Pulitzer Ho!

Pulitzers are out. The Post got shut out in the journalism awards, although editor Steve Coll’s Ghost Wars got a nod in the “Arts and Letters” for best general nonfiction.

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 Chronicle

Congrats all around. Each prize comes with $10,000, except for Public Service, which is recognized with a medal.

On a related note, one has to wonder whether there will be any changes made in the balloting/judging in future years, given that once again a relatively accurate list of the finalists appeared in advance.

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