The

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...

s for 1995 were announced on April 18, 1995.

Journalism awards

* Public Service: **'' Virgin Islands Daily News'', St. Thomas, for its disclosure of the links between the region's rampant crime rate and corruption in the local criminal justice system. The reporting largely the work of Melvin Claxton, initiated political reforms. * Spot News Reporting: **Staff of the '' Los Angeles Times'', for its reporting on January 17, 1994, of the chaos and devastation in the aftermath of the

Northridge earthquake The 1994 Northridge earthquake was a moment 6.7 (), blind thrust earthquake that occurred on January 17, 1994, at 4:30:55 a.m. PST in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles. The quake had a duration of approximately ...

. * Investigative Reporting: ** Brian Donovan and

Stephanie Saul Stephanie Saul is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist known for her work at '' Newsday'' and ''The New York Times''. Early life Saul grew up in New Albany, Mississippi. In middle school, she wrote the "Snoop" column for the school newspaper. In ...

, ''

Newsday ''Newsday'' is an American daily newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, although it is also sold throughout the New York metropolitan area. The slogan of the newspaper is "Newsday, Your Eye on LI", and f ...

'',

Long Island, New York Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United States and the 18th ...

, for their stories that revealed disability-pension abuses by local police. *

Explanatory Journalism Explanatory journalism or explanatory reporting is a form of reporting that attempts to present ongoing news stories in a more accessible manner by providing greater context than would be presented in traditional news sources. The term is often a ...

: ** Leon Dash, staff writer, and

Lucian Perkins Lucian Perkins is an American photojournalist, who is best known for covering a number of conflicts with profound compassion for his photograph's subjects, including the war in Afghanistan, Kosovo and the 1991 Persian Gulf War. It has been said ...

, photographer of '' The Washington Post'', for their profile of a District of Columbia family's struggle with destructive cycles of

poverty Poverty is the state of having few material possessions or little income. Poverty can have diverse social, economic, and political causes and effects. When evaluating poverty in ...

, illiteracy, crime and

drug abuse Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, is the use of a drug in amounts or by methods which are harmful to the individual or others. It is a form of substance-related disorder. Differing definitions of drug abuse are used in public health, ...

. *

Beat Reporting Beat reporting, also known as specialized reporting, is a genre of journalism focused on a particular issue, sector, organization, or institution over time. Description Beat reporters build up a base of knowledge on and gain familiarity with th ...

: **

David Shribman David Shribman is an American journalist and author, with a career spanning many well-known newspapers. He has since turned to teaching. Shribman won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting. At the time, he served as the Boston Globe's Washin ...

, '' The Boston Globe'', for his analytical reporting on Washington developments and the national scene. *

National Reporting This Pulitzer Prize has been awarded since 1942 for a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs in the United States. In its first six years (1942–1947), it was called the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting – National. Li ...

: **

Tony Horwitz Anthony Lander Horwitz (June 9, 1958 – May 27, 2019) was an American journalist and author who won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. His books include ''One for the Road: a Hitchhiker's Outback'', ''Baghdad Without a Map'', '' ...

of '' The Wall Street Journal'', for stories about working conditions in low-wage America. * International Reporting: **

Mark Fritz Mark Fritz is a war correspondent and author. A native of Detroit and graduate of Wayne State University, he won a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1995 for his stories concerning the Rwandan genocide. Journalism career As a staf ...

, Associated Press, for his reporting on the ethnic violence and slaughter in

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. *

Feature Writing A feature story is a piece of non-fiction writing about news. A feature story is a type of soft news. The main sub-types are the ''news feature'' and the ''human-interest story''. A feature story is distinguished from other types of non-news ...

: ** Ron Suskind, '' The Wall Street Journal'', for his stories about inner-city honors students in Washington, D.C., and their determination to survive and prosper. * Commentary: ** Jim Dwyer, ''

'',

, for his compelling and compassionate columns about New York City. *

Criticism Criticism is the construction of a judgement about the negative qualities of someone or something. Criticism can range from impromptu comments to a written detailed response. , ''"the act of giving your opinion or judgment about the good or bad q ...

: ** Margo Jefferson, '' The New York Times'', for her book reviews and other cultural criticism. *

Editorial Writing The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing is one of the fourteen American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Journalism. It has been awarded since 1917 for distinguished editorial writing, the test of excellence being clearness of style, ...

: ** Jeffrey Good, '' St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times'', for his editorial campaign urging reform of Florida's probate system for settling estates. *

Editorial Cartooning An editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is an artist who draws editorial cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary. Their cartoons are used to convey and question an aspect of daily news or curren ...

: **

Mike Luckovich Michael Edward Luckovich ( ; born January 28, 1960) is a liberal editorial cartoonist who has worked for ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' since 1989. He is the 2005 winner of the Reuben, the National Cartoonists Society's top award for car ...

, '' The Atlanta Constitution'' * Spot News Photography: ** Carol Guzy of '' The Washington Post'', for her series of photographs illustrating the crisis in

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and its aftermath. * Feature Photography: **Staff of Associated Press, for its portfolio of photographs chronicling the horror and devastation in Rwanda.

Letters awards

Fiction Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditi ...

: **''

The Stone Diaries ''The Stone Diaries'' is a 1993 novel by Carol Shields. Plot summary The book is the fictional autobiography of Daisy Goodwill Flett, a seemingly ordinary woman whose life is marked by death and loss from the beginning, when her mother dies dur ...

'' by Carol Shields ( Viking) * History: **'' No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II'' by Doris Kearns Goodwin ( Simon & Schuster) * Biography or Autobiography: **'' Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life'' by

Joan D. Hedrick Joan Doran Hedrick (born May 1, 1944) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Jack London. Early life and career Hedrick was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Paul Thomas Doran and Jane Connorton Doran. S ...

( Oxford University Press) * Poetry: **'' The Simple Truth'' by Philip Levine ( Alfred A. Knopf) * General Non-Fiction: **'' The Beak Of The Finch: A Story Of Evolution In Our Time'' by

Jonathan Weiner Jonathan Weiner (born November 26, 1953) is an American writer of non-fiction books based on his biological observations, focusing particularly on evolution in the Galápagos Islands, genetics, and the environment. His latest book is ''Long for ...

( Alfred A. Knopf)

Arts awards

* Drama: **''The Young Man From Atlanta'' by Horton Foote ( Dutton) * Music: **'' Stringmusic'' by Morton Gould (

G. Schirmer G. Schirmer, Inc. is an American classical music publishing company based in New York City, founded in 1861. The oldest active music publisher in the United States, Schirmer publishes sheet music for sale and rental, and represents some well-know ...

) Premiered on March 10, 1994, by the

National Symphony Orchestra The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) is an American symphony orchestra based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1930, its principal performing venue is the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It also performs for the annual National Mem ...

at The John F. Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.

References

External links

* {{Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prizes by year