By: Joe Strupp The 91st annual Pulitzer Prizes were announced at 3 p.m. Monday at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. The Birmingham (Ala.) News won for investigative reporting -- it had been a finalist in public service but was moved to investigative. The Wall Street Journal was the only newspaper to take home two awards.
The winners in the journalist categories, revealed by Pulitzer Administrator Sig Gissler, follow. In addition, the book "The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation" by longtime newspaper editors Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff won in the History category.
Once again, the "leaked" list of finalists compiled by E&P last month proved accurate (see list at end).
The journalism prizes:
Public ServiceThe Wall Street Journal (staff) -- Backdating investments
Breaking NewsThe Oregonian (staff) -- Lost Family in mountains
Investigative JournalismBirmingham News (Brett Blackledge) -- Cronyism and corruption
Explanatory JournalismLos Angeles Times (Kenneth Weiss, Usha Lee McFarling, Rick Loomis) -- "Altered Oceans"
Local ReportingThe Miami Herald (Debbie Cenziper) -- "House of Lies"
National ReportingThe Boston Globe (Charlie Savage) -- Signing statements
International ReportingThe Wall Street Journal (staff) -- China
Feature WritingThe New York Times (Andrea Elliott) -- Immigrant trying to find way
CommentaryCynthia Tucker -- Atlanta Journal Constitution
CriticismL.A. Weekly -- Jonathan Gold -- restaurant critic
Editorial WritingNew York Daily News (board) -- Ground Zero workers health
Editorial CartoonistWalt Handelsman -- Newsday
Breaking News PhotographyThe Associated Press -- Oded Bality (Lone Jewish woman, West Bank)
Feature PhotographyRenee Byer, Sacramento Bee
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Finalist List:
Public Service
1. The Wall Street Journal - Backdating investments
2. The Washington Post - Farm subsidies
3. Birmingham News - Community college corruption
Breaking News
1. The Oregonian - Lost Family
2. The Denver Post - Blizzards
3. Louisville Courier-Journal - Com Air plane crash
Investigative Journalism
1. Hartford Courant - Mentally Ill soldiers
2. The Seattle Times - "Your Courts, Their Secrets"
3. The Seattle Times - "License to Harm"
Explanatory journalism
1. Los Angeles Times - "Altered Oceans"
2. The New York Times - Diabetes
3. The Virginian-Pilot - Security firm
Local Reporting
1. The Miami Herald - "House of Lies"
2. The Boston Globe - "Debtor's Hell"
3. The Sun of Baltimore
National Reporting
1. Chicago Tribune - Death penalty
2. The Oregonian - Charity investigation
3. The Boston Globe - Signing statements
International Reporting
1. The Wall Street Journal - China
2. Los Angeles Times - Iraq
3. The Washington Post - Lebanon
Feature Writing
1. The Oregonian
2. The New York Times
3. St. Petersburg Times.
Commentary
1. Joe Nocera - The New York Times
2. Cynthia Tucker - Atlanta Journal Constitution
3. Ruth Marcus - The Washington Post
Criticism
1. Christopher Knight - Los Angeles Times
2. Mark Swed - Los Angeles Times
3. Jonathan Gold - LA Weekly
Editorial Writing
1. New York Daily News
2. Orlando Sentinel
3. The Washington Post
Editorial Cartoonist
1. Walt Handelsman - Newsday
2. Nick Anderson - Houston Chronicle
3. Mike Thompson - Detroit Free Press
Breaking News Photography
1. Oded Balilty - Associated Press
2. The Associated Press Staff
3. Michael Bryant - The Philadelphia Inquirer
Feature Photography
1. Renee C. Byer - Sacramento Bee
2. Mary F. Calvert - Washington Times
3. Gary Coronado - Palm Beach Post
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