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Mel Ruder

Melvin H. Ruder (January 19, 1915 – November 19, 2000) was an American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner, publisher-emeritus of the Hungry Horse News in Columbia Falls, Montana ...

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Melvin H. Ruder (January 19, 1915 – November 19, 2000) was an American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner, publisher-emeritus of the Hungry Horse News in Columbia Falls, Montana.[1][2]

Early life

Mel Ruder was born January 19, 1915, in Manning, North Dakota.[1] In 1937, Ruder graduated from the University of North Dakota with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a minor in European history. He would go on to graduate from Northwestern University with a master's degree in sociology in 1942.[3] Ruder served three years as a US Naval officer during World War II.[1]

Career

In 1946, Ruder headed to Columbia Falls, MT where he created the Hungry Horse News which made its debut on August 8, 1946.[4] Ruder's most notable work was his coverage of the June 1964 Flathead River flood, during which the Hungry Horse News published more than 12,000 copies in one week.[5][6] At its peak in the 1960s, Ruder's Hungry Horse News publication had more than 9,000 weekly subscribers from every state.[6] Ruder retired in 1978, after he sold the publication.[7]

Pulitzer Prize

In 1965, Ruder was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in the category of "Local General or Spot News Reporting". His award citation reads: "For his daring and resourceful coverage of a disastrous flood that threatened his community, an individual effort in the finest tradition of spot news reporting."[8]

Later life

in April 1999, Ruder suffered a major stroke. He died less than two years later at the Columbia Falls Veterans Home.[4] Ruder was the subject of the book titled Pictures, a Park, and a Pulitzer: Mel Ruder and the Hungry Horse News. The book documents the first 32 years of the Hungry Horse News.[9]

References

  1. 123"Mel Ruder: Montana's first Pulitzer winner, dies at 85". The Billings Gazette. November 19, 2000. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Mel Ruder, 85, editor y ganador de premios (publicado en 2000)" . The New York Times . 23 de noviembre de 2000. ISSN 0362-4331 . Consultado el 26 de noviembre de 2020 . 
  3. ↑ "Hungry Horse News (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-Actualidad" . Biblioteca del Congreso . Consultado el 3 de diciembre de 2020 .
  4. 1 2 "Mel Ruder: el primer ganador del Pulitzer de Montana, muere a los 85 años" . Helena Independent Record . 20 de noviembre de 2000. Consultado el 28 de noviembre de 2020 .
  5. ^ En cuerpo, Kristen (31 de mayo de 2014). ""Fue una pesadilla" en Flathead durante la inundación de 1964. Great Falls Tribune . Consultado el 28 de noviembre de 2020 .
  6. 1 2 Lawrence, Tom (20 de noviembre de 2000). "Muere Ruder, periodista ganador del Premio Pulitzer" . missoulian.com . Consultado el 28 de noviembre de 2020 .
  7. ↑ "Hungry Horse News (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-Actualidad" . Biblioteca del Congreso . Consultado el 28 de noviembre de 2020 .
  8. ↑ "Ganadores y finalistas del Premio Pulitzer de 1965" . www.pulitzer.org . Consultado el 28 de noviembre de 2020 .
  9. ↑ Lawrence, Tom (1 de septiembre de 2000). Imágenes, un parque y un Pulitzer: Mel Ruder y el Hungry Horse News . Farcountry Press/Montana Magazine. ISBN 978-1-56037-163-2.