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2011 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row: K.A. Willey, E. Robinson, D. Kennedy, S. Gissler, A.M. Lipinski, N. Lemann, J. Amoss
back row: J. VandeHei, J. Diaz, K. Carroll, T. Friedman, G. Moore, J. Dehli, P. Tash, D. Allen, R. Beck, L. Bollinger, P. Gigot.

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David M. Kennedy, chair; Sig Gissler, administrator

Staff

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The Washington Post
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For its exploration of how the military is using trauma surgery, brain science and other techniques both old and new to reduce fatalities among the wounded in warfare, telling the story with words, images and other tools.
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Categories: Explanatory Reporting

Staff

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The Wall Street Journal
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For its penetration of the shadowy world of fraud and abuse in Medicare, probing previously concealed government databases to identify millions of dollars in waste and corrupt practices.
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Categories: Explanatory Reporting

Sam Roe and Jared S. Hopkins

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Chicago Tribune
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For their investigation, in print and online, of 13 deaths at a home for severely disabled children and young adults, resulting in a state effort to close the facility.
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Categories: Investigative Reporting

Walt Bogdanich

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The New York Times
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For his spotlighting of medical radiation errors that injure thousands of Americans, sparking national discussion and remedial steps.
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Categories: Investigative Reporting

Staff

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The Tennessean
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For its coverage of the most devastating flood in Middle Tennessee history.
Location
Nashville
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Categories: Breaking News Reporting

Staff

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Chicago Tribune
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For its coverage of the deaths of two Chicago firefighters who were killed while searching for squatters in an abandoned burning building.
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Categories: Breaking News Reporting

The New York Times

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The New York Times
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For the work of Alan Schwarz in illuminating the peril of concussions in football and other sports, spurring a national discussion and a re-examination of helmets and of medical and coaching practices.
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Categories: Public Service

Bloomberg News

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Bloomberg News
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For the work of Daniel Golden, John Hechinger and John Lauerman that revealed how some for-profit colleges exploit low-income students, leading to a federal crackdown on a multi-billion-dollar industry.
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Categories: Public Service

Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon

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Comala
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Recording released in June, 2010 by Bridge Records, an ambitious cantata that translates into music an influential work of Latin American literature, giving voice to two cultures that intersect within the term "America."
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Categories: Music
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