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PUBLIC SERVICE |
The Washington Post |
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BREAKING NEWS REPORTING |
The Washington Post Staff |
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INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING |
Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker of The New York Times
toxic ingredients in medicine and other everyday products imported from China, leading to crackdowns by American and Chinese officials |
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INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING |
The Chicago Tribune Staff
exposure of faulty governmental regulation of toys, car seats and cribs, resulting in the extensive recall of hazardous products and congressional action to tighten supervision |
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EXPLANATORY REPORTING |
Amy Harmon of New York Times
dilemmas and ethical issues that accompany DNA testing, using human stories |
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LOCAL REPORTING |
David Umhoefer of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
skirting of tax laws to pad pensions of county employees, prompting change and possible prosecution of key figures |
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NATIONAL REPORTING |
Jo Becker and Barton Gellman of The Washington Post
Dick Cheney and his powerful yet sometimes disguised influence on national policy |
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTING |
Steve Fainaru of Washington Post
private security contractors in Iraq operate outside most of laws governing American forces |
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FEATURE WRITING |
Gene WeingartenWashington Post
chronicling of a world-class violinist who, as an experiment, played beautiful music in a subway station filled with unheeding commuters |
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COMMENTARY |
Steve Pearlstein Washington Post
explore the nation's complex economic ills with masterful clarity |
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CRITICISM |
Mark Feeney of The Boston Globe
penetrating and versatile command of the visual arts, from film and photography to painting |
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EDITORIAL WRITING |
No Award空缺 |
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EDITORIAL CARTOONING |
Michael Ramirez of Investor's Business Daily
provocative cartoons that rely on originality, humor and detailed artistry |
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BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY |
Adrees Latif of Reuters
Awarded to Adrees Latif of Reuters for his dramatic photograph of a Japanese videographer, sprawled on the pavement, fatally wounded during a street demonstration in Myanmar |
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FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY |
Preston Gannaway Concord Monitor
Awarded to Preston Gannaway of the Concord (N.H.) Monitor for her intimate chronicle of a family coping with a parent's terminal illness |
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FICTION |
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Riverhead Books) |
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DRAMA |
August: Osage County by Tracy Letts |
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HISTORY |
What Hath God Wrought by Daniel Walker Howe (Oxford University Press) |
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BIOGRAPHY |
Eden's Outcasts by John Matteson (W.W. Norton) |
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POETRY |
Time and Materials by Robert Hass (Ecco/HarperCollins) |
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POETRY |
Failure by Philip Schultz (Harcourt) |
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GENERAL NONFICTION |
The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 by Saul Friedlander (HarperCollins) |
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MUSIC |
The Little Match Girl Passion by David Lang (G. Schirmer) |
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SPECIAL CITATION |
Bob Dylan A Special Citation to Bob Dylan for his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power |
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