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Topic: Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting


  
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Explanatory Reporting—for a distinguished example of explanatory reporting that illuminates a significant and complex subject, demonstrating mastery of the subject, lucid writing, and clear presentation.
Pulitzer Prize for Photography, was divided in 1968 into Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography and a spot news category, which became the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography.
Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, became the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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  Pulitzer Prize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The prize was established by Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-American journalist and newspaper publisher in the late 19th century.
Explanatory Reporting - For a distinguished example of explanatory reporting that illuminates a significant and complex subject, demonstrating mastery of the subject, lucid writing and clear presentation.
In addition to the prizes, Pulitzer travelling fellowships are awarded to four outstanding students of the Graduate School of Journalism as selected by the faculty.
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 Teacher Turned Playwright Is Among the Winners of 22 Pulitzer Prizes
The award for national reporting was given to the staff, with a special mention for Jeff Gerth, for a series of articles that reported that despite national security risks, two aerospace companies had improperly shared expertise with China with the approval of the United States Government.
The prize for editorial writing was awarded to the editorial board of The New York Daily News, for its campaign to rescue the Apollo Theater in Harlem from financial mismanagement.
The award for beat reporting was given to Chuck Philips and Michael A. Hiltzik of The Los Angeles Times for their stories on corruption in the entertainment industry, including articles about a sham sponsored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and the resurgence of payola in the radio industry.
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 Encyclopedia: Pulitzer Prize
These are the Pulitzer Prize category definitions in the 2004 competition: The Pulitzer Prizes for 2005 were announced on 2005-04-04.
The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing has been awarded since 1917 for distinguished editorial writing, the test of excellence being clearness of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning, and power to influence public opinion in what the writer conceives to be the right direction.
The Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography has been awarded since 1968 for a distinguished example of feature photography in fl and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, a sequence or an album.
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 Pulitzer Prize - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The Pulitzer Prize is a United States literary award given out each April.
The very first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded on June 4, 1917.
In addition to the prizes, Pulitzer fellowships are awarded to four outstanding students of the Graduate School of Journalism as selected by the faculty.
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 Pulitzer Prize Article, PulitzerPrize Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Theprize was established by Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-Americanjournalist and newspaper publisher in the late 19th century.
ExplanatoryReporting - For a distinguished example of explanatory reporting that illuminates a significant and complex subject,demonstrating mastery of the subject, lucid writing and clear presentation.
In addition to the prizes, Pulitzer fellowships are awarded to four outstanding students of the Graduate School of Journalismas selected by the faculty.
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 Sun medical writer Sugg wins Pulitzer for beat reporting - baltimoresun.com
The Pulitzer Prize was presented to Sugg for beat reporting.
Reporters Jim Haner, John B. O'Donnell and Kimberly A.C. Wilson were finalists in the explanatory journalism category for their series, "Justice Undone," which investigated Baltimore's high rate of unsolved homicides.
Reporters, editors and executives at The Sun crowded around Sugg as she waited by a computer terminal for the final word about the Pulitzers.
www.baltimoresun.com /news/bal-te.pulitzer08apr08,0,1177356.story   (741 words)

