George Goodwin

George Evans Goodwin (June 20, 1917 – January 21, 2015) was an American journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for his work at The Atlanta Journal. An authority on public relations, Goodwin advised civic leaders including former Atlanta mayors Maynard Jackson and Shirley Franklin, as well as Ambassador Andrew Young. He had also been a Rotarian Senior Counselor. He died at the age of 97 on January 21, 2015.

Pulitzer Prize In 1947 Goodwin covered a fraudulent election in Telfair County, Georgia, for The Atlanta Journal. He won the next annual Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting citing that work.