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Paul Williams
Paul Williams was the Editor of Sun Newspapers in Omaha during the early 1970s.
📝 Achievement in Journalism
- Pulitzer Prize (1973): Under his editorial leadership, Sun Newspapers was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for local investigative reporting. This was the first time in history that a weekly newspaper had won in this category.
- The Boys Town Investigation: The reporting focused on the extraordinary contrast between decreasing services and mounting wealth at the Boys Town charity.
- Legacy: Buffett praised the achievemnet as proof that "size need not be equated with significance in publishing."
🔗 Connections
- Company: Sun Newspapers
- Manager: Stanford Lipsey
- Source: 1973 Letter
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Our congratulations go to Paul Williams, Editor, and Stan Lipsey, Publisher, as well as the entire editorial staff of Sun Newspapers for their achievement, which vividly illustrated that size need not be equated with significance in publishing.