Pulitzer Prize / Investigative Journalism

The Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Journalism has been presented under a variety of names since 1953.

From 1953 to 1963 the category was named "Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, No Edition Time".
1964 to 1984, the category was named "Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Journalism" (Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting).

List of award winners

2019: Matt Hamilton , Harriet Ryan and Paul Pringle of the Los Angeles Times
2018: The Washington Post
2017: Eric Eyre , Charleston Gazette-Mail
2016: Leonora LaPeter Anton and Anthony Cormier , Tampa Bay Times and Michael Braga , Sarasota Herald-Tribune
2015: Contributor to The Wall Street Journal ; Eric Lipton of The New York Times
2014: Chris Hamby from The Center for Public Integrity
2013: David Barstow and Alejandra Xanic from Bertrab, The New York Times
2012: Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Eileen Sullivan, and Chris Hawley, Associated Press
2011: Paige St. John , Sarasota Herald-Tribune
2010: Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman, Philadelphia Daily News; Sheri Fink, ProPublica in association with The New York Times Magazine

2009: David Barstow; The New York Times
2008: (two winners) Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker; The New York Times and The Chicago Tribune Staff
2007: Brett Blackledge, Birmingham (Ala.) News
2006: Susan Schmidt, James V. Grimaldi, and R. Jeffrey Smith, The Washington Post
2005: Nigel Jaquiss of Willamette Week , Portland, Oregon,
2004: Michael D. Sallah, Joe Mahr and Mitch Weiss, Toledo Blade,
2003: Clifford J. Levy, The New York Times,
2002: Sari Horwitz, Scott Higham and Sarah Cohen, The Washington Post,
2001: David Willman, Los Angeles Times,
2000: Sang-Hun Choe, Charles J. Hanley and Martha Mendoza, Associated Press,

1989: Bill Dedman, Atlanta Journal and Constitution,
1988: Dean Baquet, William C. Gaines and Ann Marie Lipinski, Chicago Tribune,
1987: Daniel R. Biddle, HG Bissinger and Fredric N. Tulsky, The Philadelphia Inquirer,
1986: Jeffrey A. Marx and Michael M. York, Lexington Herald-Leader (Kentucky),
1985: Lucy Morgan and Jack Reed, St. Petersburg Times (Florida),
1985: William K. Marimow, The Philadelphia Inquirer,

1984: Kenneth Cooper, Joan Fitz Gerald, Jonathan Kaufman, Norman Lockman, Gary McMillan, Kirk Scharfenberg and David Wessel, Boston Globe,
1983: Loretta Tofani, The Washington Post,
1982: Paul Henderson, Seattle Times,
1981: Clark Hallas and Robert B. Lowe, Arizona Daily Star,
1980: Stephen A. Kurkjian, Alexander B. Hawes Jr., Nils Bruzelius, Joan Vennochi and Robert M. Porterfield, Boston Globe,

1979: Gilbert M. Gaul and Elliot G. Jaspin, Pottsville Republican (Pennsylvania),
1978: Anthony R. Dolan, Stamford Advocate,
1977: Acel Moore and Wendell Rawls Jr., The Philadelphia Inquirer,
1976: Associate with the Chicago Tribune,
1975: Indianapolis Star,
1974: William Sherman, New York Daily News,
1973: The Sun Newspapers Of Omaha,
1972: Timothy Leland, Gerard M. O'Neill, Stephen A. Kurkjian and Ann Desantis, Boston Globe,
1971: William Jones, Chicago Tribune,
1970: Harold Eugene Martin, Montgomery Advertiser and Alabama Journal,

1969: Albert L. Delugach and Denny Walsh, St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
1968: J. Anthony Lukas, The New York Times,
1967: Gene Miller, Miami Herald,
1966: John Anthony Frasca, Tampa Tribune,
1965: Gene Goltz, Houston Post,
1964: James V. Magee, Albert V. Gaudiosi and Frederick Meyer, Philadelphia Bulletin,