It Is again Washington Post

PUBLIC SERVICE
The Washington Post
BREAKING NEWS REPORTING
The Washington Post Staff
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker of The New York Times
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
The Chicago Tribune Staff
EXPLANATORY REPORTING
Amy Harmon of The New York Times
LOCAL REPORTING
David Umhoefer of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
NATIONAL REPORTING
Jo Becker and Barton Gellman of The Washington Post
INTERNATIONAL REPORTING
Steve Fainaru of The Washington Post
FEATURE WRITING
Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post
COMMENTARY
Steve Pearlstein of The Washington Post
CRITICISM
Mark Feeney of The Boston Globe
EDITORIAL WRITING
No Award
EDITORIAL CARTOONING
Michael Ramirez of Investor's Business Daily
BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
Adrees Latif of Reuters
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Preston Gannaway of the Concord Monitor

Pulitzer Award announced. It is The Washington Post again, which snatched 6 Awards. For a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper through the use of its journalistic resources which, as well as reporting, may include editorials, cartoons, photographs, graphics and online material, a gold medal.
Awarded to The Washington Post for the work of Dana Priest, Anne Hull and photographer Michel du Cille in exposing mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, evoking a national outcry and producing reforms by federal officials.
Also nominated as finalists in this category were: The Charlotte Observer for its illuminating examination of the mortgage and housing crisis in the newspaper's community and state, resulting in federal probes and changes in a major lender's practices, and Newsday, Long Island, N.Y., for its comprehensive investigation into the hazardous gap between a New York railroad's trains and its boarding platforms, spotlighting individual injuries and triggering a multi-million-dollar remedy by the railway.
BREAKING NEWS REPORTING
For a distinguished example of local reporting of breaking news, presented in print or online or both, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
Awarded to The Washington Post Staff for its exceptional, multi-faceted coverage of the deadly shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, telling the developing story in print and online.
Also nominated as finalists in this category were: The Idaho Statesman Staff for its tenacious coverage of the twists and turns in the scandal involving the state's senator, Larry Craig, and The New York Times Staff for its swift, penetrating coverage of a fire in the Bronx that killed nine persons, eight of them children.
BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
Reuters pohotographer also confirmed his berth. For a distinguished example of breaking news photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, a sequence or an album, in print or online or both, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
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.
Also nominated as finalists in this category were: Mahmud Hams of Agence France-Presse for his picture of a missile, caught in mid-air, as it falls on a target in the Gaza Strip while young Palestinians scramble for safety, and the Los Angeles Times Staff for its powerful and often unpredictable photos that captured wildfires devastating California.