Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism

The Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism was introduced in 1985, and continued under that name until 1997. Since then, it has been known as the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. Under the older name, the awards were as follows:
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The Pulitzer Prize  /ˈpʊlɨtsər/ is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American (Hungarian-born) publisher Joseph Pulitzer in 1917 and is administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded...

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Year Award Winner Notes/Description
  • 1997
  • For a series on the choices that confronted critically-ill patients who sought to die with dignity.
  • 1996
  • For her courageous reporting from Zaire on the Ebola virus outbreak there. (The winner was nominated in the International Reporting category but moved by the Pulitzer Prize Board to Explanatory Journalism.)
  • 1995
  • For their profile of a District of Columbia family's struggle with destructive cycles of poverty, illiteracy, crime and drug abuse.
  • 1994
  • For his lucid coverage of current developments in neurological science.
  • 1993
  • For 'When Bugs Fight Back,' a series that explored the diminishing effectiveness of antibiotics and pesticides.
  • 1992
  • For a series about the flawed Hubble Space Telescope that illustrated many of the problems plaguing America's space program.
  • 1991
  • For a report on the leveraged buy-out of Safeway Stores, Inc., that revealed the human costs of high finance.
  • 1990
  • For stories scrutinizing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the way it has been affected by the policies of its former chairman, John Shad.
  • 1989
  • For their special report on a 1985 airplane crash, the follow-up investigation, and the implications for air safety.
  • 1988
  • For their stories about an investment banker charged with insider trading and the critical day that followed the October 19, 1987 Black Monday stock market crash.
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