  
 2006 Pulitzer Prizes For Photography
It is the eighth Pulitzer Prize for the Dallas Morning News, and its fourth Pulitzer Prize for photography.
Ross Baughman, a Pulitzer Prize photography winner who is now the director of photography for The Washington Times; Eric Newton, the director of journalism initiatives for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Janet Reeves, director of photography for the Rocky Mountain News; and Nylund.
The Pulitzer Prizes in journalism were established in 1917 in memory of newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, the first to call for the training of journalists at the university level in college programs, who provided for the birth and funding of the awards in his 1904 will as an incentive to journalistic excellence.
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 CNN.com - September 11 coverage dominates Pulitzers - April 8, 2002
McWhorter won the Pulitzer in the general nonfiction category for her memoir of the Civil Rights struggle, "Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution." It was her first book.
The prize for music was awarded to Henry Brant for "Ice Field." Brant works in what is called "spatial music," in which the instruments are spread throughout the concert hall.
The paper's staff won the explanatory reporting award for its coverage that profiled the global terrorism network, and the paper's Tom Friedman won a Pulitzer for his columns on terrorism and Middle East politics.
archives.cnn.com /2002/SHOWBIZ/books/04/08/pulitzer.prizes/index.html   (723 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Metro -- U-T, Copley News win Pulitzer Prize
The San Diego Union-Tribune and Copley News Service shared a Pulitzer Prize yesterday for reporting that disclosed the worst case of bribe-taking in the history of Congress and led to the imprisonment of a corrupted lawmaker and war hero.
Pulitzer Prizes for journalism are announced in New York.
In addition to sharing the national reporting prize, The New York Times was honored for international reporting by Joseph Kahn and Jim Yardley, who wrote about the emerging justice system in China; and Nicholas D. Kristof received the commentary prize for writings on the genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
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 American views on news
Editors and reporters, such as Dana, were fond of recalling the words of Thomas Jefferson (third president of the United States and the author of the Declaration of Independence).
The Pulitzer Prizes were established by Joseph Pulitzer, a long time publisher (in New York City and St. Louis), to recognize outstanding reporting.
This award recognizes "explanatory reporting" that illuminates a significant and complex subject." In 1999, this award went to Richard Read of the Portland Oregonian for his articles detailing the domestic impact of the Asian economic crisis by profiling the local (Oregon) industry that exports frozen french fries.
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 Author's First Book Wins Pulitzer for Fiction; 3 Journalism Prizes to Washington Post
The journalism awards were dominated by The Washington Post, which won three prizes, including the public service award, and The Wall Street Journal, which won prizes for the "Potomac Watch" columns of Paul A. Gigot and for its coverage of United States military spending in the post-cold war era.
The prize for explanatory reporting was awarded to Eric Newhouse of The Great Falls Tribune in Montana for his examination of alcoholism and its consequences.
The Pulitzer Prize for drama was awarded to the playwright Donald Margulies, who teaches writing at Yale University, for "Dinner With Friends," about the vicissitudes of marriage in middle age.
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 Pulitzer Prizes | Campus Facts | Public Affairs | University of Illinois
(1932–) won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his piece, Deja Vu for Percussion Quartet and Orchestra, which was commissioned and premiered by the New York Philharmonic.
(1924–) shared the 1974 Pulitzer Prize for Local General Spot News Reporting with fellow University of Illinois alumnus Arthur M. Petacque for uncovering new evidence that led to the reopening of efforts to solve the 1966 murder case of Illinois Sen. Charles Percy’s daughter.
(1944–) shared the 1995 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Journalism for his work on a family’s struggle with poverty, illiteracy, crime, and drug abuse in Washington, D.C. Dash became a University of Illinois faculty member in 1998 and is a Swanlund Chair and professor of journalism and Afro-American Studies.
www.publicaffairs.uiuc.edu /facts/pulitzer.html   (803 words)

  
 Columbia News ::: Oregonian Editor Sandra Mims Rowe Elected Pulitzer Board Chair
On her watch, the papers won the Pulitzer Prize for general news reporting in 1985.
The Oregonian won the prize for explanatory reporting in 1999 and, in 2001, both the feature writing prize and the Gold Medal for Public Service.
The 2003 Pulitzer Prizes will be announced on April 7 and presented on May 29 at Columbia University.
www.columbia.edu /cu/news/02/11/sandraMRowe_pulitzer_chair.html   (342 words)

  
 Instructor Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
He won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting for a series of articles that explained the Asian financial crisis by following a load of potatoes from a Washington State farm to a McDonald's in Singapore.
He was part of a team that won the 2001 Pulitzer for public service for coverage of abuses by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Rich has reported in more than 40 countries and was based in Tokyo from 1986 to 1994 as the Oregonian's Asia Bureau Chief.
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 Counselor: The Magazine for Addiction Professionals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
We called it "Alcohol: Cradle to Grave." It went on to win a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting in 2000, and with some additional material, it is now available as a book by the same name, published by Hazelden.
The program served 1,400 women across the state, of which 25 percent reported alcohol abuse and 9 percent illicit drug use, therefore one-fourth of the funding for high-risk pregnancies could be considered a hidden cost.
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Eric Newhouse is projects editor of the Great Falls Tribune in Great Falls, Mont. His yearlong series of stories on alcoholism won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000, and it has been rewritten as a book, Alcohol: Cradle to Grave, which was published by Hazelden.
www.counselormagazine.com /display_article.asp?aid=april03TheCost.htm   (3023 words)

  
 Sandra Mims Rowe, editor of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Oregonian, to speak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Rowe was executive editor and vice president of The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Va., from 1984 to1993.
The newspaper won the Pulitzer Prize for general news reporting in 1985.
Rowe is a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board, chair of the Knight Foundation Journalism Advisory Board and a past president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
www.unc.edu /news/archives/oct01/rowe102501.htm   (376 words)

