2011 Pulitzer Prizes announced New York Times and Los Angeles Times each won two awards

2011 Pulitzer Prizes announced
New York Times and Los Angeles Times each won two awards

The 2011 Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Monday. The New York Times and Los Angeles Times each won two awards

The 95th annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism,
Letters, Drama and Music, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize
Board, were announced today by Columbia University.




A. PRIZES IN JOURNALISM

1. PUBLIC SERVICE

For a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper or
news site through the use of its journalistic resources which, as well as reporting,
may include editorials, cartoons, photographs, graphics, videos, databases,
multimedia or interactive presentations or other visual material, presented in print
or online or both, a gold medal.

Awarded to the Los Angeles Times for its exposure of corruption in the
small California city of Bell where officials tapped the treasury to pay
themselves exorbitant salaries, resulting in arrests and reforms.

2. BREAKING NEWS REPORTING

For a distinguished example of local reporting of breaking news, with special
emphasis on the speed and accuracy of the initial coverage, using any available
journalistic tool, including text reporting, videos, databases, multimedia or
interactive presentations or any combination of those formats, in print or online or
both, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

No Award

3. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

For a distinguished example of investigative reporting by an individual or
team, presented as a single article or series, using any available journalistic tool,
including text reporting, videos, databases, multimedia or interactive presentations
or any combination of those formats in print or online or both, Ten thousand dollars
($10,000).

Awarded to Paige St. John of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune for her
examination of weaknesses in the murky property-insurance system vital
to Florida homeowners, providing handy data to assess insurer reliability

and stirring regulatory action.

4. EXPLANATORY REPORTING

For a distinguished example of explanatory reporting that illuminates a
significant and complex subject, demonstrating mastery of the subject, lucid writing
and clear presentation, using any available journalistic tool, including text reporting, videos, databases, multimedia or interactive presentations or any
combination of those formats, in print or online or both, Ten thousand dollars
($10,000).

Awarded to Mark Johnson, Kathleen Gallagher, Gary Porter, Lou Saldivar
and Alison Sherwood of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for their lucid
examination of an epic effort to use genetic technology to save a 4-year-old
boy imperiled by a mysterious disease, told with words, graphics, videos
and other images.

5. LOCAL REPORTING

For a distinguished example of reporting on significant issues of local
concern, demonstrating originality and community expertise, using any available
journalistic tool, including text reporting, videos, databases, multimedia or
interactive presentations or any combination of those formats, in print or online or
both, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to Frank Main, Mark Konkol and John J. Kim of the Chicago
Sun-Times for their immersive documentation of violence in Chicago
neighborhoods, probing the lives of victims, criminals and detectives as a
widespread code of silence impedes solutions.

6. NATIONAL REPORTING

For a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs, using any
available journalistic tool, including text reporting, videos, databases, multimedia
or interactive presentations or any combination of those formats, in print or online
or both, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein of ProPublica for their
exposure of questionable practices on Wall Street that contributed to the
nation’s economic meltdown, using digital tools to help explain the
complex subject to lay readers.

7. INTERNATIONAL REPORTING

For a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs, using any
available journalistic tool, including text reporting, videos, databases, multimedia
or interactive presentations or any combination of those formats, in print or online
or both, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to Clifford J. Levy and Ellen Barry of The New York Times for
their dogged reporting that put a human face on the faltering justice
system in Russia, remarkably influencing the discussion inside the
country.

8. FEATURE WRITING

For a distinguished example of feature writing giving prime consideration to
quality of writing, originality and concision, using any available journalistic tool,
including text reporting, videos, databases, multimedia or interactive presentations
or any combination of those formats, in print or online or both, Ten thousand
dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to Amy Ellis Nutt of The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J., for her
deeply probing story of the mysterious sinking of a commercial fishing
boat in the Atlantic Ocean that drowned six men.

9. COMMENTARY

For distinguished commentary, using any available journalistic tool,
including text reporting, videos, databases, multimedia or interactive presentations
or any combination of those formats, in print or online or both, Ten thousand
dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to David Leonhardt of The New York Times for his graceful
penetration of America’s complicated economic questions, from the federal
budget deficit to health care reform.

