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Pulitzer Prize Winners for
Feature Writing
2005 - Julia Keller of Chicago Tribune - For her gripping,
meticulously reconstructed account of a deadly 10-second tornado
that ripped through Utica, Ill
(Nominated Finalists)
Anne Hull of Washington Post - For her clear, sensitive,
tirelessly reported stories on what it means to be young & gay
in modern America.
Robin Gaby Fisher of Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J. - For her
exhaustive look inside the lives of students at an alternative
high school, shattering stereotypes & delineating memorable
characters
2004 - (Nominated Finalists) - Anne Hull & Tamara Jones of
Washington Post - For their intimate exploration of the lives of
wounded soldiers returning from Iraq
Robert Lee Hotz of Los Angeles Times - For his lucid story on
the efforts to unravel the mystery of why the Columbia space
shuttle fell from the sky.
Patricia Wen of Boston Globe - For her story chronicling more
aggressive efforts by states to terminate the rights of parents
2003 - Sonia Nazario of Los Angeles Times - For "Enrique's
Journey," her touching, exhaustively reported story of a
Honduran boy's perilous search for his mother who had migrated
to the United States.
(Nominated Finalists)
David Stabler of Oregonian, Portland - For his sensitive,
sometimes surprising chronicle of a teenage prodigy's struggle
with a musical talent that proved to be both a gift & a problem.
Connie Schultz of Plain Dealer, Cleveland - For her moving story
about a wrongfully convicted man who refused to succumb to anger
or bitterness.
2002 - Barry Siegel of Los Angeles Times - For his humane &
haunting portrait of a man tried for negligence in the death of
his son, & the judge who heard the case.
(Nominated Finalists)
Ellen Barry of Boston Globe - For her empathetic & illuminating
portrait of teenaged Sudanese boys resettled in the U.S. who
must engage with American culture.
David Maraniss of Washington Post - For his moving & textured
reconstruction of the tragic events of September 11th, described
through the actions of several key participants
2001 - Tom Hallman, Jr. of Oregonian - For his poignant
profile of a disfigured 14-year old boy who elects to have
life-threatening surgery in an effort to improve his appearance.
(Nominated Finalists)
Richard E. Meyer of Los Angeles Times - For his elegant,
insightful portrait of a Tennessee family whose son shot three
people at his high school.
Robin Gaby Fisher of Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ - For her
inspirational stories that chronicled the care & recovery of two
students critically burned in a dormitory fire at Seton Hall
University.
2000 - J.R. Moehringer of Los Angeles Times - For his
portrait of Gee’s Bend, an isolated river community in Alabama
where many descendants of slaves live, & how a proposed ferry to
the mainland might change it.
(Nominated Finalists)
David Finkel of Washington Post - For his moving account of a
woman forced to choose between staying with her family in a
Macedonian refugee camp, or leaving to marry a man in France.
Anne Hull of St. Petersburg Times - For her quietly powerful
stories of Mexican women who come to work in North Carolina crab
shacks, in pursuit of a better life.
1999 - Angelo B. Henderson of Wall Street Journal - For his
portrait of a druggist who is driven to violence by his
encounters with armed robbery, illustrating the lasting effects
of crime.
(Nominated Finalists)
Eric L. Wee of Washington Post - For his moving account of a
Washington lawyer whose collection of postcards helps to
preserve his memories of a fleetingly happy childhood.
Tom
Hallman Jr. of Oregonian, Portland - For his unique profile of a
man struggling to recover from a brain injury.
1998 - Thomas French of St. Petersburg Times - For his
detailed & compassionate narrative portrait of a mother & two
daughters slain on a Florida vacation, & the three-year
investigation into their murders.
(Nominated Finalists)
J.R.
Moehringer of Los Angeles Times - For "The Champ," an
extraordinary documentation of a heavyweight boxer's glory days
& his fall.
Steve Giegerich of Asbury Park Press - For his startling &
original story about a bond that formed between four medical
students & the cadaver they studied.
1997 - Lisa Pollak of Baltimore Sun - For her compelling
portrait of a baseball umpire who endured the death of a son
while knowing that another son suffers from the same deadly
genetic disease.
(Nominated Finalists)
Julia Prodis of Associated Press - For her trio of vivid stories
about three teenagers on a deadly journey, a photograph from the
Oklahoma City bombing, & a vacuum cleaner that catches prairie
dogs.