  
 So you won a Pulitzer: Who cares? - By Jack Shafer - Slate Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
In a perfect world, the prizes would be treated as footnotes rather than the stuff of headlines, yet they make many a front page the day after they're announced, especially in the winning newspapers.
In 1922, editorial cartoons were added; in 1929, correspondence; and in 1942 the count swelled to eight when photography and telegraphic reporting (both national and international) joined the roster.
In the late '60s, the Pulitzers expanded with the profligacy of the National Hockey League, growing to 10 by 1968, 11 by 1970, and finally settling at today's 14 categories.
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 USATODAY.com - 'Boston Globe,' 'L.A. Times' win Pulitzers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
In awarding the prize, the Pulitzer board cited the paper's "courageous comprehensive coverage of sexual abuse by priests, an effort that pierced secrecy, stirred local national and international reaction and produced changes in the Roman Catholic Church."
The prizes are awarded by Columbia University on recommendations of the Pulitzer board, which considers nominations from jurors in each category.
Each prize is worth $7,500, except for public service, in which a paper receives a gold medal.
www.usatoday.com /life/2003-04-07-pulitzers-journalism_x.htm   (553 words)

  
 Pulitzer Prizes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
(1932-) won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his piece, Deja Vu for Percussion Quartet and Orchestra, which was commissioned and premiered by the New York Philharmonic.
(1924-) shared the 1974 Pulitzer Prize for Local General Spot News Reporting with fellow U of I alumnus Arthur M. Petacque for uncovering new evidence that led to the reopening of efforts to solve the 1966 murder case of Illinois Sen. Charles Percy’s daughter.
(1944-) shared the 1995 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Journalism for his work on a family’s struggle with poverty, illiteracy, crime, and drug abuse in Washington, D.C. Dash became a U of I faculty member in 1998 and is a Swanlund Chair and professor of journalism and Afro-American Studies.
www.publications.uiuc.edu /info/pulitzer.html   (802 words)

  
 Journal • Page One • Tatarian Symposium lining up big names
wo Pulitzer Prize winning journalists with combined experience of more than 50 years in covering war, conflict and U.S. military affairs will be the main speakers in March at a symposium at Fresno State focusing on media coverage of the conflict in Iraq.
In 1969, Hersh was the first to report the details of an upcoming court martial of Lt. William Calley in a case involving the massacre of more than 500 civilians at a small Vietnamese village called My Lai.
Diaz, one of the panelists, reports for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune in the McClatchy newspapers Washington bureau.
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 So You Won a Pulitzer - Who cares? By Jack Shafer
In a perfect world, the prizes would be treated as footnotes rather than the stuff of headlines, yet they make many a front page the day after they're announced, especially in the winning newspapers.
In 1922, editorial cartoons were added; in 1929, correspondence; and in 1942 the count swelled to eight when photography and telegraphic reporting (both national and international) joined the roster.
In the late '60s, the Pulitzers expanded with the profligacy of the National Hockey League, growing to 10 by 1968, 11 by 1970, and finally settling at today's 14 categories.
www.slate.com /id/2098361   (930 words)

  
 SAJA: Pulitzer Prizes
Unlike most other prizes, being one of the two finalists in a Pulitzer category is a big honor in itself.
Explanatory Journalism: Geeta Anand, reporter at The Wall Street Journal, shared a staff prize for Explanatory Journalism.
The Pulitzer policy is if more than three reporters are involved, the prize goes to the staff.
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 Business Wire: The Boston Globe's Gareth Cook Wins 2005 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Journalism
The award is given for "a distinguished example of explanatory reporting that illuminates a significant and complex subject, demonstrating mastery of the subject, lucid writing and clear presentation."
The Globe last won a Pulitzer in 2003 when it was awarded the gold medal for public service in recognition of its reporting on widespread clergy sexual abuse and its cover-up in the Catholic Church.
Prior Pulitzer Prizes Awarded to The Boston Globe - 17 total: 1966 Meritorious Public Service, for investigative reporting that questioned the qualifications of Francis X. Morrissey to be appointed a Federal District Judge in Massachusetts.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_April_4/ai_n13505237   (885 words)

  
 VOA Special English - THIS IS AMERICA - Pulitzer Prizes
Mister Pulitzer was born in Hungary in eighteen-forty-seven.
Another author, Samantha Power, won a Pulitzer Prize for her book called "A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide." Her work criticizes the American response to events that have taken place since the Holocaust in World War Two.
Among the Pulitzer Prizes awarded this year, one was directly related to the September eleventh attacks on New York and Washington.
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 Statement From National Geographic On Paul Salopek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul Salopek, who was traveling in Africa to report on the culture and history of the Sahel for National Geographic magazine, was detained by Sudanese authorities and on Aug. 26 charged with espionage in a North Darfur court in El Fashir, Sudan.
Salopek, 44, is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and has been a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune since 1996.
In 1998 Salopek won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for his coverage of the human genome diversity project; in 2001 he won a Pulitzer for International Reporting, recognizing his work in Africa, including his coverage of the civil war in Congo.
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