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The Pulitzer Prizes
Prizes in Journalism
PUBLIC SERVICE
The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Mississippi
and
The Times-Picayune, New Orleans
FINALISTS: The Blade, Toledo, Ohio;
The Washington Post
BREAKING NEWS REPORTING
The Times-Picayune staff
FINALISTS: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution staff;
South Florida Sun-Sentinel staff
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Susan Schmidt, James V. Grimaldi, and R. Jeffrey Smith, The Washington Post
FINALISTS: Jason Felch and Ralph Frammolino, Los Angeles Times;
Sally Kestin, Megan O’Matz, and John Maines, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
EXPLANATORY REPORTING
David Finkel, The Washington Post
FINALISTS: Debbie Cenziper, The Miami Herald;
Mark Johnson and Kawanza Newson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
BEAT REPORTING
Dana Priest, The Washington Post
FINALISTS: Barry Meier, The New York Times;
Jerry Mitchell, The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi
NATIONAL REPORTING
James Risen and Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times
and
The San Diego Union-Tribune and Copley News Service staffs
FINALIST: Michael Moss, The New York Times
INTERNATIONAL REPORTING
Joseph Kahn and Jim Yardley, The New York Times
FINALISTS: Steve Fainaru, The Washington Post;
Sebastian Rotella, Los Angeles Times
FEATURE WRITING
Jim Sheeler, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado
FINALISTS: Dan Barry, The New York Times;
Mary Schmich, Chicago Tribune
COMMENTARY
Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times
FINALISTS: Chris Rose, The Times-Picayune;
Cynthia Tucker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
CRITICISM
Robin Givhan, The Washington Post
FINALISTS: Nicolai Ouroussoff, The New York Times;
Jerry Saltz, The Village Voice
EDITORIAL WRITING
Rick Attig and Doug Bates, The Oregonian, Portland
FINALISTS: Editorial Board, The Birmingham (Alabama) News;
B. Marie Harris, Tony Biffle, and Stan Tiner, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Mississippi
EDITORIAL CARTOONING
Mike Luckovich, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
FINALISTS: Marshall Ramsey, The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi;
Mike Thompson, Detroit Free Press
BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
The Dallas Morning News staff
FINALISTS: Carolyn Cole and Brian Vander Brug, Los Angeles Times;
Eric Gay, The Associated Press
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Todd Heisler, Rocky Mountain News
FINALISTS: Mike Stocker, South Florida Sun-Sentinel;
Damon Winter, Los Angeles Times
Letters and Drama
FICTION
March by Geraldine Brooks (Viking)
FINALISTS: The March by E.L. Doctorow (Random House);
The Bright Forever by Lee Martin (Shaye Areheart Books/Crown Publishing)
DRAMA
no award
FINALISTS: Miss Witherspoon by Christopher Durang;
The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow by Rolin Jones;
Red Light Winter by Adam Rapp
HISTORY
Polio: An American Story by David M. Oshinsky (Oxford University Press)
FINALISTS: New York Burning by Jill Lepore (Alfred A. Knopf);
The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln by Sean Wilentz (W.W. Norton)
BIOGRAPHY
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin (Alfred A. Knopf)
FINALISTS: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Alfred A. Knopf);
The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism by Megan Marshall (Houghton Mifflin)
POETRY
Late Wife by Claudia Emerson (Louisiana State University Press)
FINALISTS: American Sublime by Elizabeth Alexander (Graywolf Press);
Elegy on Toy Piano by Dean Young (University of Pittsburgh Press)
GENERAL NON-FICTION
Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenya by Caroline Elkins (Henry Holt)
FINALISTS: Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt (The Penguin Press);
The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq by George Packer (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
MUSIC
Piano Concerto: “Chiavi in Mano” by Yehudi Wyner (Associated Music Publishers, Inc.)
