By: E&P Staff The winners and finalists for this year's Pulitzer Prizes were announced this afternoon at Columbia University in New York. The Los Angeles Times won the public-service award, for its series on problems and a public hospital, and also the international-reporting award, for Kim Murphy's coverage of Russia.
The Wall Street Journal was the only other paper to nab more than one award, receiving the beat-reporting award, for Amy Dockser Marcus' stories on cancer survivors, and the criticism award, for Joe Morgenstern's film reviews.
The Willamette Week, an alternative weekly in Portland, Ore., won the investigative-reporting prize, becoming only the fifth non-daily to win a Pulitzer.
Here are the newspaper winners:
Public ServiceWinner: Los Angeles Times, for inner-city hospital investigation
Finalists: Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal, for hurricane coverage; The Orange County (Calif.) Register, for investigation on lead in candy
Breaking News ReportingWinner: The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.), for coverage of Gov. Jim McGreevey's resignation
Finalists: Charlotte (Fla.) Sun, for hurricane coverage; South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale), for hurricane coverage
Investigative ReportingWinner: Willamette (Ore.) Week, Nigel Jaquiss, for investigating Gov. Neil Goldschmidt's sex scandal
Finalists: The Des Moines (Iowa) Register, Clark Kaufman, for an investigation into a law-enforcement scandal; The New York Times, Diana B. Henriques, for an investigation of insurance and investment scams targeting servicemen
Explanatory ReportingWinner: The Boston Globe, Gareth Cook, for an examination of the ethics of stem-cell research
Finalists: Newsday (Melville, N.Y.), staff, for the history of hip-hop; The New York Times, William Broad and David E. Sanger, for stories on proliferation issues
Beat ReportingWinner: The Wall Street Journal, Amy Dockser Morris, for coverage of cancer survivors
Finalists: Los Angeles Times, Ron Brownstein, for coverage of the 2004 campaign; The Washington Post, Dana Priest, for coverage of U.S. intelligence
National ReportingWinner: The New York Times, Walt Bogdanich, for coverage of deadly railroad crossings
Finalists: The Washington Post, staff, for coverage of the Abu Ghraib revelations; The Oregonian (Portland), Steve Suo and Erin Hoover Barnett, for stories on crystal meth
International ReportingWinners: Los Angeles Times, Kim Murphy, for Russian coverage; Newsday, Dele Olojede, for Rwanda coverage
Finalist: The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.), Borzou Daragahi, for Iraq coverage
Feature WritingWinner: Chicago Tribune, Julia Keller, for post-tornado coverage
Finalists: The Star Ledget (Newark, N.J.), Robin Gaby Fisher, for "Last Chance High"; The Washington Post, Anne Hull, for "Young and Gay in Real America"
CommentaryWinner: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), Connie Schultz
Finalists: The New York Times, Nicholas Kristof; The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, Tommy Tomlinson
CriticismWinner: The Wall Street Journal, Joseph Morgenstern
Finalists: The Chronicle of Higher Education, Carlin Romano; The New York Times, Frank Rich
Editorial WritingWinner: The Sacramento Bee, Tom Philp
Finalists: San Jose Mercury News, Daniel Vasquez and David Yarnold; The Washington Post, Sebastian Mallaby
Editorial CartooningWinner: The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), Nick Anderson
Finalists: The Palm Beach Post, Don Wright; "Doonesbury," Garry Trudeau
Breaking News PhotographyWinner: The Associated Press, Staff, for Iraq photography
Finalists: Reuters, Arko Datta, for tsunami photos ; The Palm Beach Post, staff, for hurricane photos
Feature PhotographyWinner: San Francisco Chronicle, Deanne Fitzmaurice
Finalists: Los Angeles Times, Luis Sinco; The Star Tribune (Minneapolis), Jim Gehrz
Also, a book prize in the category of general nonfiction went to Steve Coll, the former managing editor of The Washington Post, for his Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001."
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