Template:Did you know nominations/Harold A. Littledale

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The result was: promoted by Coolperson177 (talk) 02:58, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Harold A. Littledale

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• ... that Harold A. Littledale's 1917 report on "medieval" conditions in the New Jersey prison system led to a state inquiry and the 1918 Pulitzer Prize? Source: "... Pulitzer’s Forgotten Classics ... ABUSES IN A NEW JERSEY STATE PRISON Harold LittledaleNew York Evening Post [Pulitzer Prize for] Reporting, 1918 ... Harold Littledale wasn’t the first journalist to go undercover and prompt reforms; the pioneering Nellie Bly had famously spent 10 days in an insane asylum in 1887. But Littledale spent months inside the Trenton, New Jersey prison he described as 'medieval' ... Less than two weeks after his story appeared, the New Jersey legislature had empowered Governor Walter E. Edge to establish a Prison Inquiry Commission. The following month, the commission produced a report with nine recommendations, including bricking over the dungeons and giving prisoners access to open air during the day. It also acknowledged the near complete failure of the prison labor system." from: Fitzgerald, Michael (8 August 2016). "Pulitzer's Forgotten Classics". Nieman Reports. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  • ALT1: ... that for his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into the New Jersey prison system Harold A. Littledale went undercover as a prisoner? Source: "Littledale won a Pulitzer prize in 1918 for his New York Evening post stories about unhealthy conditions in New Jersey prisons. Littledale even managed to get imprisoned once to find material for a story. A state investigating committee used Littledale's findings - nad several recommendations - as a basis for cleaning up New Jersey prisons" from: "H. A. Littledale, Writer Who Started NJ Prison Reforms". The News (Paterson, New Jersey, page 31). Newspapers.com. 12 August 1957.
  • ALT2: ... that Harold A. Littledale learnt he had won the 1918 Pulitzer Prize for an investigation of the New Jersey prison system whilst serving in the British Army on the Western Front? Source: "Mr.. Littledale enlisted in the British Army" from: "H.A. Littledale, Newsman, Dead; Former Aide to Managing Editor of the Times Won the Second Pulitzer Prize Investigated Prisons Exciting Assignments Born in Wales". The New York Times. 12 August 1957. Retrieved 26 December 2021. and "the reporter was serving with a British tank force in France during World War I when he learned of his $1,000 Pulitzer Prize award" from: "H. A. Littledale, Writer Who Started NJ Prison Reforms". The News (Paterson, New Jersey, page 31). Newspapers.com. 12 August 1957.
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  • Comment: Second and last QPQ from above

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:12, 27 December 2021 (UTC).

• New enough (moved to mainspace 12/27), long enough, neutral and well sourced/cited. Earwig did not detect any copyvio issues. Hooks are short enough, interesting, and supported by the cited sources. QPQ completed. Cbl62 (talk) 05:51, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
• To Prep 6 — Coolperson177 (t|c) 02:58, 6 January 2022 (UTC)