{"id":8273,"date":"2013-12-17T00:23:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T00:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=8273"},"modified":"2013-12-17T00:23:33","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T00:23:33","slug":"the-97th-annual-pulitzer-prizes-and-its-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=8273","title":{"rendered":"The 97th annual Pulitzer Prizes and its details"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pulitzer Prizes, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For Public Service:<\/strong> The Sun Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for its investigation of off-duty police officers who were endangering the lives of citizen.<\/p>\n

For National Reporting:<\/strong> Reporters at InsideClimate News, an online site in Brooklyn, New York, for their \u201crigorous\u201d reports on the flawed regulation of the nation\u2019s oil pipelines.
\nFor International Reporting:<\/strong> David Barboza of The New York Times, for his exposure of corruption at high levels of the Chinese government, including secret wealth owned by relatives of the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n

For Investigative reporting:<\/strong> Two reporters for The New York Times, David Barstow and Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab, for their reports on how Wal-Mart used widespread bribery to dominate the market in Mexico.<\/p>\n

For Explanatory Journalism:<\/strong> The staff of The New York Times, for its coverage of business practices by Apple and other technology companies that \u201cillustrates the darker side of a changing global economy for workers and consumers\u201d.<\/p>\n

For Feature Writing:<\/strong> John Branch of The New York Times, for his \u201cevocative narrative\u201d about skiers killed in an avalanche.
\nFor Breaking News Reporting: Denver Post, for its coverage of the deadly mass shooting at a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado.
\nFor Local Reporting: Brad Schrade, Jeremy Olson and Glenn Howatt of the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, for their reporting on a spike in infant deaths at poorly regulated day-care homes that resulted in legislative action.<\/p>\n

For Commentary:<\/strong> Bret Stephens of The Wall Street Journal, for his columns on US foreign policy and domestic politics.<\/p>\n

For Criticism:<\/strong> Philip Kennicott of The Washington Post, for his \u201celoquent and passionate\u201d essays on art and social forces.<\/p>\n

For Editorial Writing:<\/strong> Tim Nickens and Daniel Ruth of the Tampa Bay Times of St. Petersburg, Florida, for work that helped reverse a decision to end fluoridation of the local water supply.
\nFor Editorial Cartooning: Steve Sack of the Star Tribune in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

For photography (Breaking News):<\/strong> Rodrigo Abd, Manu Brabo, Narciso Contreras, Khalil Hamra and Muhammed Muheisen of the Associated Press, for their coverage of the civil war in Syria.<\/p>\n

For Feature Photography:<\/strong> Javier Manzano, a freelance photographer for Agence France-Presse, for his picture of Syrian rebel soldiers.<\/p>\n

For Fiction:<\/strong> \u201cThe Orphan Master\u2019s Son\u201d by Adam Johnson.<\/p>\n

For Drama:<\/strong> \u201cDisgraced\u201d by Ayad Akhtar, a play about a successful corporate lawyer coming to terms with his Pakistani Muslim heritage.<\/p>\n

For History:<\/strong> \u201cEmbers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America\u2019s Vietnam\u201d by Fredrik Logevall, published by Random House,<\/p>\n

For Biography:<\/strong> \u201cThe Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo\u201d by Tom Reiss, published by Crown.<\/p>\n

For Poetry:<\/strong> \u201cStag\u2019s Leap\u201d by Sharon Olds, published by Alfred A. Knopf.<\/p>\n

For general nonfiction: \u201cDevil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America\u201d by Gilbert King, published by Harper.<\/p>\n

For Music: <\/strong>Caroline Shaw, for \u201cPartita for 8 Voices\u201d.<\/p>\n

The 97th annual Pulitzer Prizes were awarded by Columbia University and are the most prestigious prizes in US journalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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