Counts' work submitted by the Arkansas Democrat for the 1958 Pulitzer Prize, received the unanimous recommendation of the Pulitzer jurors for Best Spot News Photography.

Among journalists, particularly top editors and former Pulitzer jurors, the reaction to the development had several layers.

Without exception, six former Pulitzer jurors said they would welcome such input.

"I don't think the reaction of a subject matters in the early rounds," said Cynthia Tucker, the editorial page editor of The Atlanta Constitution and a former Pulitzer juror.

She also served as a Pulitzer juror.

He began the practice of publishing the names of Pulitzer jurors and of drawing jurors from regions beyond New York.

But while the work had the imprimatur of an authorized biography, "there is nothing of an 'official' label on any of its pages," the Pulitzer jurors noted.

A Pulitzer Juror An advocate of photographic journalism, he frequently lectured on that topic and served eight years as a Pulitzer juror on photography.

(Unabashed note to Pulitzer jurors: Hers is surely one of the finest bodies of foreign correspondence this year has produced.)

He is a past president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, and a past Pulitzer juror.