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Pulitzer Prize Winners for
Breaking News Reports
2005 - Staff of Star-Ledger, Newark, N..J. - For its
comprehensive, clear-headed coverage of the resignation of New
Jersey’s governor after he announced he was gay & confessed to
adultery with a male lover.
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of South Florida Sun-Sentinel - For its enterprising &
wide ranging coverage, under difficult conditions, of four
hurricanes that battered Florida over a six-week span.
Staff of The Charlotte Sun, Charlotte Harbor, Fla. - For its
heroic coverage of Hurricane Charley after it destroyed the
homes of employees & cut the paper’s power supply & phone
service.
2004 - Staff of Los Angeles Times - For its compelling &
comprehensive coverage of the massive wildfires that imperiled a
populated region of southern California.
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of Miami Herald - For its immediate & distinctive search
for the cause of the Columbia space shuttle disaster.
Staff of Newsday, Long Island, N.Y. - For its enterprising
coverage of the summertime blackout that stretched over a vast
area of the United States & cut the paper's own power supply as
deadlines loomed.
2003 - Staff of Eagle-Tribune, Lawrence, Mass. - For its
detailed, well-crafted stories on the accidental drowning of
four boys in the Merrimack River.
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of Baltimore Sun - For its compelling & comprehensive
coverage of the sniper killings that terrorized the
Washington-Baltimore region.
Staff of Seattle Times - For its enterprising coverage of the
many local connections to the ex-soldier & his teenage companion
arrested in the sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C. region.
2002 -Staff of Wall Street Journal - For its comprehensive
& insightful coverage, executed under the most difficult
circumstances, of the terrorist attacks on New York City, which
recounted the day's events & their implications for the future.
(Nominated Finalists)
New
York Times Staff - For its eloquent & precise coverage of the
September 11th terrorist attacks that captured the gravity,
drama & historic dimension of the day's events
Staff of Daily News, New York - For its vivid & detailed
on-scene coverage of the September 11th terrorist attacks on New
York City.
2001 - Miami Herald Staff - For its balanced & gripping
on-the-scene coverage of the pre-dawn raid by federal agents
that took the Cuban boy Elián Gonzalez from his Miami relatives
& reunited him with his Cuban father.
(Nominated Finalists)
Los
Angeles Times Staff - For its compelling & resourceful coverage
of every aspect of the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 off
the California coast, which killed 88 passengers.
Staff of Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ - For its graphic & highly
detailed coverage, despite restricted access, of the dormitory
fire at Seton Hall University that killed three students &
injured 58 others.
2000 - Staff of Denver Post -For its clear & balanced
coverage of the student massacre at Columbine High School
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of Oregonian - For its comprehensive coverage of an
environmental disaster created when a cargo ship carrying heavy
fuels ran aground & broke apart, & how fumbling efforts of
official agencies failed to contain the far-reaching damage.
Staff of Raleigh (NC) News & Observer - For its comprehensive
coverage of the destruction in the state caused by Hurricane
Floyd.
1999 - Staff of Hartford Courant - For its clear & detailed
coverage of a shooting rampage in which a state lottery worker
killed four supervisors then himself.
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of Miami Herald - For its coverage of a 12-year-old boy's
electrocution at a county bus shelter & the breaking news
developments in the subsequent investigation of the shelter's
faulty wiring, which likely caused the boy's death.
Staff of Jonesboro (Ark.) Sun - For its aggressive yet
responsible coverage of a shooting at a local middle school in
which two boys killed a teacher & four classmates & wounded 10
others.
1998 - Staff of Los Angeles Times - For its comprehensive
coverage of a botched bank robbery & subsequent police shoot-out
in North Hollywood.
(Nominated Finalists)
Mike McAlary of Daily News, New York, N.Y. - For reporting on
the brutalization of a Haitian immigrant by police officers at a
Brooklyn stationhouse. (Moved by the Board to the Commentary
category.)
John Dennis Harrigan, publisher of News & Sentinel, a Colebrook,
N.H. weekly - For his coverage of a shooting spree that left
five dead, including his newspaper's managing editor
1997 - Staff of Newsday, Long Island, N.Y. - For its
enterprising coverage of the crash of TWA Flight 800 & its
aftermath.
