2011 Pulitzer Prize

Awards for journalism and related fields December 2014 The 2011 Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Monday, April 18, 2011. The Los Angeles Times won two prizes, including the highest honor for Public Service. The New York Times also won two awards.2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners http://www.pulitzer.org/node/8501 Pulitzer.org No prize was handed out in the Breaking News category. The Wall Street Journal won an award for the first time since 2007.2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/business/media/2011-pulitzer-prize-winners-announced.html The New York Times Jeremy W. Peters April 18, 2011 Jennifer Egan's A Visit From the Goon Squad picked up the Fiction prize after already winning the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award.Jennifer Egan on Winning the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/04/18/jennifer-egan-on-winning-the-2011-pulitzer-prize-for-fiction/ The Wall Street Journal Julie Steinberg April 18, 2011 Photographer Carol Guzy of The Washington Post became the first journalist to win four Pulitzer Prizes. In December 2010, three rules changes were revealed for the 2011 Awards. The first allows print and online outlets that publish at least weekly to use a number of media to report the news "including text reporting, videos, databases, multimedia or interactive presentations or any combination of those formats". The second rule change allows up to five people to be named in an award citation; the previous limit was three. The final rule change allows for digital submission of images to the judges in the two photography categories.Pulitzer Prize Board announces changes for 2011 journalism competition http://www.pulitzer.org/2011_rules_changes Pulitzer.org The winner(s) in each category are: Journalism Pulitzer Prize for Public Service to the Los Angeles Times "for its exposure of corruption in the small California city of Bell, where officials tapped the treasury to pay themselves exorbitant salaries, resulting in arrests and reforms."The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Public Service http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Public-Service Pulitzer.org Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting was not awarded because no single entry received the necessary majority for the prize. No One Wins Pulitzer for Breaking News Reporting http://www.adweek.com/digital/no-one-wins-pulitzer-breaking-news-reporting-130732/ Adweek.comThe 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Breaking News Reporting http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Breaking-News-Reporting Pulitzer.org Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting to Paige St. John (Sarasota Herald-Tribune) "for her examination of weaknesses in the murky property-insurance system vital to Florida homeowners, providing handy data to assess insurer reliability and stirring regulatory action."The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Investigative Reporting http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Investigative-Reporting Pulitzer.org Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting to Mark Johnson, Kathleen Gallagher, Gary Porter, Lou Saldivar, and Alison Sherwood (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) "for their lucid examination of an epic effort to use genetic technology to save a 4-year-old boy imperiled by a mysterious disease, told with words, graphics, videos and other images."The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Explanatory Reporting http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Explanatory-Reporting Pulitzer.org Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting to Frank Main, Mark Konkol, and John J. Kim (Chicago Sun-Times) "for their immersive documentation of violence in Chicago neighborhoods, probing the lives of victims, criminals and detectives as a widespread code of silence impedes solutions."The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Local Reporting http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Local-Reporting Pulitzer.org Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting to Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein ProPublica "for their exposure of questionable practices on Wall Street that contributed to the nation's economic meltdown, using digital tools to help explain the complex subject to lay readers."The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners National Reporting http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-National-Reporting Pulitzer.org Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting to Clifford J. Levy and Ellen Barry (The New York Times) "for their dogged reporting that put a human face on the faltering justice system in Russia, remarkably influencing the discussion inside the country."The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners International Reporting http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-International-Reporting Pulitzer.org Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing to Amy Ellis Nutt (The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J.) "for her deeply probing story of the mysterious sinking of a commercial fishing boat in the Atlantic Ocean that drowned six men."The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Feature Writing http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Feature-Writing Pulitzer.org Pulitzer Prize for Commentary to David Leonhardt (The New York Times) "for his graceful penetration of America's complicated economic questions, from the federal budget deficit to health care reform."The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Commentary http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Commentary Pulitzer.org Pulitzer Prize for Criticism to Sebastian Smee (The Boston Globe) "for his vivid and exuberant writing about art, often bringing great works to life with love and appreciation."The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Criticism http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Criticism Pulitzer.org Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing to Joseph Rago (The Wall Street Journal) "for his well crafted, against-the-grain editorials challenging the health care reform advocated by President Obama."The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Editorial Writing http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Editorial-Writing Pulitzer.org Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning to Mike Keefe (The Denver Post) "for his widely ranging cartoons that employ a loose, expressive style to send strong, witty messages."The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Editorial Cartooning http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Editorial-Cartooning Pulitzer.org Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography to Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn, and Ricky Carioti (The Washington Post) "for their up-close portrait of grief and desperation after a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti."The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Breaking News Photography http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Breaking-News-Photography Pulitzer.org Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography to Barbara Davidson (Los Angeles Times) "for her intimate story of innocent victims trapped in the city's crossfire of deadly gang violence."The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Feature Photography http://www.pulitzer.org/awards_luncheon Pulitzer.org Letters, Drama and Music Pulitzer Prize for Fiction to A Visit From the Goon Squad (Alfred A. Knopf) by Jennifer Egan, "an inventive investigation of growing up and growing old in the digital age, displaying a big-hearted curiosity about cultural change at warp speed."The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Fiction http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Fiction Pulitzer.org April 18, 2011 August 23, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120823070756/http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Fiction dead Pulitzer Prize for Drama to Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris, "a powerful work whose memorable characters speak in witty and perceptive ways to America's sometimes toxic struggle with race and class consciousness."The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Drama http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Drama Pulitzer.org Pulitzer Prize for History to The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery W. W. Norton & Company by Eric Foner, "a well orchestrated examination of Lincoln's changing views of slavery, bringing unforeseeable twists and a fresh sense of improbability to a familiar story."The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners History http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-History Pulitzer.org Pulitzer Prize for Biography to Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow The Penguin Press, "a sweeping, authoritative portrait of an iconic leader learning to master his private feelings in order to fulfill his public duties."The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Biography or Autobiography http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Biography-or-Autobiography Pulitzer.org April 18, 2011 September 23, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120923050155/http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Biography-or-Autobiography dead Pulitzer Prize for Poetry to The Best of It: New and Selected Poems by Kay Ryan (Grove Atlantic), "a body of work spanning 45 years, witty, rebellious and yet tender, a treasure trove of an iconoclastic and joyful mind."The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Poetry http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Poetry Pulitzer.org Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction to The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Scribner by Siddhartha Mukherjee, "an elegant inquiry, at once clinical and personal, into the long history of an insidious disease that, despite treatment breakthroughs, still bedevils medical science."Pulitzer Prize Luncheon http://www.pulitzer.org/awards_luncheon Pulitzer.org Pulitzer Prize for Music to Zhou Long for Madame White Snake (libretto by Cerise Lim Jacobs)(Oxford University Press), "a deeply expressive opera that draws on a Chinese folk tale to blend the musical traditions of the East and the West".The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Music http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Music Pulitzer.org Special Citation Not awarded in 2011. References 30em External links http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/2011 "2011 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism". The New York Times. "2011 Pulitzer Prizes for Letters, Drama and Music". The New York Times. 2011 Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize