Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

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The Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded since 1953, under one name or another, for a distinguished example of investigative reporting by an individual or team, presented as a single article or series in print journalism. It is administered by the school of journalism at Columbia University in New York City. From 1953 through 1963, the category was known as The Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, No Edition Time. From 1964 ... more
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Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is a journalism school and one of Columbia's graduate and professional schools. It offers three degree programs: Master of Science in journalism (full and part-time), Master of Arts in journalism and a Ph.D. in communications. The school,...

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Year Award Winner Notes/Description
  • 2009
  • For his tenacious reporting that revealed how some retired generals, working as radio and television analysts, had been co-opted by the Pentagon to make its case for the war in Iraq, and how many of them also had undisclosed ties to companies that benefited from policies they defended.
  • 2008
  • For its exposure of faulty governmental regulation of toys, car seats and cribs, resulting in the extensive recall of hazardous products and congressional action to tighten supervision
  • 2008
  • For their stories on toxic ingredients in medicine and other everyday products imported from China, leading to crackdowns by American and Chinese officials.
  • 2007
  • For his exposure of cronyism and corruption in the state's two-year college system, resulting in the dismissal of the chancellor and other corrective action.
  • 2006
  • For their indefatigable probe of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff that exposed congressional corruption and produced reform efforts.
  • 2005
  • For his investigation exposing former governor Neil Goldschmidt's long concealed sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl.
  • 2004
  • For a series on atrocities by the Tiger Force during the Vietnam War.
  • 2003
  • For his vivid, brilliantly written series 'Broken Homes' that exposed the abuse of mentally ill adults in state-regulated homes.
  • 2002
  • For a series that exposed the District of Columbia's role in the neglect and death of 229 children placed in protective care between 1993 and 2000, which prompted an overhaul of the city's child welfare system.
  • 2001
  • For his pioneering exposé of seven unsafe prescription drugs that had been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and an analysis of the policy reforms that had reduced the agency's effectiveness.
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