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of Philadelphia Inquirer - For its powerful narrative
coverage of the armed confrontation between police &
philanthropist John DuPont following a murder at his estate.
Staff of St. Petersburg Times - For its thorough & balanced
reporting of the circumstances surrounding the shooting of a
young black man by a white police officer & the rioting that
followed.
1996 - Robert D. McFadden of New York Times - For his highly
skilled writing & reporting on deadline during the year.
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of Eagle-Tribune, Lawrence, Mass. - For its coverage of a
fire that leveled a local textile factory, the city's largest
employer, & its devastating effects on the community.
Staff of Los Angeles Times - For its coverage of the local &
global impact of the purchase of Capital Cities/ABC Inc. by the
Walt Disney Company.
1995 - Staff of Los Angeles Times - For its reporting on
January 17, 1994, of the chaos & devastation in the aftermath of
the Northridge earthquake.
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of Rocky Mountain News, Denver - For its coverage of a
deadly wildfire that killed 14 firefighters, the worst disaster
of its kind in Colorado's history.
Staff of New York Times - For its coverage of the city's police
department as it was rocked by charges of corruption in a Harlem
precinct.
1994 - Staff of New York Times - For its comprehensive
coverage of the bombing of Manhattan's World Trade Center.
Staff of New York Times - For its comprehensive coverage of the
bombing of Manhattan's World Trade Center.
(Nominated Finalists)
Robert D. McFadden of New York Times - For his consistently
impressive work during the year, much of it on deadline
Staff of Los Angeles Times - For its richly detailed coverage of
the first day of fires that ravaged Southern California.
1993 - Staff of Los Angeles Times - For balanced,
comprehensive, penetrating coverage under deadline pressure of
the second, most destructive day of the Los Angeles riots.
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman-Review - For detailed, often
exclusive reporting of an 11-day clash in Northern Idaho between
an armed white separatist & 300 law enforcement officers
Staff of Miami Herald - For its sensitive reporting of the
failed legal battle fought by parents of a child born without a
brain to donate the child's organs before her death.
1992 - Staff of New York Newsday - For coverage of a
midnight subway derailment in Manhattan that left five
passengers dead & more than 200 injured.
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of Philadelphia Inquirer - For its coverage of a
helicopter crash in a local schoolyard that killed U.S. Senator
John Heinz & six others.
Staff of Vineyard Gazette, an Edgartown, Mass. weekly - For its
coverage of the destruction to the island community of Martha's
Vineyard by Hurricane Bob.
1991 - Staff of Miami Herald - For stories profiling a local
cult leader, his followers, & their links to several area
murders
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of Detroit News - For its comprehensive coverage of the
collision of two jets at the city's Metropolitan Airport.
Staff of New York Newsday - For detailed coverage of a Bronx
social club fire that was caused by arson & claimed 87 lives.
1990 - Staff of San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News - For its
detailed coverage of the October 17, 1989, Bay Area earthquake &
its aftermath.
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of State, Columbia, S.C.. - For its extensive & compelling
coverage of the devastation caused by Hurricane Hugo.
Staff of Roanoke (Va.) Times & World-News - For its thorough &
balanced coverage of a statewide strike by the United Mine
Workers against the Pittston Coal Group.
1989 - Staff of Louisville Courier-Journal - For its
exemplary initial coverage of a bus crash that claimed 27 lives
& its subsequent thorough & effective examination of the causes
& implications of the tragedy.
(Nominated Finalists)
News Staff of Billings (Mont.) Gazette - For coverage of the
fires in Yellowstone National Park.
Justin Gillis & Lisa Getter of Miami Herald - For their
investigation of financial wrongdoing by a popular county
manager, reporting which was conducted in the face of strong
local opposition & which ultimately led to the official's
resignation.
Nancy Badertscher of Gwinnett Daily News, Lawrenceville, Ga. -
For persistent reporting that revealed expense account abuses by
members of the local County Board of Commissioners.
1988 - Staff of Lawrence (Mass.) Eagle-Tribune - For an
investigation that revealed serious flaws in the Massachusetts
prison furlough system & led to significant statewide reforms.
Staff of Alabama Journal of Montgomery - For its compelling
investigation of the state's unusually high infant-mortality
rate, which prompted legislation to combat the problem.
