John Fetterman | |
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| Born | (1920-02-25)February 25, 1920 Danville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | June 21, 1975(1975-06-21) (aged 55) Louisville, Kentucky U.S. |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Winning severalPulitzer Prizes |
John Fetterman (February 25, 1920 – June 21, 1975) was an American journalist, a reporter forThe Courier-Journal ofLouisville, Kentucky. He won thePulitzer Prize for local, general, or spot-news reporting for his 1968 story "Pfc. Gibson Comes Home", about the death of a soldier in Vietnam and the return of his body.[1] It focused on (James T. Gibson) the young man's family inKnott County, Kentucky and the wider community. Fetterman also contributed to aCourier-Journal series onstrip mining that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1967.[2]
Born inDanville, Kentucky, Fetterman served in the U.S. Navy before enrolling atMurray State University under theG.I. Bill. After his graduation in 1949, he served on the staffs of theMurray Ledger and Times and theNashville Tennessean. After graduate school at theUniversity of Kentucky, Fetterman joined the staff of theLouisville, Kentucky, newspaper.
He was the author of the 1967 bookStinking Creek, about life aroundthe creek of the same name inKnox County, Kentucky.[3]
Fetterman's freelance writing also appeared inThe Saturday Evening Post,National Geographic,Time, andLife.
Fetterman died from a heart attack in Louisville on June 21, 1975.[4] His daughter Mindy, also a journalist, is known for her work as a reporter, columnist and financial editor ofUSA Today,[5] and in 2008 wrote a follow-up story toStinking Creek about the present conditions of the area.[6]
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