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Wall Street Journal Wins Two Pulitzers
The Wall Street Journal won two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, including the public service award for its coverage of the stock-options scandal that rattled corporate America in 2006. The Associated Press captured one for breaking news photography for a picture of a Jewish woman defying Israeli security forces in the West Bank. The Journal, the only multiple winner this year, also won in international reporting for its coverage of how capitalism is emerging in China. The Oregonian won for breaking news for its coverage of a family that disappeared in the mountains during a blizzard. Cormac McCarthy has won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for "The Road." Brett Blackledge of The Birmingham (Ala.) News has won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for his exposure of cronyism and corruption in the state's two-year college system.
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Kenneth R. Weiss, Usha Lee McFarling and Rick Loomas of the Los Angeles Times have won the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting for their reports on the world's distressed oceans. Debbie Cenziper of The Miami Herald has won the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting for reports on waste, favoritism and lack of oversight at the Miami housing agency. Charlie Savage of The Boston Globe has won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for his revelations that President Bush often used "signing statements" to assert his controversial right to bypass provisions of new laws. The Wall Street Journal staff has won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for it work on the adverse impact of China's booming capitalism on conditions ranging from inequality to pollution. Andrea Elliott of The New York Times has won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing for coverage of an immigrant imam striving to serve his faithful in America. Jonathan Gold of LA Weekly won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism for his restaurant reviews. Cynthia Tucker of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Walt Handelsman of Newsday has won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning.
Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff have won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for history for "The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation." The Daily News of New York has won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing for its editorials on behalf of Ground Zero workers. David Lindsay-Abaire has won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for drama for "Rabbit Hole." Natasha Trethewey has won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for poetry for "Native Guard." Debby Applegate has won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for biography for "The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher." Lawrence Wright has won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction for "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11." Ornette Coleman has won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for music for "Sound Grammar." Renee C. Byer of The Sacramento Bee has won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography for her portrayal of a single mother and her young son as he loses his battle with cancer.
© 2007 Associated Press.
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