Editing Pulitzer Prize for Criticism (section)

==1980s==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
!Year
!Name(s)
!Publication
!width=50% |Rationale
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1980 Pulitzer Prize|1980]]'''
|'''{{sortname|William A.|Henry III}}'''
|'''''[[The Boston Globe]]'''''
|'''"for critical writing about television."'''
|-
|{{sortname|William C.|Glackin}}
|''[[The Sacramento Bee]]''
|
|-
|{{sortname|William K.|Robertson}}
|''[[Miami Herald]]''
|
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1981 Pulitzer Prize|1981]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Jonathan|Yardley}}'''
|'''''[[The Washington Star]]'''''
|'''"for his book reviews."'''
|-
|{{sortname|Henry|Kisor}}
|''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''
|
|-
|{{sortname|Allan|Temko}}
|''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''
|
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1982 Pulitzer Prize|1982]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Martin|Bernheimer}}'''
|'''''[[Los Angeles Times]]'''''
|'''"for classical music criticism."'''
|-
|{{sortname|Donal|Henahan}}
|''[[The New York Times]]''
|"for music criticism."
|-
|{{sortname|Marvin|Kitman}}
|''[[Newsday]]''
|"for television criticism."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1983 Pulitzer Prize|1983]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Manuela|Hoelterhoff}}'''
|'''''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'''''
|'''"for her wide-ranging criticism on the arts and other subjects."'''
|-
|{{sortname|Beth|Dunlop}}
|''[[Miami Herald]]''
|"for architectural criticism."
|-
|{{sortname|Stephen|Schiff}}
|''[[The Phoenix (newspaper)|Boston Phoenix]]''
|"for film criticism."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1984 Pulitzer Prize|1984]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Paul|Goldberger}}'''
|'''''[[The New York Times]]'''''
|'''"for architectural criticism."'''
|-
|{{sortname|Dan|Cryer}}
|''[[Newsday]]''
|"for his book reviews."
|-
|{{sortname|Ken|Tucker}}
|''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]''
|"for pop music criticism."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1985 Pulitzer Prize|1985]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Howard|Rosenberg}}'''
|'''''[[Los Angeles Times]]'''''
|'''"for his television criticism."'''
|-
|{{sortname|James|Chute}}
|''[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]''
|"for his classical music criticism."
|-
|{{sortname|Margaret|Manning}}
|''[[The Boston Globe]]''
|"for her book reviews."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1986 Pulitzer Prize|1986]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Donal|Henahan}}'''
|'''''[[The New York Times]]'''''
|'''"for his music criticism."'''
|-
|{{sortname|Richard|Christiansen|dab=critic}}
|''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
|"for his theater criticism."
|-
|{{sortname|Richard|Eder}}
|''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|"for his book reviews."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1987 Pulitzer Prize|1987]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Richard|Eder}}'''
|'''''[[Los Angeles Times]]'''''
|'''"for his book reviews."'''
|-
|{{sortname|Frank|Rich}}
|''[[The New York Times]]''
|"for his theater criticism."
|-
|{{sortname|Andrew|Sarris}}
|''[[The Village Voice]]''
|"for his film criticism."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1988 Pulitzer Prize|1988]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Tom|Shales}}'''
|'''''[[The Washington Post]]'''''
|'''"for his television criticism."'''
|-
|{{sortname|Michael|Skube}}
|''[[The News & Observer|The News and Observer]]''
|"for his book reviews."
|-
|{{sortname|Allan|Temko}}
|''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''
|"for his architecture criticism."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1989 Pulitzer Prize|1989]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Michael|Skube}}'''
|'''''[[The News & Observer|The News and Observer]]'''''
|'''"for his writing about books and other literary topics."'''
|-
|{{sortname|Joyce|Millman}}
|''[[San Francisco Examiner]]''
|"for her criticism of television and other subjects."
|-
|{{sortname|David|Richards|dab=writer}}
|''[[The Washington Post]]''
|"for his theater criticism."
|}