FINALISTS: Neruda Songs by Peter Lieberson (Associated Music Publishers, Inc.);
Si Ji (Four Seasons) by Chen Yi (Theodore Presser Company)
The Lukas Prize Project
Co-administered by the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and the Nieman Foundation at Harvard
WORK-IN-PROGRESS AWARD
Laura Claridge for Emily Post and the Rise of Practical Feminism (Random House)
MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE
Megan Marshall for The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism (Houghton Mifflin)
J. ANTHONY LUKAS BOOK PRIZE
Nate Blakeslee for Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town (Public Affairs)
John B. Oakes Award
DISTINGUISHED ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM
Harper’s Magazine and The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
John Chancellor Award
EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM
Jerry Mitchell, investigative reporter for The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi
The Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards
SILVER BATONS, FOR EXCELLENCE IN BROADCAST JOURNALISM
ABC News for live coverage of the death of Pope John Paul II and the election of Pope Benedict XVI
CNBC for The Age of Wal-Mart: Inside America’s Most Powerful Company
CNN for coverage of the tsunami disaster in South Asia
Frontline and WGBH (Boston) for Al Qaeda’s New Front on PBS
Frontline, WGBH (Boston), and The New York Times for The Secret History of the Credit Card on PBS
HBO for Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: The Sport of Sheikhs
North Carolina Public Radio, WUNC (Chapel Hill), for North Carolina Voices: Understanding Poverty
PRI, WGBH (Boston), and BBC World Service for The World: The Global Race for Stem Cell Therapies
The Kitchen Sisters, Jay Allison, and NPR for Hidden Kitchens
The Sundance Channel, Denis Poncet, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, and Allyson Luchak for The Staircase
WFTS-TV (Tampa) for Crosstown Expressway Investigation
WJW (Cleveland) for School Bus Bloat
WPMI-TV (Mobile) for For Lauren’s Sake
National Magazine Awards
Sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors in association with Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism
These are all finalists, listed in alphabetical order. The winners are to be announced on May 9.
GENERAL EXCELLENCE
(Over 2,000,000 circulation)
Glamour
National Geographic
O, The Oprah Magazine
Prevention
Time
(1,000,000 to 2,000,000)
ESPN The Magazine
Fortune
Martha Stewart Living
The New Yorker
Vogue
(500,000 to 1,000,000)
Esquire
Everyday Food
House & Garden
Marie Claire
Runner’s World
Wired
(250,000 to 500,000)
The Atlantic Monthly
Backpacker
New York Magazine
Texas Monthly
Technology Review
(100,000 to 250,000)
Chicago
Foreign Policy
Harper’s Magazine
Harvard Business Review
Town & Country Travel
(Under 100,000)
Aperture
The Believer
Legal Affairs
ReadyMade
The Virginia Quarterly Review
PERSONAL SERVICE
Field & Stream
Men’s Health
National Geographic
O, The Oprah Magazine
Self
LEISURE INTERESTS
Bicycling
Condé Nast Traveler
Golf Magazine
GQ
Men’s Health
REPORTING
The Atlantic Monthly (two nominations)
Harper’s Magazine
The New Yorker
Rolling Stone
PUBLIC INTEREST
The Atlantic Monthly
Legal Affairs
Mother Jones
The New Yorker
Texas Monthly
FEATURE WRITING
The American Scholar
The Atlantic Monthly
GQ
Outside
The Oxford American
PROFILE WRITING
The Atlantic Monthly
Esquire
GQ
Los Angeles Magazine
The New Yorker
Rolling Stone
ESSAYS
Harper’s Magazine (two nominations)
Vanity Fair
The Virginia Quarterly Review (two nominations)
COLUMNS AND COMMENTARY
Field & Stream
Inc.
The New Yorker
Scientific American
Vanity Fair
REVIEWS AND CRITICISM
The Atlantic Monthly
GQ
Harper’s Magazine
New York Magazine
The Virginia Quarterly Review
BEST MAGAZINE DEPARTMENTS
Backpacker
Condé Nast Traveler
Entertainment Weekly
Men’s Health
New York Magazine
SINGLE-TOPIC ISSUE
National Geographic
The Oxford American
Saveur
Scientific American
Time
DESIGN
Everyday Food
GQ
Kids: Fun Stuff to Do Together
Martha Stewart Living
New York Magazine
Nylon
PHOTOGRAPHY
Departures
Gourmet
New York Magazine
Time
Texas Monthly
W
PHOTO PORTFOLIO/PHOTO ESSAY
Aperture
Field & Stream
National Geographic
Rolling Stone
Vanity Fair
W
FICTION
The Atlantic Monthly
McSweeney’s
The Virginia Quarterly Review (two nominations)
Zoetrope: All-Story
GENERAL EXCELLENCE ONLINE
Beliefnet
CNET.com
Men.style.com
National Geographic Online
Newsweek.com
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