Jeffrey Fleishman of Philadelphia Inquirer - For his versatile
storytelling, notably including an account of the flight of 15
Buddhist monks from Tibet through the Himalayas.
1996 - Rick Bragg of New York Times - For his elegantly
written stories about contemporary America.
(Nominated Finalists)
Hank Stuever of Albuquerque Tribune - For his detailed & highly
personal account of returning to his hometown of Oklahoma City
after the bombing there.
Richard E. Meyer of Los Angeles Times - For "Buried Alive," his
chilling profile of a woman's desperate attempts to communicate
after being left mute & paralyzed by strokes.
1995 - Ron Suskind of Wall Street Journal - For his stories
about inner-city honor students in Washington, D.C., & their
determination to survive & prosper
(Nominated Finalists)
Fen
Montaigne of Philadelphia Inquirer - For stories about people
who enjoy the outdoors, especially those with a passion for
fishing.
David Finkel of Washington Post - For his story examining middle
class flight from the District of Columbia, & for two profiles:
of a family that watches television 17 hours a day, & of a Rush
Limbaugh fan.
Anne V. Hull of St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times - For her account of
a local businessman's secret life of drug addiction & consorting
with prostitutes
1994 - Isabel Wilkerson of New York Times - For her profile
of a fourth-grader from Chicago's South Side & for two stories
reporting on the Midwestern flood of 1993.
(Nominated Finalists)
Mark Feeney of Boston Globe - For his provocative profile of
former President Richard Nixon.
April Witt & Scott Higham of Miami Herald - For their chilling
portrait of seven suburban teenagers accused of murdering a
friend.
1993 - George Lardner Jr. of Washington Post - For his
unflinching examination of his daughter's murder by a violent
man who had slipped through the criminal justice system.
(Nominated Finalists)
Hank Stuever of Albuquerque Tribune - For his lively & vivid
reporting of the celebration of a young couple's wedding.
Judith Valente of Wall Street Journal - For her moving story
about a family brought together by AIDS.
1992 - Howell Raines of New York Times - For "Grady's Gift,"
an account of the author's childhood friendship with his
family's black housekeeper & the lasting lessons of their
relationship.
(Nominated Finalists)
Frank Bruni of Detroit Free Press - For his profile of a child
molester that challenged many assumptions about sexual abuse.
Sheryl James of St. Petersburg Times - For her gripping account
of the effort to transplant the organs of a dead boy & turn the
tragedy of his death into a gift of life for others
1991 - Sheryl James of St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times - For a
compelling series about a mother who abandoned her newborn child
& how it affected her life & those of others.
(Nominated Finalists)
Will Haygood of Boston Globe - For three illuminating portraits
of African-American life.
Tad
Bartimus of Associated Press - For her moving account of her
father's death from lung cancer.
1990 - Dave Curtin of Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph -
For a gripping account of a family's struggle to recover after
its members were severely burned in an explosion that devastated
their home.
(Nominated Finalists)
Jay
Reed of Milwaukee Journal - For a poignant series about his
return to Vietnam.
Mark Kriegel of New York Daily News - For "The People's Court,"
a detailed account of the game of basketball as it is played on
New York City playgrounds.
1989 - David Zucchino of Philadelphia Inquirer - For his
richly compelling series, "Being Black in South Africa."
(Nominated Finalists)
Tad
Bartimus of Associated Press - For her story about the
accidental drowning of three brothers & the effect it had on
their small Missouri town.
Loretta Tofani of Philadelphia Inquirer - For stories about a
heroin addict's pregnancy & the birth of her addicted infant.
Bob
Ehlert of Star-Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul - For his stories
about a local priest accused of sexual abuse.
1988 - Jacqui Banaszynski of St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch
- For her moving series about the life & death of an AIDS victim
in a rural farm community.
(Nominated Finalists)
Lynne Duke of Miami Herald - For her powerful story about life
at a housing project overrun by the drug crack.
John Dorschner of Miami Herald - For richly detailed stories
about a violent neighborhood feud, ethnic tensions in the Miami
police department & Holocaust survivors in South Florida.
1987 - Steve Twomey of Philadelphia Inquirer - For his
illuminating profile of life aboard an aircraft carrier.
(Nominated Finalists)
Alex S. Jones of New York Times - For "The Fall of the House of
Bingham," a skillful & sensitive report of a powerful newspaper
family's bickering & how it led to the sale of a famed media
empire.
