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| A photo by Deanne Fitzmaurice of the San
Francisco Chronicle from the series that won the Pulitzer Prize for
Feature Photography April, 4, 2005. Photo by Deanne Fitzmaurice-Sf
Chronicle/Reuters |
The 89th annual Pulitzer Prizes in journalism, Letters, Drama and Music
were announced Monday at the Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia
University in New York.
The Los Angeles Times won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Public
Service for a series of stories exposing deadly medical problems and
racial injustice at a major public hospital.
The paper was also awarded a prize in international reporting category
for its coverage of Russia's struggle to fight terrorism and improve its
economy. It shared this prize with New York-based Newsday, honored for its
coverage of Rwanda a decade after the slaughter of Tutsi tribe.
The Wall Street Journal also went away with two Pulitzer prizes,the
beat reporting award for its stories about cancer survivors and criticism
award for its film reviews.
The New York Times won in the category of national reporting for its
stories about a corporate cover-up of responsibility for fatal
railway crossing accidents.
The breaking new award went to The Star-Ledger of New Jersey for the
paper's coverage of the resignation of New Jersey governor after he
announced he was gay.
The Associated Press won for breaking news photography and the San
Francisco Chronicle won for feature photography.
Other winners included The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, The Cleveland
Plain Dealer and The Sacramento Bee.
The awards are given by Columbia University on the recommendation of
the 18-member Pulitzer board, which considers nominations from jurors in
each
category.
(Xinhua) | 
Updated: 2005-04-05 11:26
