Wash Post wins 6 Pulitzers, NYT takes 2

Click here to read Joe Strupp's story in Editor & Publisher or click on the headline to go to the Pulitzer site.

The Washington took home six of the 14 journalism categories -- including the coveted Public Service award -- the most ever for the newspaper. The Times won two Pulitzers this year, for investigative reporting and for Explanatory Reporting. There was a tie in the investigative category, with the Chicago Tribune also getting the nod

Winners were announced at 3 p.m. at Columbia University.

The Post's six-prize sweep is second only in history to The New York Times, which won seven Pulitzers in 2002, many for its Sept. 11 coverage. The board offered no winner in editorial writing, the first time that has occurred in that category since 1993.

The Post's winners this year are:

• Public Service - Dana Priest and Anne Hull, for their Walter Reed Army Hospital expose.
• National Reporting - Barton Gellman and Jo Becker, for their series, "Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency."
• International Reporting - Steve Fainru, for his coverage of Iraq-related security and Blackwaer..
• Breaking News - Coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre.
• Commentary - Business columnist Steven Pearlstein..
• Feature Reporting - Gene Weingarten, for "Pearls Before Breakfast," his story on violinist Joshua Bell playing in the subway

The New York Times two awards are for:

• Investigative Reporting (co-winner), for its "Toxic Pipeline" series on dangerous foreign imports by Walt Bogranich and Jake Hooker.
• Explanatory Reporting, to Amy Harmon for "The DNA Age."
  

This marks the third win for Bogranich, who previously won in 1988 and 2005.

The five remaining categories:

• Feature Photography: Concord (NH) Monitor, Preston Gannawy.
• Breaking News Photography: Reuters, Andrees Latif.
• Editorial Cartooning: Investor's Business Daily, Michael Ramirez
• Local Reporting: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, David Umhofer, stories on tax laws and pension misuse.
• Criticism: Boston Globe, Mark Feeney
• Investigative Reporting (co-winner) : Chicago Tribune staff, for stories on faulty government regulation of toys, cribs, car seats
  

Footnote: Bob Dylan was awarded a special "citation" for music.