Awards & Winners

1988 Pulitzer Prize

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1988 Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction

Richard Rhodes

Honored for : The Making of the Atomic Bomb

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Nominee Nominated Work
Daniel Callahan Setting Limits: Medical Goals in an Aging Society
James Gleick Chaos: Making a New Science
Richard Rhodes The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Toni Morrison

Honored for : Beloved

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Nominee Nominated Work
Toni Morrison Beloved
Diane Johnson Persian Nights
Alice McDermott That Night
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting

Tim Weiner

(For his series of reports on a secret Pentagon budget used by the government to sponsor defense research and an arms buildup.)

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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.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For its series "Divided We Stand," about the resurgence of segregation in American schools.
Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting

Walt Bogdanich

([Specialized Reporting] For his chilling series of reports on faulty testing by American medical laboratories.)

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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.
Pulitzer Prize for Music

William Bolcom

Honored for : 12 New Etudes for Piano

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Nominee Nominated Work
William Bolcom 12 New Etudes for Piano
Gunther Schuller Concerto For String Quartet and Orchestra
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

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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Nominee Nominated Work
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.
Montgomery Advertiser
For its compelling investigation of the state's unusually high infant-mortality rate, which prompted legislation to combat the problem.
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.
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

Dean Baquet, William Gaines, Ann Marie Lipinski

(For their detailed reporting on the self-interest and waste that plague Chicago's City Council.)

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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.
Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism

Daniel Hertzberg, James B. Stewart

(For their stories about an investment banker charged with insider trading and the critical day that followed the October 19, 1987 Black Monday stock market crash.)

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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.
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting

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.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
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.
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.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
[General News Reporting] For sustained coverage of an 11-day riot by Cuban inmates at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.
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.
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting

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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Nominee Nominated Work
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.
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.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
[General News Reporting] For sustained coverage of an 11-day riot by Cuban inmates at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.
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.
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

Thomas L. Friedman

(For balanced and informed coverage of Israel.)

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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.
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing

Jacqui Banaszynski

(For her moving series about the life and death of an AIDS victim in a rural farm community.)

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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.
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary

Dave Barry

(For his consistently effective use of humor as a device for presenting fresh insights into serious concerns.)

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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.
Pulitzer Prize for Criticism

Tom Shales

(For his television criticism.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tom Shales
For his television criticism.
Michael Skube
For his book reviews.
Allan Temko
For his architecture criticism.
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing

Jane Healy

(For her series of editorials protesting overdevelopment of Florida's Orange County.)

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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.
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning

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Nominee Nominated Work
Doug Marlette
David Fitzsimmons
Don Wright
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography

Michel duCille

(For photographs portraying the decay and subsequent rehabilitation of a housing project overrun by the drug crack.)

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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.
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography

David Herbert Donald

Honored for : Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kenneth Lynn Hemingway
John McCormick George Santayana: A Biography
David Herbert Donald Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

William Morris Meredith

Honored for : Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lucille Clifton Good Woman: Poems and A Memoir, 1969-1980
C. K. Williams Flesh and Blood
William Morris Meredith Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems
Pulitzer Prize for History

Robert V. Bruce

Honored for : The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846\u20131876

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Montgomery The Fall of the House of Labor
Charles E. Rosenberg The Care of Strangers: The Rise of America's Hospital System
Robert V. Bruce The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846\u20131876
Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Alfred Uhry

Honored for : Driving Miss Daisy

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Nominee Nominated Work
Alfred Uhry Driving Miss Daisy
Howard Korder Boy's Life
Eric Bogosian Talk Radio
Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography

Scott Shaw

(For his photograph of the child Jessica McClure being rescued from the well into which she had fallen.)

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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.