List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, Edition Time
* 1953 Pulitzer Prize, 1953: Editorial Staff of Providence (RI) ''Journal and Evening Bulletin'', "for their spontaneous and cooperative coverage of a bank robbery and police chase leading to the capture of the bandit." * 1954 Pulitzer Prize, 1954: Staff of Vicksburg (MS) ''Sunday Post-Herald'', "for its outstanding coverage of the tornado of December 5, 1953, under extraordinary difficulties." * 1955 Pulitzer Prize, 1955: Caro Brown, ''Alice Echo-News Journal, Alice'' (TX) ''Alice Echo-News Journal, Daily Echo'', "for a series of news stories dealing with the successful attack on one-man political rule in neighboring Duval County, written under unusual pressure both of edition time and difficult, even dangerous, circumstances. Mrs. Brown dug into the facts behind the dramatic daily events, as well, and obtained her stories in spite of the bitterest political opposition, showing professional skill and courage." * 1956 Pulitzer Prize, 1956: Lee Hills (journalist), Lee Hills, ''Detroit Free Press'', ;'for his aggressive, resourceful and comprehensive front page reporting of the United Automobile Workers' negotiations with Ford and General Motors for a guaranteed annual wage." * 1957 Pulitzer Prize, 1957: Staff of Salt Lake Tribune, ''Salt Lake'' ''Tribune'', "for its prompt and efficient coverage of the 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision, crash of two air liners over the Grand Canyon, in which 128 persons were killed." * 1958 Pulitzer Prize, 1958: Staff of Fargo Forum, ''Fargo'' (ND) ''Forum'', (ND)"for its swift, vivid and detailed news and picture coverage of a tornado which struck Fargo on June 20." * 1959 Pulitzer Prize, 1959: Mary Lou Forbes, Mary Lou Werner, ''Washington Star, The Evening Star'', (Washington DC) "for her comprehensive year-long coverage of the integration crisis in Virginia which demonstrated admirable qualities of accuracy, speed and the ability to interpret the news under deadline pressure in the course of a difficult and taxing assignment" * 1960 Pulitzer Prize, 1960: Jack Nelson (journalist), Jack Nelson, ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Atlanta Constitution'', "for his reporting of abuses at the Milledgeville Central State Mental Hospital." * 1961 Pulitzer Prize, 1961: Ted Morgan (writer), Sanche De Gramont, (Ted Morgan) of the ''New York Herald Tribune'' "for s:Leonard Warren Dies at the Met, his moving account of the death of Leonard Warren on the Metropolitan Opera stage." * 1962 Pulitzer Prize, 1962: Robert D. Mullins, ''Deseret News'', Salt Lake City, UT, "For his resourceful coverage of a murder and kidnapping at Dead Horse Point, Utah." * 1963 Pulitzer Prize, 1963: Sylvan Fox, Anthony Shannon, William Longgood, ''New York World-Telegram and Sun'' "for their reporting of an air crash in Jamaica Bay, killing 95 persons on March 1, 1962."List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Local General or Spot News Reporting
* 1964 Pulitzer Prize, 1964: Norman C. Miller The Wall Street Journal, "for his comprehensive account of a multi-million dollar vegetable oil swindle in New Jersey. * 1965 Pulitzer Prize, 1965: Mel Ruder, Melvin H. Ruder Hungry Horse News, a weekly in Columbia Falls, MT, "for his daring and resourceful coverage of a disastrous flood that threatened his community, an individual effort in the finest tradition of spot news reporting. * 1966 Pulitzer Prize, 1966: Staff Los Angeles Times, "for its coverage of the Watts riots. * 1967 Pulitzer Prize, 1967: Robert V. Cox Chambersburg Public Opinion, Chambersburg (PA) Public Opinion, "for his vivid deadline reporting of a mountain manhunt that ended with the killing of a deranged sniper who had terrorized the community. * 1968 Pulitzer Prize, 1968: Staff Detroit Free Press, "for its coverage of the Detroit riots of 1967, recognizing both the brilliance of its detailed spot news staff work and its swift and accurate investigation into the underlying causes of the tragedy. * 1969 Pulitzer Prize, 1969: John Fetterman (reporter), John Fetterman The Louisville Times, Louisville (TN) Times and The Courier-Journal, Courier-Journal, "for his article, "s:Pfc. Gibson Comes Home, Pfc. Gibson Comes Home," the story of an American soldier whose body was returned to his native town from Vietnam for burial. * 1970 Pulitzer Prize, 1970: Thomas Fitzpatrick Chicago Sun-Times, "for his article about the violence of youthful radicals in Chicago, "A Wild Night's Ride With SDS." * 1971 Pulitzer Prize, 1971: Staff Akron Beacon Journal, Akron (OH) Beacon Journal, "for its coverage of the Kent State University tragedy on May 4, 1970. * 1972 Pulitzer Prize, 1972: Richard Cooper (journalist), Richard Cooper and John Machacek Rochester Times-Union, Rochester (NY) Times-Union, "for their coverage of the Attica, New York prison riot. * 1973 Pulitzer Prize, 1973: Staff Chicago Tribune, "for uncovering flagrant violations of voting procedures in the primary election of March 21, 1972. * 1974 Pulitzer Prize, 1974: Arthur M. Petacque and Hugh Hough Chicago Sun-Times, "for uncovering new evidence that led to the reopening of efforts to solve the 1966 murder of Valerie Percy. * 1975 Pulitzer Prize, 1975: Staff Xenia Daily Gazette, Xenia (OH) Daily Gazette, "for its