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Malcolm Johnson (September 24, 1904 – June 18, 1976) was an Americaninvestigative journalist of the 1940s and 1950s. His 24-part series in theNew YorkSun,Crime on the Waterfront, won thePulitzer Prize for Local Reporting in 1949.[1]
TheSun articles formed the basis for the 1954Elia Kazan movieOn the Waterfront,[2] which starredMarlon Brando. Unlike the articles, which described corruption and organized crime infiltration on theNew York City waterfront, the movie was set across the river inHoboken,New Jersey.
Johnson graduated fromMercer University in 1926.
He was the father ofWashington Post reporterHaynes Johnson, who also won a Pulitzer Prize, making the two the first ever father and son duo to take the award.
Johnson's New YorkSun articles were compiled as a book in 2005.[3]
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