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If You Like the Truth
Rick Atkinson
Lieutenant General George Crocker says that when he was first introduced to Rick Atkinson he was told, “If you like the truth, you’ll love Rick.” Over his long career as a journalist and historian, Atkinson has won three Pulitzer Prizes for works that he has written and edited. As part of the Pulitzer Centennial Campfire Initiative, we honor Rick Atkinson’s career, from Vietnam Veterans, WWII, and the Persian Gulf War to DC police shootings and the War in Iraq. His motto, he say, is on a little sign taped next to his desk: “Get On With It.”
Heartbreak, Violence and Hope
Sasha Waters Freyer (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Photographer Garry Winogrand has been called the “central photographer of his generation” Winogrand’s images captured the heartbreak, violence, and hope of postwar America. When he died suddenly three decades ago, he left behind more than 300,000 images unseen–until now. Waters is developing a documentary, All Things Are Photographable, about the life and work of Winogrand.
TV Engages with the Past
Alison Landsberg (George Mason University)
Historical dramas and reality history programs have become an increasingly popular way to engage with history. But do they really contribute to our understanding of the past? Landsberg says they might actually foster more holistic interpretation in viewers.

This program is funded in part by the Pulitzer Prize Centennial Campfires Initiative, which seeks to focus on journalism and the humanities, to imagine their future and to inspire new generations to consider the values represented by Pulitzer Prize-winning work. For their generous support for the Campfires Initiative, we thank the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Pulitzer Prize Board, and Columbia University.
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