Joseph Pulitzer, a renowned American newspaperman, founded the school, which has trained more than 4,000 leading workers in the news media. The seriousness and scrupulousness with which the prize is awarded have raised its status and that of the school it is associated with.
普立茲，這位美國報壇名人，是哥大新聞學院的創辦人，他不但造就四千多位新聞界好手，也因這座獎頒得慎重、嚴謹，使哥大新聞學院的地位為之提昇。