10. CRITICISM

For distinguished criticism, using any available journalistic tool, including
text reporting, videos, databases, multimedia or interactive presentations or any
combination of those formats, in print or online or both, Ten thousand dollars
($10,000).

Awarded to Sebastian Smee of The Boston Globe for his vivid and
exuberant writing about art, often bringing great works to life with love
and appreciation.

11. EDITORIAL WRITING

For distinguished editorial writing, the test of excellence being clearness of
style, moral purpose, sound reasoning, and power to influence public opinion in
what the writer conceives to be the right direction, using any available journalistic
tool, including text reporting, videos, databases, multimedia or interactive
presentations or any combination of those formats, in print or online or both, Ten
thousand dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to Joseph Rago of The Wall Street Journal for his well crafted,
against-the-grain editorials challenging the health care reform advocated
by President Obama.

12. EDITORIAL CARTOONING

For a distinguished cartoon or portfolio of cartoons, characterized by
originality, editorial effectiveness, quality of drawing and pictorial effect, in print or
online or both, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to Mike Keefe of The Denver Post for his widely ranging cartoons
that employ a loose, expressive style to send strong, witty messages.

13. BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY

For a distinguished example of breaking news photography in black and
white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, in print or online
or both, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn and Ricky Carioti of The Washington
Post for their up-close portrait of grief and desperation after a
catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti.

14. FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY

For a distinguished example of feature photography in black and white or
color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, in print or online or both,
Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to Barbara Davidson of the Los Angeles Times for her intimate
story of innocent victims trapped in the city’s crossfire of deadly gang
violence.

B. LETTERS AND DRAMA PRIZES

1. FICTION

For distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with
American life, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to “A Visit from the Goon Squad,” by Jennifer Egan (Alfred A.
Knopf), an inventive investigation of growing up and growing old in the
digital age, displaying a big-hearted curiosity about cultural change at
warp speed.

2. DRAMA

For a distinguished play by an American author, preferably original in its
source and dealing with American life, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to “Clybourne Park” by Bruce Norris, a powerful work whose
memorable characters speak in witty and perceptive ways to America's
sometimes toxic struggle with race and class consciousness.

3. HISTORY

For a distinguished and appropriately documented book on the history of the
United States, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to “The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery,” by
Eric Foner (W.W. Norton & Company), a well orchestrated examination of
Lincoln’s changing views of slavery, bringing unforeseeable twists and a
fresh sense of improbability to a familiar story.

4. BIOGRAPHY

For a distinguished and appropriately documented biography or
autobiography by an American author, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to “Washington: A Life,” by Ron Chernow (The Penguin Press), a
sweeping, authoritative portrait of an iconic leader learning to master his
private feelings in order to fulfill his public duties.

5. POETRY

For a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, Ten
thousand dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to “The Best of It: New and Selected Poems,” by Kay Ryan (Grove
Press), a body of work spanning 45 years, witty, rebellious and yet tender,
a treasure trove of an iconoclastic and joyful mind.

6. GENERAL NONFICTION

For a distinguished and appropriately documented book of nonfiction by an
American author that is not eligible for consideration in any other category, Ten
thousand dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer,” by
Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner), an elegant inquiry, at once clinical and
personal, into the long history of an insidious disease that, despite
treatment breakthroughs, still bedevils medical science.

C. PRIZE IN MUSIC

For distinguished musical composition by an American that has had its first
performance or recording in the United States during the year, Ten thousand
dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to Zhou Long for “Madame White Snake,” premiered on February
26, 2010 by the Boston Opera at the Cutler Majestic Theatre, a deeply
expressive opera that draws on a Chinese folk tale to blend the musical
traditions of the East and the West. Libretto by Cerise Lim Jacobs
(Oxford University Press).

The Pulitzer Prize Board made its recommendations for the 2011 prizes when
it met at Columbia on April 14 and 15 and passed them to President Lee C. Bollinger.
It announced that the awards would be presented at a luncheon on May 23 at Columbia University.

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