coverage, under enormous difficulties, of the tornado that wrecked the city on April 3, 1974. * 1976 Pulitzer Prize, 1976: Gene Miller Miami Herald, "for his persistent and courageous reporting over eight and one-half years that led to the exoneration and release of two men who had twice been tried for murder and wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death in Florida. * 1977 Pulitzer Prize, 1977: Margo Huston The Milwaukee Journal, "for her reports on the elderly and the process of aging. * 1978 Pulitzer Prize, 1978: Richard Whitt Louisville Courier-Journal, "for his coverage of a fire that took 164 lives at the Beverly Hills Supper Club at Southgate, Ky., and subsequent investigation of the lack of enforcement of state fire codes. * 1979 Pulitzer Prize, 1979: Staff The San Diego Evening Tribune, San Diego Evening Tribune, "for its coverage of the collision of a Pacific Southwest air liner with a small plane over its city. * 1980 Pulitzer Prize, 1980: Staff The Philadelphia Inquirer, "for coverage of the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island. * 1981 Pulitzer Prize, 1981: Staff Longview Daily News, Longview (WA) Daily News, "for its coverage of the Mt. St. Helens story, including the photographs by Roger A. Werth. * 1982 Pulitzer Prize, 1982: Staff Kansas City Star and Kansas City Times, "for coverage of the Hyatt Regency Hotel disaster and identification of its causes. * 1983 Pulitzer Prize, 1983: Editorial Staff The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne (IN) News-Sentinel, "for its courageous and resourceful coverage of a devastating flood in March 1982. * 1984 Pulitzer Prize, 1984: Newsday team of reporters Newsday, Long Island, NY, "for their enterprising and comprehensive coverage of the Baby Jane Doe case and its far-reaching social and political implications.List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for General News Reporting
* 1985 Pulitzer Prize, 1985: Thomas Turcol of the ''The Virginian-Pilot, Virginian-Pilot and Ledger-Star'', (Norfolk, Va.) "for City Hall coverage which exposed the corruption of a local economic development official." * 1986 Pulitzer Prize, 1986: Edna Buchanan of the ''The Courier-Journal, Miami Herald'', "for her versatile and consistently excellent police beat reporting." * 1987 Pulitzer Prize, 1987: Staff of the ''Akron Beacon Journal'', "for its coverage, under deadline pressure, of the attempted takeover of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. by a European financier." * 1988 Pulitzer Prize, 1988: Staff of the ''Alabama Journal'' (Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery), "for its compelling investigation of the state's unusually high Infant mortality, infant-mortality rate, which prompted legislation to combat the problem." * 1988 Pulitzer Prize, 1988: Staff of ''Lawrence Eagle-Tribune'', "for an investigation that revealed serious flaws in the Massachusetts prison furlough system and led to significant statewide reforms." * 1989 Pulitzer Prize, 1989: Staff of ''Louisville Courier-Journal'', "for its exemplary initial coverage of a bus crash that claimed 27 lives and its subsequent thorough and effective examination of the causes and implications of the tragedy." * 1990 Pulitzer Prize, 1990: Staff of ''San Jose Mercury News'', "for its detailed coverage of the October 17, 1989, Bay Area 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, earthquake and its aftermath."List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting
*1991: Staff of the ''The Miami Herald, Miami Herald'', "for stories profiling a local cult leader, his followers, and their links to several area murders." *1992: Staff of ''Newsday'', "for coverage of 1991 Union Square derailment, a midnight subway derailment in Manhattan that left five passengers dead and more than 200 injured." *1993: Staff of the ''Los Angeles Times'', "for comprehensive, penetrating coverage under deadline pressure of the second, most destructive day of the Los Angeles riots of 1992, Los Angeles riots." *1994: Staff of the ''The New York Times, New York Times'', "for its comprehensive coverage of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing." *1995: Staff of the ''Los Angeles Times'', "for its reporting on January 17, 1994, of the chaos and devastation in the aftermath of the 1994 Northridge earthquake." *1996: Robert D. McFadden of ''The New York Times, New York Times'', "for his highly skilled writing and reporting on deadline during the year." *1997: Staff of ''Newsday'', Long Island, NY "for its enterprising coverage of the crash of TWA Flight 800 and its aftermath."List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting
