For a distinguished example of beat reporting characterized by sustained and knowledgeable coverage of a particular subject or activity, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to Amy Dockser Marcus of The Wall Street Journal for her masterful stories about patients, families and physicians that illuminated the often unseen world of cancer survivors.

Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger presents Amy Dockser Marcus with the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in Beat Reporting.

Finalists

Also nominated as finalists in this category were: Ronald Brownstein of the Los Angeles Times for the clarity, consistency and quality of his political reporting during a presidential election year, and Dana Priest of The Washington Post for her determined, deeply sourced and insightful coverage of United States intelligence operations.