2008 Pulitzer Prize Winners for Journalism
The 2008 Pulitzer Prize winners for Journalism:
- Breaking News Reporting: The Washington Post staff for its coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre.
- Public Service: The Washington Post for exposing the mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital.
- Investigative Reporting: Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker of The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune Staff. The Times won for stories on toxic ingredients in medicine and other products imported from China; the Tribune for exposing faulty regulation of toys, car seats and cribs.
- Explanatory Reporting: Amy Harmon of The New York Times for her examination of the dilemmas and ethical issues that accompany DNA testing.
- Local Reporting: David Umhoefer of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for stories on the skirting of tax laws to pad pensions of county employees.
- International Reporting: Steve Fainaru of The Washington Post for his series on private security contractors in Iraq that operate outside most of the laws governing American forces.
- National Reporting: Jo Becker and Barton Gellman of The Washington Post for their exploration of Vice President Dick Cheney’s influence on national policy.
- Feature Writing: Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post for chronicling the violinist Joshua Bell as he played beautiful music in a subway station filled with unheeding commuters.
- Criticism: Mark Feeney of The Boston Globe for his command of the visual arts, from film and photography to painting.
- Commentary: Steven Pearlstein of The Washington Post for columns exploring the nation’s complex economic ills.
The Associated Press - Monday, April 7, 2008; 6:39 PM (washingtonpost.com)
