He won the 1974 Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting for his coverage of President Richard Nixon's underpayment of income taxes.
[2] White also won Emmy Awards for his reporting on fugitive banker Joe Mollicone and Providence tax officials who violated the city's residency requirement.
"[3] White began his career at the Newport Daily News in 1969, and joined the Providence Journal-Evening Bulletin a year later.
[2] One source passed on to White evidence that President Richard Nixon had paid taxes amounting to $792.81 in 1970 and $878.03 in 1971, despite earning more than $400,000.
The night he was prepared to write the story, in September 1973, the union representing reporters at the newspaper voted to go on strike.
[3] At an Associated Press Managing Editors convention the following month, White's colleague Joseph Ungaro asked Nixon about the story.