Mel Ruder: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
12mrobrien (talk | contribs) Added information regarding his career, coverage of the '64 flood, later life and death. |
Changing short description from "American journalist" to "American journalist (1915–2000)" |
||
| (15 intermediate revisions by 12 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{ |
{{Short description|American journalist (1915–2000)}} |
||
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}} |
|||
''' |
'''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]].<ref name=bgazette>{{Cite web|title=Mel Ruder: Montana's first Pulitzer winner, dies at 85|url=https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/mel-ruder-montana-s-first-pulitzer-winner-dies-at-85/article_1fbf7699-65ea-5865-8f97-4f59c9cb253b.html|access-date=2020-11-26|date=November 19, 2000|website=The Billings Gazette|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2000-11-23|title=Mel Ruder, 85, Publisher and Prize Winner (Published 2000)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/23/us/mel-ruder-85-publisher-and-prize-winner.html|access-date=2020-11-26|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
||
== Early |
== Early life == |
||
Mel Ruder was born January 19, 1915, in [[Manning, North Dakota]].<ref name="bgazette"/> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hungry Horse News (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-Current|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84027524/|access-date=2020-12-03|website=Library of Congress}}</ref> Ruder served three years as a [[U. S. Naval Officer|US Naval officer]] during World War II.<ref name="bgazette"/> |
|||
Mel Ruder was born January 19, 1915 in [[Manning, North Dakota]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Press|first=The Associated|title=Mel Ruder: Montanas first Pulitzer winner, dies at 85|url=https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/mel-ruder-montana-s-first-pulitzer-winner-dies-at-85/article_1fbf7699-65ea-5865-8f97-4f59c9cb253b.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=The Billings Gazette|language=en}}</ref> Ruder served three years as a US Navy gunnery officer during World War II.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Press|first=The Associated|title=Mel Ruder: Montanas first Pulitzer winner, dies at 85|url=https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/mel-ruder-montana-s-first-pulitzer-winner-dies-at-85/article_1fbf7699-65ea-5865-8f97-4f59c9cb253b.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=The Billings Gazette|language=en}}</ref> |
|||
== Career == |
== Career == |
||
In 1946 Ruder headed to Columbia Falls, MT where he created the Hungry Horse News which made its |
In 1946, Ruder headed to Columbia Falls, MT where he created the Hungry Horse News which made its debut on August 8, 1946.<ref name=HelIndRec>{{Cite web|title=Mel Ruder: Montana's first Pulitzer winner, dies at 85|url=https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/mel-ruder-montana-s-first-pulitzer-winner-dies-at-85/article_f80d5770-6e73-5f35-bef9-8ad313125a9a.html|date=November 20, 2000|access-date=2020-11-28|website=Helena Independent Record|language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Inbody|first=Kristen|title='It was a nightmare' along Flathead in 1964 flood|url=https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2014/06/01/it-was-a-nightmare/9831605/|date=May 31, 2014|access-date=2020-11-28|website=Great Falls Tribune|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=missoulian>{{Cite web|first1=Tom|last1=Lawrence|title=Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ruder dies|url=https://missoulian.com/uncategorized/pulitzer-prize-winning-journalist-ruder-dies/article_d79df1f4-290f-567d-928d-029d13a4eba5.html|access-date=2020-11-28|date=November 20, 2000|website=missoulian.com|language=en}}</ref> At its peak in the 1960s, Ruder's Hungry Horse News publication had more than 9,000 weekly subscribers from every state.<ref name="missoulian"/> Ruder retired in 1978, after he sold the publication.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hungry Horse News (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-Current|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84027524/|access-date=2020-11-28|website=Library of Congress}}</ref> |
||
== |
== 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."<ref>{{Cite web|title=1965 Pulitzer Prize Winners & Finalists|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/1965|access-date=2020-11-28|website=www.pulitzer.org|language=en}}</ref> |
|||
| ⚫ | in April 1999 Ruder suffered a major stroke. He |
||
== Later life == |
|||
| ⚫ | in April 1999, Ruder suffered a major stroke. He died less than two years later at the Columbia Falls Veterans Home.<ref name="HelIndRec"/> 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.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lawrence|first=Tom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RhNJ-rzKqc0C|title=Pictures, a Park, and a Pulitzer: Mel Ruder and the Hungry Horse News|date=2000-09-01|publisher=Farcountry Press/Montana Magazine|isbn=978-1-56037-163-2|language=en}}</ref> |
||
== References == |
== References == |
||
{{Reflist}} |
|||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruder, Melvin H.}} |
|||
[[Category:1915 births]] |
[[Category:1915 births]] |
||
[[Category:2000 deaths]] |
[[Category:2000 deaths]] |
||
[[Category:American journalists]] |
[[Category:American male journalists]] |
||
[[Category:20th-century American journalists]] |
[[Category:20th-century American journalists]] |
||
[[Category:Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting winners]] |
[[Category:Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting winners]] |
||
Latest revision as of 05:38, 20 September 2024
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b c "Mel Ruder: Montana's first Pulitzer winner, dies at 85". The Billings Gazette. November 19, 2000. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
- ^ "Mel Ruder, 85, Publisher and Prize Winner (Published 2000)". The New York Times. November 23, 2000. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
- ^ "Hungry Horse News (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-Current". Library of Congress. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ a b "Mel Ruder: Montana's first Pulitzer winner, dies at 85". Helena Independent Record. November 20, 2000. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- ^ Inbody, Kristen (May 31, 2014). "'It was a nightmare' along Flathead in 1964 flood". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- ^ a b Lawrence, Tom (November 20, 2000). "Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ruder dies". missoulian.com. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- ^ "Hungry Horse News (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-Current". Library of Congress. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- ^ "1965 Pulitzer Prize Winners & Finalists". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- ^ Lawrence, Tom (September 1, 2000). Pictures, a Park, and a Pulitzer: Mel Ruder and the Hungry Horse News. Farcountry Press/Montana Magazine. ISBN 978-1-56037-163-2.