Barry Bearak of Los Angeles Times - For three gracefully written
stories dealing respectively with a prison lawsuit, a family
murder & an aging stand-up comic.
Michael Connelly, Robert McClure & Malinda Reinke of Fort
Lauderdale (Fla.) News & Sun-Sentinel - For "Into the Storm--the
Story of Flight 191," a sensitive reconstruction of an airplane
crash.
1986. - John Camp of St. Paul Pioneer Press & Dispatch - For
his five-part series examining the life of an American farm
family faced with the worst U.S. agricultural crisis since the
Depression.
(Nominated Finalists)
Irene Virag of Newsday, Long Island, N.Y. - For her elegantly
written & sensitive stories about the aspirations &
accomplishments of ordinary people.
David Lee Preston of Philadelphia Inquirer - For his account of
how, by means of a trip through Germany & Eastern Europe, he
managed to come to terms with his father's experiences in the
Holocaust.
1985 - Alice Steinbach of Baltimore Sun - For her account of
a blind boy's world, "A Boy of Unusual Vision."
(Nominated Finalists)
Scott Kraft of Associated Press - For his story about a family's
search for the man who raped the1984 - Peter Mark Rinearson of Seattle Times - For "Making It Fly," his account of the new Boeing 757 jetliner
(Nominated Finalists)
Nancy Tracy of Hartford (Conn.) Courant - For her moving account of Meg Casey, a victim of premature aging
Charles Bowden of Tucson (Ariz.) Citizen - For his stories on illegal immigrants, sexual abuse of children & the deaths of two men.
Jay William Hamburg of Birmingham (Ala.) Post-Herald - For a series documenting the world of a young boxer & his manager.
1983 - Nan Robertson of New York Times - For her memorable & medically detailed account of her struggle with toxic shock syndrome.
(Nominated Finalists)
James Ricci of Detroit Free Press - For his extraordinary account of an organ donation "Kelly's Gift," & the effects it had on the lives of four strangers.
Don Colburn of Everett (Wash.) Herald - For his documentation of the work of the nation's largest burn treatment center in Seattle, Wash.
1982 - Saul Pett of Associated Press - For an article profiling the federal bureaucracy.
(Nominated Finalists)
Erik Lacitis of Seattle Times - For his series on abortion.
H.G. Bissinger of St. Paul Pioneer Press - For his account of a near air crash & its aftermath
ir daughter.
Michele Lesie of Journal, Lorain, Ohio - For her story of
Jennifer Brandt, teen-age suicide
1984 - Peter Mark Rinearson of Seattle Times - For "Making
It Fly," his account of the new Boeing 757 jetliner
(Nominated Finalists)
Nancy Tracy of Hartford (Conn.) Courant - For her moving account
of Meg Casey, a victim of premature aging
Charles Bowden of Tucson (Ariz.) Citizen - For his stories on
illegal immigrants, sexual abuse of children & the deaths of two
men.
Jay
William Hamburg of Birmingham (Ala.) Post-Herald - For a series
documenting the world of a young boxer & his manager.
1983 - Nan Robertson of New York Times - For her memorable &
medically detailed account of her struggle with toxic shock
syndrome.
(Nominated Finalists)
James Ricci of Detroit Free Press - For his extraordinary
account of an organ donation "Kelly's Gift," & the effects it
had on the lives of four strangers.
Don
Colburn of Everett (Wash.) Herald - For his documentation of the
work of the nation's largest burn treatment center in Seattle,
Wash.
1982 - Saul Pett of Associated Press - For an article
profiling the federal bureaucracy.
(Nominated Finalists)
Erik Lacitis of Seattle Times - For his series on abortion.
H.G.
Bissinger of St. Paul Pioneer Press - For his account of a near
air crash & its aftermath
1981 - Teresa Carpenter of Village Voice, New York City
(Nominated Finalists)
Madeleine Blais of Miami Herald
Douglas J. Swanson of Dallas Times Herald
1980 - Madeleine Blais of Miami Herald - For "Zepp's Last
Stand."
(Nominated Finalists)
Saul Pett of Associated Press - On the snail darter.
Bonnie M. Anderson of Miami Herald - "Execution of My Father."
John R. Camp of St. Paul Pioneer Press - For a series on
Indians.
1979 - Jon D. Franklin, science writer of Baltimore Evening
Sun - For an account of brain surgery.
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