Close, But No Pulitzer Cigar for Kauffman of the Local Paper
Same old story.
No Pulitzer Prize today for the local paper.
Clark Kauffman of the local paper was a finalist in investigative reporting for his exposure of glaring injustice in the handling of traffic tickets by public officials.
But this ain't horseshoes, folks. It's competition for journalism's top prizes.
People in newsrooms around the country take this stuff pretty seriously.
At least most of 'em do.
But I know one guy--a grizzled veteran who did plenty of excellent writing at the local paper--who made sure he took a day of vacation when the Pulitzers were announced.
He didn't want to be in the office to view the disappointment or the occasional excitement.
The local paper has won 15 Pulitzers over the years. Lauren Soth, James Risser and Clark Mollenhoff were among the winners.
But lots of babies have grown into big men and women since the local paper won its last Pulitzer.
Nigel Jaquiss of the Willamette Week of Portland, Ore., beat out the local paper's Kauffman to win the $10,000 prize for investigative reporting for revealing a former governor's sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl.
Hopefully, there will be a consolation prize for Kauffman. You'd think his bosses would see fit to give him a bump in pay.
Actually, they'll probably have to raise his pay to keep him from going to the Chicago Tribune.
"I'm really surprised — it's just a tremendous honor. I never thought it would happen to me," Jaquiss tearfully told his colleagues at the weekly.
The Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal each won two Pulitzers, Elizabeth LeSure of the Associated Press reported.
The award for fiction went to Marilynne Robinson for her book "Gilead." Robinson teaches at the University of Iowa Writers Workshop.
The Times won the public service award for exposing deadly medical problems and racial injustice at an inner-city hospital.
One of the two Pulitzers to the Journal was for stories about the plight of cancer survivors.
The AP won for a series of photographs of bloody year-long combat inside Iraqi cities.
The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., won for breaking news reporting for its coverage of the resignation of New Jersey's governor after he announced he was gay and confessed to adultery with a male lover.
Nigel Jaquiss of the Willamette Week of Portland, Ore., won for investigative reporting for revealing a former governor's sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl.
"I'm really surprised — it's just a tremendous honor. I never thought it would happen to me," Jaquiss tearfully told his colleagues at the weekly.
The Boston Globe's Gareth Cook won for explanatory journalism for detailing the complex scientific and ethical dimensions of stem-cell research.
The Journal's Amy Dockser Marcus won for her "masterful" stories about patients, families and physicians that illuminated the often unseen world of cancer survivors," the judges said. The paper's other award went to Joe Morgenstern for movie reviews.
Walt Bogdanich of The New York Times won for national reporting for stories about the corporate coverup of responsibility for fatal accidents at railroad crossings.
Two prizes were awarded for international reporting--Kim Murphy of the Los Angeles Times for her reporting from Russia and Newsday's Dele Olojede for his look at Rwanda a decade after its genocidal civil war.
In awarding the public service citation, the judges praised the Times for "its courageous, exhaustively researched series exposing deadly medical problems and racial injustice at a major public hospital."
Julia Keller of the Chicago Tribune won for feature writing for her reconstruction of a deadly tornado.
Connie Schultz of The Cleveland Plain Dealer was cited for what the judges called her "pungent columns that provided a voice for the underdog and underprivileged."
Tom Philp of The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee won for editorials on reclaiming California's flooded Hetch Hetchy Valley.
Nick Anderson of The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Ky., won for editorial cartooning for his unusual graphic style that produced "thoughtful and powerful messages," the judges said.
Deanne Fitzmaurice of the San Francisco Chronicle won for feature photography for what the judges said was her "sensitive photo essay" on an Oakland hospital's effort to mend an Iraqi boy nearly killed by an explosion.
Each prize is worth $10,000, except for public service, which is recognized with a gold medal.
The awards are given by Columbia University on the recommendation of the 18-member Pulitzer board, which considers nominations from jurors in each category.
2005 PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS
PUBLIC SERVICE
Los Angeles Times
BREAKING NEWS REPORTING
Staff of The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Nigel Jaquiss of Willamette Week, Portland, Ore.
EXPLANATORY REPORTING
Gareth Cook of The Boston Globe
BEAT REPORTING
Amy Dockser Marcus of The Wall Street Journal
NATIONAL REPORTING
Walt Bogdanich of The New York Times
INTERNATIONAL REPORTING
Two Prizes: Kim Murphy of the Los Angeles Times and
Dele Olojede of Newsday, Long Island, N.Y.
FEATURE WRITING
Julia Keller of the Chicago Tribune
COMMENTARY
Connie Schultz of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland
CRITICISM
Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal
EDITORIAL WRITING
Tom Philp of The Sacramento Bee
EDITORIAL CARTOONING
Nick Anderson of The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.
BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
Associated Press Staff
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Deanne Fitzmaurice of the San Francisco Chronical
FICTION
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
DRAMA
Doubt, a parable by John Patrick Shanley
HISTORY
Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer (Oxford University Press)
BIOGRAPHY de Kooning:
An American Master by Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan (Alfred A. Knopf)
POETRY
Delights & Shadows by Ted Kooser (Copper Canyon Press)
GENERAL NON-FICTION
Ghost Wars by Steve Coll (The Penguin Press)
MUSIC
Second Concerto for Orchestra by Steven Stucky (Theodore Presser Company)
No Pulitzer Prize today for the local paper.
