2004 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism Announced
The Post also had five finalists in three other Pulitzer categories.
In addition, Post editorial writer Anne Applebaum won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction for her book, "Gulag: A History," about the system of deadly prison camps in the Soviet Union.
This year's big winner, the Los Angeles Times, won in the breaking news category for coverage of the wildfires that devastated Southern California last fall. The paper won the national reporting award for its stories describing how Wal-Mart became the world's largest retailer. The Times's Dan Neil won the prize for criticism (for automobile reviews), William Stall won for editorial writing, and Carolyn Cole took the Pulitzer for feature photography for photos showing the effects of civil war in Liberia.
The five awards were the second most for a newspaper in a single year, trailing the New York Times's tally of seven in 2002, when the paper dominated coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Los Angeles Times editor John S. Carroll told the staff that the haul of Pulitzers "reflects the depth of talent at this paper and the depth of dedication across all departments," the Associated Press reported.
Wall Street Journal reporters Kevin Helliker and Thomas M. Burton won in the explanatory journalism category for insightful reporting on aneurysms. Daniel Golden of the Journal was awarded the beat reporting prize for stories on admission preferences benefiting the affluent, white children of alumni and donors at U.S. universities.
The New York Times's public service award was for an examination of injuries and deaths among American workers.
The investigative reporting award went to three reporters of Toledo's The Blade newspaper -- Michael D. Sallah, Mitch Weiss and Joe Mahr -- for a series on atrocities committed by a U.S. Army unit during the Vietnam War.
Ron Royhab, The Blade's executive editor, celebrated the paper's first Pulitzer with about 200 employees in the paper's cheering newsroom.
"We felt that we had a really solid piece of journalism that was worthy of serious consideration," he told Editor & Publisher magazine.
The Pulitzer for breaking news photography went to David Leeson and Cheryl Diaz Meyer for what the board called eloquent and poignant photos of the war in Iraq.
No award was given for feature writing this year.
© 2004 The Washington Post Company
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The Post's Anthony Shadid addresses the Washington Post newsroom via phone.
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Post columnist Anne Applebaum talks about her book, "Gulag: A History" which won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction.
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From The Washington Post
 • Anthony Shadid:
Pulitzer Prize Winner for his International Reporting from Iraq
 • Anne Applebaum: Pulitzer Prize Winner for her Nonfiction book, "The Gulag: A History"
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Other Winners
• Public Service: New York Times
• Breaking News: L.A. Times
• Investigative Reporting: The (Toledo, Ohio) Blade
• Explanatory Reporting: Wall Street Journal
• Fiction: Edward P. Jones, "The Known World"
• Beat Reporting: Daniel Golden, Wall Street Journal
• National Reporting: L.A. Times
• Biography: William Taubman, "Krushchev: The Man and His Era"
• Commentary: Leonard Pitts Jr., Miami Herald
• Criticism: Dan Neil, L.A. Times
• Editorial Writing: William Stall, L.A. Times
• History: Steven Hahn, "A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South From Slavery to the Great Migration"
• Breaking News Photography: David Leeson and Cheryl Diaz Meyer, Dallas Morning News
• Editorial Cartooning: Matt Davies, The Journal News of White Plains, N.Y.
• Feature Photography: Carolyn Cole, L.A. Times
• Drama: Doug Wright, "I Am My Own Wife"
• Poetry: Frank Wright, "Walking to Martha's Vineyard"
• Music: Paul Moravec, "Tempest Fantasy"
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