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2009 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row: A. Gyllenhaal, J. Dehli, T. Friedman, R. Oppel, A.M. Lipinski, S. Gissler, K.A. Willey, A. Bennett
back row: K. Carroll, D. Allen, P. Gigot, G. Moore, P. Tash, D. Kennedy, R. Beck, J. Amoss

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Richard Oppel, chair; Sig Gissler, administrator

Eugene Robinson

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Lee Bollinger and Eugene Robinson
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For his eloquent columns on the 2008 presidential campaign that focus on the election of the first African-American president, showcasing graceful writing and grasp of the larger historic picture.
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Categories: Commentary
Publication
The Washington Post

Lane DeGregory

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Lee Bollinger and Lane DeGregory
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For her moving, richly detailed story of a neglected little girl, found in a roach-infested room, unable to talk or feed herself, who was adopted by a new family committed to her nurturing.
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Categories: Feature Writing
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St. Petersburg Times

Staff

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Lee Bollinger, Jane Perlez, Dexter Filkins and Mark Mazzetti
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For its masterful, groundbreaking coverage of America's deepening military and political challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan, reporting frequently done under perilous condition
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The New York Times

Staff

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Bill Adair, Scott Montgomery and Neil Brown
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For "PolitiFact," its fact-checking initiative during the 2008 presidential campaign that used probing reporters and the power of the World Wide Web to examine more than 750 political claims, separating rhetoric from truth to enlighten voters. (Moved by the Board to the National Reporting category.)
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Categories: National Reporting
Publication
St. Petersburg Times

Bettina Boxall and Julie Cart

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Lee Bollinger, Julie Cart and Bettina Boxall
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For their fresh and painstaking exploration into the cost and effectiveness of attempts to combat the growing menace of wildfires across the western United States.
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Categories: Explanatory Reporting
Publication
Los Angeles Times

David Barstow

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Lee Bollinger and David Barstow
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For his tenacious reporting that revealed how some retired generals, working as radio and television analysts, had been co-opted by the Pentagon to make its case for the war in Iraq, and how many of them also had undisclosed ties to companies that benefited from policies they defended.
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The New York Times

Staff

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Lee Bollinger, Danny Hakim, William Rashbaum and Joe Sexton
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For its swift and sweeping coverage of a sex scandal that resulted in the resignation of Gov. Eliot Spitzer, breaking the story on its Web site and then developing it with authoritative, rapid-fire reports.
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Publication
The New York Times

W.S. Merwin

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A collection of luminous, often tender poems that focus on the profound power of memory.
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Categories: Poetry
Publisher
Copper Canyon Press
Publication
The Shadow of Sirius

Patrick Farrell

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Lee Bollinger and Patrick Farrell
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For his provocative, impeccably composed images of despair after Hurricane Ike and other lethal storms caused a humanitarian disaster in Haiti.
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Publication
The Miami Herald