Pulitzer Prize 2006

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At the 90th Pulitzer Prize , the winners were announced on April 17, 2006.

For the first time since 1997 no prize was awarded in the theater (drama) category. The Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting was last awarded in 2006. From 2007 onwards there will be the “Local Reporting” category, which existed from 1948 to 1952.

Categories and award winners

category Category Prize winners and publishers (in italics)
journalism Journalism
Public service Public service The Times-Picayune , New Orleans
Sun Herald , Biloxi, Mississippi
Current reporting Breaking news reporting Employee at The Times-Picayune , New Orleans
Investigative journalism Investigative reporting Susan Schmidt , James V. Grimaldi, and R. Jeffrey Smith of the Washington Post
Background reporting Explanatory reporting David Finkel of the Washington Post
Beat reporting Beat reporting Dana Priest for the Washington Post
Domestic reporting National reporting James Risen and Eric Lichtblau from the New York Times
Contributor to the San Diego Union-Tribune and the Copley News Service , with substantial contributions from Marcus Stern and Jerry Kammer
Foreign reporting International reporting Joseph Kahn and Jim Yardley of the New York Times
Feature writing Feature writing Jim Sheeler of Rocky Mountain News , Denver, Colorado
comment Commentary Nicholas D. Kristof of the New York Times
criticism Criticism Robin Givhan of the Washington Post
editorial Editorial writing Rick Attig and Doug Bates from The Oregonian , Portland
cartoon Editorial cartooning Mike Luckovich for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Current photo coverage Breaking News Photography Staff member of The Dallas Morning News
Feature photo coverage Feature Photography Todd Heisler for Rocky Mountain News , Denver, Colorado
Literature, theater and music Letters, Drama & Music
Fiction Fiction Geraldine Brooks with “March” (German: “On open field”) at Viking Press
theatre drama was not awarded
history History David M. Oshinsky with “Polio: An American Story” for Oxford University Press
Biography or autobiography Biography or Autobiography Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin with "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer" at Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
poetry Poetry Claudia Emerson with Late Wife at Louisiana State University Press
Non-fiction General non-fiction Caroline Elkins with “Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya” for Henry Holt and Company
music Music Yehudi Wyner with “Piano Concerto: Chiavi in ​​Mano” with Associated Music Publishers
Special Price Special Awards and Citations
Special Price Special Citations Edmund S. Morgan (1916–2013, American historian) - "for his creative and influential life's work, which spanned the last half century"
Thelonious Monk (1917–1982, US Afro-American jazz musician) - posthumously "for his innovative musical compositions which had a significant and lasting influence on the development of jazz"

jury

The jury consisted of the following 4 women and 15 men:

  1. Jim Amoss , Editor, The Times-Picayune , New Orleans, LA
  2. Amanda Bennett , Editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer
  3. Lee C. Bollinger , President, Columbia University , New York, NY
  4. Joann Byrd , Former Editor, Seattle Post-Intelligencer , Seattle, WA
  5. Kathleen Carroll , Editor and Vice President, Associated Press
  6. Thomas L. Friedman , columnist, The New York Times , New York, NY
  7. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. , Professor, WEB Du Bois Institute, Harvard University , Cambridge, MA
  8. Sig Gissler , Administrator, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University , New York, NY
  9. Donald E. Graham , chairman, The Washington Post
  10. Anders Gyllenhaal , Editor and Vice President, Star Tribune , Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
  11. Jay T. Harris , Director of the Center for the Study of Journalism and Democracy, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California , Los Angeles, CA
  12. David M. Kennedy , Professor em. , Stanford University , Palo Alto, CA
  13. Nicholas Lemann , Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University , New York, NY
  14. Ann Marie Lipinski , Vice President and Editor, Chicago Tribune , Chicago, IL
  15. Gregory L. Moore , Editor, The Denver Post , Denver, CO
  16. Richard Oppel , Editor, Austin American-Statesman , Austin, TX
  17. Mike Pride , Editor, Concord Monitor , Concord, NH
  18. Paul Steiger , Editor, The Wall Street Journal , New York, NY
  19. Paul C. Tash , Editor and CEO, The St. Petersburg Times , St. Petersburg, FL

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prize winners and finalists from 2006 on www.pulitzer.org (English)
  2. ↑ a b Special prices 2006 on www.pulitzer.org (English)
  3. ↑ Members of the jury from 2006 on www.pulitzer.org (English)