1988 Pulitzer Prize
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Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Daniel Callahan |
Setting Limits: Medical Goals in an Aging Society
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| James Gleick |
Chaos: Making a New Science
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| Richard Rhodes |
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Toni Morrison |
Beloved
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| Diane Johnson |
Persian Nights
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| Alice McDermott |
That Night
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Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Tim Weiner |
For his series of reports on a secret Pentagon budget used by the government to sponsor defense research and an arms buildup. |
| George Anthan |
For stories about contaminated poultry, which revealed deficiencies in USDA inspection procedures and prompted legislative action. |
| Mike Masterson |
For their series of articles that profiled corruption and mismanagement in Federal Indian programs nationwide and helped generate a Senate investigation. |
| Chuck Cook |
For their series of articles that profiled corruption and mismanagement in Federal Indian programs nationwide and helped generate a Senate investigation. |
| Mark Trahant |
For their series of articles that profiled corruption and mismanagement in Federal Indian programs nationwide and helped generate a Senate investigation. |
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For its series "Divided We Stand," about the resurgence of segregation in American schools. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Walt Bogdanich |
[Specialized Reporting] For his chilling series of reports on faulty testing by American medical laboratories. |
| Natalie Fobes |
[Specialized Reporting] For stories and photographs portraying the Pacific salmon's struggle to survive man-made hazards. |
| Lexington Herald-Leader |
[Specialized Reporting] For its report on the rise and fall of Spendthrift Farm, the famed Kentucky horse breeders. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Music
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| William Bolcom |
12 New Etudes for Piano
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| Gunther Schuller |
Concerto For String Quartet and Orchestra
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Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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The Charlotte Observer
For revealing misuse of funds by the PTL television ministry through persistent coverage conducted in the face of a massive campaign by PTL to discredit the newspaper. |
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Montgomery Advertiser
For its compelling investigation of the state's unusually high infant-mortality rate, which prompted legislation to combat the problem. |
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The Courier-Journal
For reporting that described vote-buying and influence peddling in Kentucky elections and resulted in calls for new state and federal legislation. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Dean Baquet |
For their detailed reporting on the self-interest and waste that plague Chicago's City Council. |
| William Gaines |
For their detailed reporting on the self-interest and waste that plague Chicago's City Council. |
| Ann Marie Lipinski |
For their detailed reporting on the self-interest and waste that plague Chicago's City Council. |
| Larry Copeland |
For documenting pervasive racial injustice in Georgia's Toombs Judicial Circuit. |
| Tracy Thompson |
For documenting pervasive racial injustice in Georgia's Toombs Judicial Circuit. |
| Carlton Smith |
For their reports on the mishandled investigation of the Green River murders, the biggest unsolved serial killer case in America. |
| Tomas Guillen |
For their reports on the mishandled investigation of the Green River murders, the biggest unsolved serial killer case in America. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Daniel Hertzberg |
For their stories about an investment banker charged with insider trading and the critical day that followed the October 19, 1987, stock market crash. |
| James B. Stewart |
For their stories about an investment banker charged with insider trading and the critical day that followed the October 19, 1987, stock market crash. |
| Tim Weiner |
For his series of reports on a secret Pentagon budget used by the government to sponsor defense research and an arms buildup. |
| Athelia Knight |
For her account of a year in the life of an urban high school, an in-depth portrait that examined many of the problems facing American education. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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The Eagle-Tribune
[General News Reporting] For an investigation that revealed serious flaws in the Massachusetts prison furlough system and led to significant statewide reforms. |
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Montgomery Advertiser
[General News Reporting] For its compelling investigation of the state's unusually high infant-mortality rate, which prompted legislation to combat the problem. |
| Sam Stanton |
[General News Reporting] For his reporting on Governor Evan Mecham's turbulent first year in office. |
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
[General News Reporting] For sustained coverage of an 11-day riot by Cuban inmates at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. |
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The Charlotte Observer
[General News Reporting] For revealing misuse of funds by the PTL television ministry through persistent coverage conducted in the face of a massive campaign by PTL to discredit the newspaper. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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The Eagle-Tribune
[General News Reporting] For an investigation that revealed serious flaws in the Massachusetts prison furlough system and led to significant statewide reforms. |
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Montgomery Advertiser
[General News Reporting] For its compelling investigation of the state's unusually high infant-mortality rate, which prompted legislation to combat the problem. |
| Sam Stanton |
[General News Reporting] For his reporting on Governor Evan Mecham's turbulent first year in office. |
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
[General News Reporting] For sustained coverage of an 11-day riot by Cuban inmates at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. |
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The Charlotte Observer
[General News Reporting] For revealing misuse of funds by the PTL television ministry through persistent coverage conducted in the face of a massive campaign by PTL to discredit the newspaper. |
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Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Thomas L. Friedman |
For balanced and informed coverage of Israel. |
| Larry Olmstead |
For comprehensive reports from South Africa about the African National Congress. |
| Randall Richard |
For his series \"The Baby Trade,\" describing Americans eager to adopt Latin-American children and the parents who choose to give them up. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jacqui Banaszynski |
For her moving series about the life and death of an AIDS victim in a rural farm community. |
| Lynne Duke |
For her powerful story about life at a housing project overrun by the drug crack. |
| John Dorschner |
For richly detailed stories about a violent neighborhood feud, ethnic tensions in the Miami police department and Holocaust survivors in South Florida. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Molly Ivins |
For her witty columns on a variety of social and political issues. |
| Dave Barry |
For his consistently effective use of humor as a device for presenting fresh insights into serious concerns. |
| Ira Berkow |
For thoughtful commentary on the sports scene. |
| Michael Kinsley |
For his incisive commentary on a wide range of political topics. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Tom Shales |
For his television criticism. |
| Michael Skube |
For his book reviews. |
| Allan Temko |
For his architecture criticism. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jane Healy |
For her series of editorials protesting overdevelopment of Florida's Orange County. |
| Bernard L. Stein |
For his editorials on a variety of local and national issues. |
| Joe Dolman |
For his editorials on the rights of Cuban refugees imprisoned in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Doug Marlette |
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| David Fitzsimmons |
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| Don Wright |
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Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Michel duCille |
For photographs portraying the decay and subsequent rehabilitation of a housing project overrun by the drug crack. |
| George Widman |
For his photograph of a homeless man in Philadelphia. |
| Barbara J. Ries |
For a photograph taken on Veterans Day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Kenneth Lynn |
Hemingway
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| John McCormick |
George Santayana: A Biography
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| David Herbert Donald |
Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Lucille Clifton |
Good Woman: Poems and A Memoir, 1969-1980
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| C. K. Williams |
Flesh and Blood
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| William Morris Meredith |
Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems
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Pulitzer Prize for History
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Montgomery |
The Fall of the House of Labor
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| Charles E. Rosenberg |
The Care of Strangers: The Rise of America's Hospital System
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| Robert V. Bruce |
The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846\u20131876
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Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Alfred Uhry |
Driving Miss Daisy
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| Howard Korder |
Boy's Life
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| Eric Bogosian |
Talk Radio
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Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Scott Shaw |
For his photograph of the child Jessica McClure being rescued from the well into which she had fallen. |
| Paul Vathis |
For his sequence of photographs of a Pennsylvania state official who shot himself during a news conference. |
| Carol Guzy |
For their series of photographs depicting the violence and political turmoil in Haiti. |
| Brian Smith |
For their series of photographs depicting the violence and political turmoil in Haiti. |
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