* 1998 Pulitzer Prize, 1998: The ''Los Angeles Times'' staff, "for its coverage of a botched bank robbery, which led to a North Hollywood shootout, shootout with the police in North Hollywood." * 1999 Pulitzer Prize, 1999: The ''Hartford Courant'' staff, "for its coverage of a shooting spree by a Connecticut Lottery, state lottery worker that left five dead." * 2000 Pulitzer Prize, 2000: The ''The Denver Post, Denver Post'' staff, "for its coverage of the Columbine High School massacre." * 2001 Pulitzer Prize, 2001: The ''Miami Herald'' staff, "for its coverage of the seizure of Elián González by federal agents." * 2002 Pulitzer Prize, 2002: The ''Wall Street Journal'' staff, "for its coverage of the September 11 attacks, September 11 attack on the World Trade Center." * 2003 Pulitzer Prize, 2003: The ''The Eagle-Tribune, Eagle-Tribune'' staff, "for its stories on the accidental drowning of four boys in the Merrimack River." * 2004 Pulitzer Prize, 2004: Staff of the ''Los Angeles Times'', "for its compelling and comprehensive coverage of the Cedar Fire (2003), massive wildfires that imperiled a populated region of southern California." * 2005 Pulitzer Prize, 2005: Staff of the ''Star-Ledger'', "for its comprehensive, clear-headed coverage of the resignation of New Jersey, New Jersey's Jim McGreevey, governor after he announced he was gay and confessed to adultery with a male lover." * 2006 Pulitzer Prize, 2006: Staff of the ''Times-Picayune'', "for its courageous and aggressive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, overcoming desperate conditions facing the city and the newspaper." * 2007 Pulitzer Prize, 2007: Staff of ''The Oregonian'', "for its skillful and tenacious coverage of a James Kim, family missing in the Oregon mountains, telling the tragic story both in print and online." * 2008 Pulitzer Prize, 2008: Staff of ''The Washington Post'', "for its exceptional, multi-faceted coverage of the Virginia Tech shooting, deadly shooting rampage at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, telling the developing story in print and online." * 2009 Pulitzer Prize, 2009: Staff of ''The New York Times'', "for its swift and sweeping coverage of a Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal, prostitution scandal that resulted in the resignation of Governor of New York, Gov. Eliot Spitzer, breaking the story on its Web site and then developing it with authoritative, rapid-fire reports." * 2010 Pulitzer Prize, 2010: Staff of ''The Seattle Times'', "for its comprehensive coverage, in print and online, of the 2009 Lakewood shooting, shooting deaths of four police officers in a coffee house and the 40-hour manhunt for Maurice Clemmons, the suspect." * 2011 Pulitzer Prize, 2011: No award * 2012 Pulitzer Prize, 2012: Staff of ''The Tuscaloosa News'', "for its enterprising coverage of a deadly tornado, using social media as well as traditional reporting to provide real-time updates, help locate missing people and produce in-depth print accounts even after power disruption forced the paper to publish at another plant 50 miles away." * 2013 Pulitzer Prize, 2013: ''The Denver Post'' for coverage of the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting * 2014 Pulitzer Prize, 2014: ''The Boston Globe'' staff "for its exhaustive and empathetic coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing and the ensuing manhunt that enveloped the city, using photography and a range of digital tools to capture the full impact of the tragedy." * 2015 Pulitzer Prize, 2015: ''The Seattle Times'' staff, "for its digital account of 2014 Oso mudslide, a landslide that killed 43 people and the impressive follow-up reporting that explored whether the calamity could have been avoided." * 2016 Pulitzer Prize, 2016: ''Los Angeles Times, The Los Angeles Times,'' "For exceptional reporting, including both local and global perspectives, on the 2015 San Bernardino attack, shooting in San Bernardino and the terror investigation that followed." * 2017 Pulitzer Prize, 2017: Staff of ''East Bay Times'', Oakland, California, Oakland, CA "For relentless coverage of the 2016 Oakland warehouse fire, “Ghost Ship” fire, which killed 36 people at a warehouse party, and for reporting after the tragedy that exposed the city's failure to take actions that might have prevented it." * 2018 Pulitzer Prize, 2018: Staff of ''The Press Democrat,'' Santa Rosa, California, Santa Rosa, CA "for lucid and tenacious coverage of historic wildfires that ravaged the city of Santa Rosa and Sonoma County, expertly utilizing an array of tools, including photography, video and social media platforms, to bring clarity to its readers — in real time and in subsequent in-depth reporting." * 2019 Pulitzer Prize, 2019: Staff of ''The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', for "immersive, compassionate coverage of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, massacre at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue that captured the anguish and resilience of a community thrust into grief." * 2020 Pulitzer Prize, 2020: Staff of ''The Courier-Journal,'' Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville, KY "for its rapid coverage of hundreds of last-minute pardons by Matt Bevin, Kentucky’s governor, showing how the process was marked by opacity, racial disparities and violations of legal norms." (Moved by the jury from Local Reporting, where it was originally entered.) *2021 Pulitzer Prize, 2021: Staff of ''The Star Tribune'' newspaper based in Minneapolis for its coverage of the Murder of George Floyd, murder of George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, George Floyd and the resulting George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, protests in Minneapolis-Saint Paul. *2022 Pulitzer Prize, 2022: Staff of the ''Miami Herald'', for reporting on the Surfside condominium collapse.Notes
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