gained recognition while working at the "Daily News" include Judy Mann, who was part of an early Vietnam protest sit-in at Columbia.Others who gained recognition from the "News" included Bill Beall, who won a Pulitzer for "", a photo of a child and a police officer; and Samuel A. Stafford - Heywood Broun Award winner (and Pulitzer runner-up for investigative reporting) famous for stories that unmasked the Surplus Food program abuses which led to the modern SNAP and WIC programs; horse racing analyst Andrew Beyer, and Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) President as well as Columbia University Maria Moors Cabot gold medal Winner John Thomas O'Rourke.