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Pulitzer Prize Nominations 2014Check all the nominations of Pulitzer Prize for the year 2014.(Click on the Award Name or Winner name to get more details.)
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Pulitzer Prize for Public Service |
Newsday (For its use of in-depth reporting and digital tools to expose shootings, beatings and other concealed misconduct by some Long Island police officers, leading to the formation of a grand jury and an official review of police accountability.) |
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Pulitzer Prize for Public Service |
The Washington Post (For its revelation of widespread secret surveillance by the National Security Agency, marked by authoritative and insightful reports that helped the public understand how the disclosures fit into the larger framework of national security.) |
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| Guardian US (For its revelation of widespread secret surveillance by the National Security Agency, helping through aggressive reporting to spark a debate about the relationship between the government and the public over issues of security and privacy.) |
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| Vijay Seshadri | 3 Sections | |
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry |
Morri Creech | The Sleep of Reason |
| Adrian Matejka | The Big Smoke | |
| Jon Hilsenrath | For his exploration of the Federal Reserve, a powerful but little understood national institution. | |
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting |
John R. Emshwiller | For their reports and searchable database on the nation\u2019s often overlooked factories and research centers that once produced nuclear weapons and now pose contamination risks. |
| Jeremy Singer-Vine | For their reports and searchable database on the nation\u2019s often overlooked factories and research centers that once produced nuclear weapons and now pose contamination risks. | |
| David Philipps | For expanding the examination of how wounded combat veterans are mistreated, focusing on loss of benefits for life after discharge by the Army for minor offenses, stories augmented with digital tools and stirring congressional action. | |
| John Adams | The Gospel According to the Other Mary | |
Pulitzer Prize for Music |
Christopher Cerrone | Invisible Cities |
| John Luther Adams | Become Ocean | |
| Rebecca O’Brien | For their jarring exposure of how heroin has permeated the suburbs of northern New Jersey, profiling addicts and anguished families and mapping the drug pipeline from South America to their community. | |
Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting |
Thomas Mashberg | For their jarring exposure of how heroin has permeated the suburbs of northern New Jersey, profiling addicts and anguished families and mapping the drug pipeline from South America to their community. |
| Joan Garrett McClane | For using an array of journalistic tools to explore the \u201Cno-snitch\u201D culture that helps perpetuate a 4 cycle of violence in one of the most dangerous cities in the South. | |
| Doug Strickland | For using an array of journalistic tools to explore the \u201Cno-snitch\u201D culture that helps perpetuate a 4 cycle of violence in one of the most dangerous cities in the South. | |
| Mary Helen Miller | For using an array of journalistic tools to explore the \u201Cno-snitch\u201D culture that helps perpetuate a 4 cycle of violence in one of the most dangerous cities in the South. | |
| Todd South | For using an array of journalistic tools to explore the \u201Cno-snitch\u201D culture that helps perpetuate a 4 cycle of violence in one of the most dangerous cities in the South. | |
| Will Hobson | For their relentless investigation into the squalid conditions that marked housing for the city\u2019s substantial homeless population, leading to swift reforms. | |
| Michael LaForgia | For their relentless investigation into the squalid conditions that marked housing for the city\u2019s substantial homeless population, leading to swift reforms. | |
| Cynthia Hubert | For their probe of a Las Vegas mental hospital that used commercial buses to \u201Cdump\u201Dmore than 1,500 psychiatric patients in 48 states over five years, reporting that brought an end to the practice and the firing of hospital employees. | |
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting |
Phillip Reese | For their probe of a Las Vegas mental hospital that used commercial buses to \u201Cdump\u201Dmore than 1,500 psychiatric patients in 48 states over five years, reporting that brought an end to the practice and the firing of hospital employees. |
| Megan Twohey | For her exposure of an underground Internet marketplace where parents could bypass social welfare regulations and get rid of children they had adopted overseas but no longer wanted, the stories triggering governmental action to curb the practice. | |
| Chris Hamby | For his reports on how some lawyers and doctors rigged a system to deny benefits to coal miners stricken with black lung disease, resulting in remedial legislative efforts. | |
| Raja Abdulrahim | For their vivid coverage of the Syrian civil war, showing at grave personal risk how both sides of the conflict contribute to the bloodshed, fear and corruption that define daily life. | |
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting |
Patrick McDonnell | For their vivid coverage of the Syrian civil war, showing at grave personal risk how both sides of the conflict contribute to the bloodshed, fear and corruption that define daily life. |
| Rukmini Maria Callimachi | For her discovery and fearless exploration of internal documents that shattered myths and deepened understanding of the global terrorist network of al-Qaida. | |
| Jason Szep | For their courageous reports on the violent persecution of the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in Myanmar that, in efforts to flee the country, often falls victim to predatory human-trafficking networks. | |
| Andrew Marshall | For their courageous reports on the violent persecution of the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in Myanmar that, in efforts to flee the country, often falls victim to predatory human-trafficking networks. | |
| Eric Schlosser | Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety | |
Pulitzer Prize for History |
Jacqueline Jones | A Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race from the Colonial Era to Obama's America |
| Alan Taylor | The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832 | |
| Fred Kaplan | The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War | |
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction |
Gary J. Bass | The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger and a Forgotten Genocide |
| Dan Fagin | Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation | |
| Bob Shacochis | The Woman Who Lost Her Soul | |
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
Philipp Meyer | The Son |
