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It was the photo that changed how Americans viewed the Vietnam War. It showed a 9-year-old girl and other children running away from a South Vietnamese napalm bombing that accidentally hit a village. Now, the photographer's identity is being called into question. Director Bao Nguyen and executive producer Gary Knight join "The Daily Report" to discuss "The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo."
In 1975, Stanley Forman took a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of a fatal fire escape collapse during a Boston apartment fire. That photo would spur the city to enact new regulations to keep fire escapes safe. Mark Strassmann has the story.
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin has researched American presidents for 50 years. Over her career, she’s written extensively about the lives of Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Goodwin joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss her new online Master Class course where she teaches how leadership qualities can define a commander-in-chief.
Can someone be taught to take a great photograph? Three decades ago, Pulitzer Prize-winner Eddie Adams and his wife, Alyssa, created a workshop at their barn in upstate New York, where veterans could teach emerging photographers how to take better pictures. Maurice DuBois attends a workshop session and speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winners Caroline Cole, John Filo, Carol Guzy and John H. White about what they hope to pass on to their students.
“Reporter: A Memoir,” by the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, recounts a blockbuster career in which he shone a spotlight on war crimes and political scandals. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin sits down with the 81-year-old Hersh, still breaking scoops with zeal.
In a first for "Sunday Morning," host Jane Pauley interviews her husband, the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Garry Trudeau, whose comic strip he started at Yale University in the 1960s, "Bull Tales," evolved into one of the most influential and enduring chronicles of the counterculture. Now 70, Trudeau talks about his Pulitzer Prize-winning strip, and the effect his memorable characters' journey has had on him and his "accidental career."
Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about racism in the Deep South has been a perennial read in grade school, an Academy Award-winning film, and now a critically-lauded play on Broadway. Tracy Smith talks with the show's star Jeff Daniels and playwright Aaron Sorkin about translating Lee's characters to the stage, and with students who talk about "Mockingbird"'s relevance to today's audience.
Author Colson Whitehead won a Pulitzer Prize for his bestselling 2016 novel "The Underground Railroad." He talks with Lee Cowan about his latest novel, "The Nickel Boys," a fictional tale of cruelty and trauma based on the notorious Alfred G. Dozer School for Boys outside Tallahassee, where the neglect and abuse of children was rampant for decades.
Richard Powers has been writing for decades, after a career as a computer programmer. In 2019, his nature-inspired book "The Overstory" took home a Pulitzer Prize. His newest book, "Playground," also focuses on the natural world, this time paying homage to our oceans, celebrating their beauty and raising concern for the future. Jeff Glor has more.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was inaugurated Tuesday for a fifth term. If he completes this six-year term, he'll become the longest-serving Russian leader since Empress Catherine the Great in the 18th century. David Herszenhorn, international desk editor for The Washington Post, joins CBS News to examine Putin's ambitions.
Author Tommy Orange is out with his second book, "Wandering Stars," following the breakout success of his first novel, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He's one of the artists bringing attention to Native Americans living in the United States, particularly in urban areas. Jeff Glor has more.
Pulitzer Prize winning author and journalist Charles Duhigg is out with a new book where he explores why some people are better at communicating than others. Jeff Glor has more.
Brooklyn-based novelist Hernan Diaz won this year's Pulitzer Prize for his bestseller "Trust," a kaleidoscopic look at the world of the stratospherically rich. He talks with correspondent Martha Teichner about how his childhood in Argentina and Sweden informed his perspective on American life and history; his love of the English language; the influence of Edith Wharton on his writing; and the miracle of validation that came after years of writing without recognition.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss his latest novel "Crook Manifesto."
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Wesley Lowery, author of "American Whitelash", discusses violent acts by aggrieved white supremacists against democracy, and how a new election cycle, and increasingly-hateful political rhetoric, may raise the stakes.
In April 1976, as Boston was mired in demonstrations over busing to desegregate public schools, a Black Yale-educated lawyer was assaulted by a group of whites, including one man wielding an American flag. Correspondent Faith Salie talks with Stanley Forman, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his photo capturing the attack, and with the victim, lawyer Ted Landsmark, about the flag, as an aspirational symbol, or a weapon.
Dave Barry, legendary humorist and Pulitzer Prize winner, is releasing his first novel in 10 years. “Swamp Story" is a rollicking look at fame, fortune and Florida with some conversations regarding pain from Barry’s past. Jeff Glor has more.
Bestselling historian David McCullough died August 8, 2022 at age 89. In this "Sunday Morning" interview, originally broadcast on July 1, 2001, he talks with correspondent Rita Braver about an overlooked Founding Father, John Adams, the subject of his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography.
David McCullough, the man known as "the voice of American history," has died. The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer was 89 years old.
In his new book "Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen," Jose Antonio Vargas recounts first discovering that he's been in the country illegally for 25 years, and he shares his story of navigating life hidden in plain sight. Vargas spoke to Tanya Rivero on "Red & Blue" about his memoir.
Pulitzer-prize winning author Geraldine Brooks discusses her new book “Horse.” The novel is about a thoroughbred who at one time sired more champions than any other horse in history and takes place during both the Civil War era and modern day.
The winner of the public service award receives a gold medal, while winners of each of the other categories get $15,000.
Washington Post book critic Ron Charles offers his picks of new spring titles, including Jennifer Egan's novel "The Candy House," the follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning "A Visit From the Goon Squad."
One month ago Monday, a tornado ripped through Mayfield, Kentucky, and brought the community to its knees. Nearly 80 people in the state were killed. Novelist and Pulitzer Prize finalist Bobbie Ann Mason, who grew up in Mayfield, joined “CBS Mornings” to share a special essay reflecting on the catastrophe that forever changed the place she calls home.
A chilling new novel described a flu-like global pandemic, caused by a virus that started in Asia. "The End of October" was written by Pulitzer-winning author Lawrence Wright, who began the book back in 2017 and finished it in the Summer of 2019. Wright joins "CBS This Morning" to talk about his novel.
