2016 | The Pulitzer Prizes

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front row left to right: J. Diaz, R. Blau, K. Willey, P. Gigot, M. Pride, J. Dehli, G. Collins; back row left to right: N. Brown, K. Boo, J. Daniszewski, R. Beck, E. Robinson, S. Engelberg, A. Marqués, T. Shelby, S. Hahn, S. Coll (absent: L. Bollinger)

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Paul Gigot, chair; Mike Pride, administrator

T. Christian Miller of ProPublica and Ken Armstrong of The Marshall Project

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For a startling examination and exposé of law enforcement's enduring failures to investigate reports of rape properly and to comprehend the traumatic effects on its victims.

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Categories: Explanatory Reporting

Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Michael Corkery and Robert Gebeloff

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The New York Times

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For a revelatory inquiry into a corporate strategy to add clauses to millions of contracts, stripping consumers and employees of their rights to challenge unfair business practices in court.

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Categories: Investigative Reporting

Tom Robbins of The Marshall Project and Michael Schwirtz and Michael Winerip

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The New York Times

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For a probing report that lifted the veil on an epidemic of violence by corrections officers against inmates in New York state prisons.

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Categories: Investigative Reporting

Leonora LaPeter Anton and Anthony Cormier of the Tampa Bay Times and Michael Braga of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune

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For a stellar example of collaborative reporting by two news organizations that revealed escalating violence and neglect in Florida mental hospitals and laid the blame at the door of state officials.

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Categories: Investigative Reporting

The Post and Courier Staff

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For its tenacious effort in obtaining video of a police officer shooting an unarmed Walter Scott and superb reporting that put the recorded shooting in context.

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Charleston, SC

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Categories: Breaking News Reporting

The Baltimore Sun Staff

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For fast-moving coverage of the rioting that followed the death of Freddie Gray, reflecting the newsroom's knowledge of the community and advancing the conversation about police violence.

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Categories: Breaking News Reporting

Los Angeles Times Staff

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For exceptional reporting, including both local and global perspectives, on the shooting in San Bernardino and the terror investigation that followed.

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Categories: Breaking News Reporting

Tampa Bay Times

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For exposing a local school board's culpability in turning some county schools into failure factories, with tragic consequences for the community. (Moved by the Board to the Local Reporting category, where it was also entered.)

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Categories: Public Service

InsideClimate News

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For a probe into a major oil company's decades-long misinformation campaign to muddy the debate over climate change.

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Categories: Public Service

Associated Press

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For an investigation of severe labor abuses tied to the supply of seafood to American supermarkets and restaurants, reporting that freed 2,000 slaves, brought perpetrators to justice and inspired reforms.

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Categories: Public Service

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