| Donna Tartt | The Goldfinch | |
| Mark Johnson | For his meticulously told tale about a group of first-year medical students in their gross anatomy class and the relationships they develop with one another and the nameless corpse on the table, an account enhanced by multimedia elements. | |
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing |
Christopher Goffard | For his account of an ex-police officer\u2019s nine-day killing spree in Southern California, notable for its pacing, character development and rich detail. |
| Scott Farwell | For his story about a young woman's struggle to live a normal life after years of ghastly child abuse, an examination of human resilience in the face of depravity. | |
| Michael Williamson | For his portfolio of pictures exploring the multi-faceted impact of the nation\u2019s food stamp program on 47 million recipients | |
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography |
Lacy Atkins | For her revealing portrait of an Oakland school's efforts to help African-American boys avoid neighborhood risks and profit from education. |
| Josh Haner | For his moving essay on a Boston Marathon bomb blast victim who lost most of both legs and now is painfully rebuilding his life | |
| Les Zaitz | For chilling narratives that, at personal risk to him and his sources, revealed how lethal Mexican drug cartels infiltrated Oregon and other regions of the country. | |
Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting |
Dennis Overbye | For his authoritative illumination of the race by two competing teams of 3,000 scientists and technicians over a seven-year period to discover what physicists call the \u201CGod particle\u201D. |
| Eli Saslow | For his unsettling and nuanced reporting on the prevalence of food stamps in post-recession America, forcing readers to grapple with issues of poverty and dependency. | |
| Andie Dominick | For her diligent editorials challenging Iowa\u2019s arcane licensing laws that regulate occupations ranging from cosmetologists to dentists and often protect practitioners more than the public. | |
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing |
Dante Ramos | For his evocative editorials urging Boston to become a more modern, around-the-clock city by shedding longtime restrictions and removing bureaucratic obstacles that can sap its vitality. |
| Erik Lukens | For its lucid editorials that explain the urgent but complex issue of rising pension costs, notably engaging readers and driving home the link between necessary solutions and their impact on everyday lives. | |
| Mark Hester | For its lucid editorials that explain the urgent but complex issue of rising pension costs, notably engaging readers and driving home the link between necessary solutions and their impact on everyday lives. | |
| Susan Nielsen | For its lucid editorials that explain the urgent but complex issue of rising pension costs, notably engaging readers and driving home the link between necessary solutions and their impact on everyday lives. | |
| Len Reed | For its lucid editorials that explain the urgent but complex issue of rising pension costs, notably engaging readers and driving home the link between necessary solutions and their impact on everyday lives. | |
| Nora Simon | For its lucid editorials that explain the urgent but complex issue of rising pension costs, notably engaging readers and driving home the link between necessary solutions and their impact on everyday lives. | |
| Pat Bagley | For his adroit use of images and words that cut to the core of often emotional issues for his readership. | |
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning |
David Horsey | For his wide ranging cartoons that blend skillful caricature with irreverence, causing readers both to laugh and think. |
| Kevin Siers | For his thought provoking cartoons drawn with a sharp wit and bold artistic style. | |
| Lisa Kron | Fun Home | |
Pulitzer Prize for Drama |
Jeanine Tesori | Fun Home |
| Madeleine George | The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence | |
| Annie Baker | The Flick | |
| Jenna Graves | For her visual arts criticism that, with elegant and vivid description, informs readers about how to look at the complexities of contemporary art and the world in which it\u2019s made. | |
Pulitzer Prize for Criticism |
Mary McNamara | For her trenchant and witty television criticism, engaging readers through essays and reviews that feature a conversational style and the force of fresh ideas. |
| Inga Saffron | For her criticism of architecture that blends expertise, civic passion and sheer readability into arguments that consistently stimulate and surprise. | |
| Stephen Henderson | For his columns on the financial crisis facing his hometown, written with passion and a stirring sense of place, sparing no one in their critique. | |
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary |
Lisa Falkenberg | For her provocative metro columns written from the perspective of a sixth-generation Texan, often challenging the powerful and giving voice to the voiceless. |
| Kevin Cullen | For his street-wise local columns that capture the spirit of a city, especially after its famed Marathon was devastated by terrorist bombings. | |
| The Washington Post (For its alert, in-depth coverage of the mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, employing a mix of platforms to tell a developing story with accuracy and sensitivity.) |
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Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting |
The Arizona Republic (For its compelling coverage of a fast-moving wildfire that claimed the lives of 19 firefighters and destroyed more than a hundred homes, using an array of journalistic tools to tell the story.) |
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| The Boston Globe (For its exhaustive and empathetic coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings and the ensuing manhunt that enveloped the city, using photography and a range of digital tools to capture the full impact of the tragedy.) |
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| Goran Tomasevic | For his sequence of photographs that chronicle two hours of fierce combat on the rebel frontline in Syria\u2019s civil war. | |
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography |
John Tlumacki | For their searing photographs that captured the shock, chaos and heroism after the bloody Boston Marathon bombings. |
| David L. Ryan | For their searing photographs that captured the shock, chaos and heroism after the bloody Boston Marathon bombings. | |
| Tyler Hicks | For his compelling pictures that showed skill and bravery in documenting the unfolding terrorist attack at Westgate mall in Kenya. | |
| Jonathan Sperber | Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life | |
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography |
Leo Damrosch | Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World |
| Megan Marshall | Margaret Fuller: A New American Life |