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of Charlotte Observer - For revealing misuse of funds by
the PTL television ministry through persistent coverage
conducted in the face of a massive campaign by PTL to discredit
the newspaper.
Sam
Stanton of Arizona Republic, Phoenix - For his reporting on
Governor Evan Mecham's turbulent first year in office.
Staff of Atlanta Journal & Constitution - For sustained coverage
of an 11-day riot by Cuban inmates at the Atlanta Federal
Penitentiary.
1987 - Staff of Akron Beacon Journal - For its coverage,
under deadline pressure, of the attempted takeover of Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Co. by a European financier.
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of Orange County (Calif.) Register - For its comprehensive
coverage of the Cerritos air disaster, a midair collision of a
jetliner & a private plane on August 31, 1986.
John Woestendiek of Philadelphia Inquirer - For outstanding
prison beat reporting, which included proving the innocence of a
man convicted of murder.
1986 - Staff of Dallas Morning News - For its comprehensive
& compelling coverage, under deadline pressure, of the crash of
Delta flight 191 on August 2, 1985.
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of Philadelphia Inquirer - For its coverage, under
deadline pressure, of the MOVE siege & its tragic aftermath.
1985 - Thomas Turcol of Virginian-Pilot & Ledger-Star,
Norfolk, Va. - For City Hall coverage which exposed the
corruption of a local economic development official.
(Nominated Finalists)
Jonathan Kaufman of Boston Globe - For his series on
neighborhood activism in Boston
Staff of Independent Record, Helena, Mont. - For its coverage,
under deadline pressure, of the worst forest fire in Helena's
history.
Pam
Sprague & Rob Orcutt of Daily Herald, Wausau, Wisc. - For a
special section on Wausau's growing Indochinese refugee
population, the Hmong.
1984 - Editorial Staff of Fresno (Calif.) Bee - For its
coverage, under extreme deadline pressure, of the Coalinga
earthquake of May 2, 1983.
1943 - Hanson W. Baldwin of New York Times - For his report
of his wartime tour of the Southwest Pacific.
1942 - Carlos P. Romulo of Philippines Herald - For his
observations & forecasts of Far Eastern developments during a
tour of the trouble centers from Hong Kong to Batavia
1941 - Group Award of Group Award - In place of an
individual Pulitzer Prize for foreign correspondence, the
Trustees approved the recommendation of the Advisory Board that
a bronze plaque or scroll be designed & executed to recognize &
symbolize the public services & the individual achievements of
American news reporters in the war zones of Europe, Asia &
Africa from the beginning of the present war
1940 - Otto D. Tolischus of New York Times - For his
dispatches from Berlin
1939 - Louis P. Lochner of Associated Press - For his
dispatches from Berlin
1938 - Arthur Krock of New York Times - For his exclusive
authorized interview with the President of the United States on
February 27, 1937.
1937 - Anne O'Hare McCormick of New York Times - For her
dispatches & feature articles from Europe in 1936.
1936 - Wilfred C. Barber of Chicago Tribune - For his
reports of the war in Ethiopia. (A posthumous award.)
1935 - Arthur Krock of New York Times - For his Washington
dispatches
1934 - Frederick T. Birchall of New York Times - For his
correspondence from Europe
1933 - Edgar Ansel Mowrer of Chicago Daily News - For his
day-by-day coverage & interpretation of the series of German
political crises in 1932, beginning with the presidential
election & the struggle of Adolph Hitler for public office.
1932 - Charles G. Ross of St. Louis Post-Dispatch - For his
article entitled, "The Country's Plight -- What Can Be Done
About It?" -- a discussion of economic situation of the United
States
Walter Duranty of New York Times - For his series of dispatches
on Russia especially the working out of the Five Year Plan.
1931 - H. R. Knickerbocker of Philadelphia Public Ledger &
New York Evening Post - For a series of articles on the
practical operation of the Five Year Plan in Russia.
1930 - Leland Stowe of New York Herald Tribune - For the
series of articles covering conferences on reparations & the
establishment of the international bank
1929 - Paul Scott Mowrer of Chicago Daily News - For his
coverage of international affairs including the Franco-British
Naval Pact & Germany's campaign for revision of the Dawes Plan
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