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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

Board Lander Sub Title
Richard Oppel, chair; Sig Gissler, administrator

Drew Gilpin Faust

Publication
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
Citation
A deeply researched, gracefully written examination of how a divided nation struggled to comprehend the meaning and practical consequences of unprecedented human carnage.
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Tags: 2009
Categories: History

Staff

Publication
The Wall Street Journal
Citation
For its highly detailed coverage of the collapse of America's financial system, explicating key decisions, capturing the sense of calamity and charting the human toll.
Tags: 2009
Categories: National Reporting

John Shiffman, John Sullivan and Tom Avril

Publication
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Citation
For their exhaustive reports on how political interests have eroded the mission of the Environmental Protection Agency and placed the nation's environment in greater jeopardy, setting the stage for remedial action.
Tags: 2009
Categories: National Reporting

Amy Goldstein and Dana Priest

Publication
The Washington Post
Citation
For their relentless exploration of America's network of immigration detention centers, melding reporting and computer analysis to expose sometimes deadly abuses and spur corrective steps.
Tags: 2009
Categories: National Reporting

Susanne Rust and Meg Kissinger

Publication
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Citation
For their powerful revelations that the government was failing to protect the public from dangerous chemicals in everyday products, such as some "microwave-safe" containers, stirring action by Congress and federal agencies.
Tags: 2009

Paul Pringle

Publication
Los Angeles Times
Citation
For his meticulously researched stories that, in the face of threats, exposed financial abuses by the head of California's largest union, leading to investigations, the leader's departure from office and repayment of misappropriated funds.
Tags: 2009

Staff

Publication
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Citation
For its creative and aggressive coverage, both online and in print, of a city hall shooting that left six people dead, displaying an exemplary blend of speed and rigor in its reporting.
Tags: 2009

Staff

Publication
Houston Chronicle
Citation
For taking full advantage of online technology and its newsroom expertise to become a lifeline to the city when Hurricane Ike struck, providing vital minute-by-minute updates on the storm, its flood surge and its aftermath.
Tags: 2009

St. Petersburg Times

Publication
St. Petersburg Times
Citation
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.)
Tags: 2009
Categories: Public Service