Clark Kauffman of the local paper was a finalist in investigative reporting for his exposure of glaring injustice in the handling of traffic tickets by public officials.
But this ain't horseshoes, folks. It's competition for journalism's top prizes.
People in newsrooms around the country take this stuff pretty seriously.
At least most of 'em do.
But I know one guy--a grizzled veteran who did plenty of excellent writing at the local paper--who made sure he took a day of vacation when the Pulitzers were announced.
He didn't want to be in the office to view the disappointment or the occasional excitement.
The local paper has won 15 Pulitzers over the years. Lauren Soth, James Risser and Clark Mollenhoff were among the winners.
But lots of babies have grown into big men and women since the local paper won its last Pulitzer.
Nigel Jaquiss of the Willamette Week of Portland, Ore., beat out the local paper's Kauffman to win the $10,000 prize for investigative reporting for revealing a former governor's sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl.
Hopefully, there will be a consolation prize for Kauffman. You'd think his bosses would see fit to give him a bump in pay.
Actually, they'll probably have to raise his pay to keep him from going to the Chicago Tribune.
"I'm really surprised — it's just a tremendous honor. I never thought it would happen to me," Jaquiss tearfully told his colleagues at the weekly.
The Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal each won two Pulitzers, Elizabeth LeSure of the Associated Press reported.
The award for fiction went to Marilynne Robinson for her book "Gilead." Robinson teaches at the University of Iowa Writers Workshop.
The Times won the public service award for exposing deadly medical problems and racial injustice at an inner-city hospital.
One of the two Pulitzers to the Journal was for stories about the plight of cancer survivors.
The AP won for a series of photographs of bloody year-long combat inside Iraqi cities.
The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., won for breaking news reporting for its coverage of the resignation of New Jersey's governor after he announced he was gay and confessed to adultery with a male lover.
Nigel Jaquiss of the Willamette Week of Portland, Ore., won for investigative reporting for revealing a former governor's sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl.
"I'm really surprised — it's just a tremendous honor. I never thought it would happen to me," Jaquiss tearfully told his colleagues at the weekly.
The Boston Globe's Gareth Cook won for explanatory journalism for detailing the complex scientific and ethical dimensions of stem-cell research.
The Journal's Amy Dockser Marcus won for her "masterful" stories about patients, families and physicians that illuminated the often unseen world of cancer survivors," the judges said. The paper's other award went to Joe Morgenstern for movie reviews.
Walt Bogdanich of The New York Times won for national reporting for stories about the corporate coverup of responsibility for fatal accidents at railroad crossings.
Two prizes were awarded for international reporting--Kim Murphy of the Los Angeles Times for her reporting from Russia and Newsday's Dele Olojede for his look at Rwanda a decade after its genocidal civil war.
In awarding the public service citation, the judges praised the Times for "its courageous, exhaustively researched series exposing deadly medical problems and racial injustice at a major public hospital."
Julia Keller of the Chicago Tribune won for feature writing for her reconstruction of a deadly tornado.
Connie Schultz of The Cleveland Plain Dealer was cited for what the judges called her "pungent columns that provided a voice for the underdog and underprivileged."
Tom Philp of The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee won for editorials on reclaiming California's flooded Hetch Hetchy Valley.
Nick Anderson of The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Ky., won for editorial cartooning for his unusual graphic style that produced "thoughtful and powerful messages," the judges said.
Deanne Fitzmaurice of the San Francisco Chronicle won for feature photography for what the judges said was her "sensitive photo essay" on an Oakland hospital's effort to mend an Iraqi boy nearly killed by an explosion.
Each prize is worth $10,000, except for public service, which is recognized with a gold medal.
The awards are given by Columbia University on the recommendation of the 18-member Pulitzer board, which considers nominations from jurors in each category.
2005 PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS
PUBLIC SERVICE
Los Angeles Times
BREAKING NEWS REPORTING
Staff of The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Nigel Jaquiss of Willamette Week, Portland, Ore.
EXPLANATORY REPORTING
Gareth Cook of The Boston Globe
BEAT REPORTING
Amy Dockser Marcus of The Wall Street Journal
NATIONAL REPORTING
Walt Bogdanich of The New York Times
INTERNATIONAL REPORTING
Two Prizes: Kim Murphy of the Los Angeles Times and
Dele Olojede of Newsday, Long Island, N.Y.
FEATURE WRITING
Julia Keller of the Chicago Tribune
COMMENTARY
Connie Schultz of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland
CRITICISM
Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal
EDITORIAL WRITING
Tom Philp of The Sacramento Bee
EDITORIAL CARTOONING
Nick Anderson of The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.
BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
Associated Press Staff
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Deanne Fitzmaurice of the San Francisco Chronical
FICTION
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
DRAMA
Doubt, a parable by John Patrick Shanley
HISTORY
Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer (Oxford University Press)
BIOGRAPHY de Kooning:
An American Master by Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan (Alfred A. Knopf)
POETRY
Delights & Shadows by Ted Kooser (Copper Canyon Press)
GENERAL NON-FICTION
Ghost Wars by Steve Coll (The Penguin Press)
MUSIC
Second Concerto for Orchestra by Steven Stucky (Theodore Presser Company)
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