Journalism
| Public service | The Wall Street Journal | "For its creative and comprehensive probe into backdated stock options for business executives that triggered investigations, the ouster of top officials and widespread change in corporate America." | |
| Breaking news reporting | Staff of The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon | "For its skillful and tenacious coverage of a family missing in the Oregon mountains, telling the tragic story both in print and online." | |
| Investigative reporting | Brett Blackledge of The Birmingham News in Alabama | "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." | |
| Explanatory reporting | Kenneth R. Weiss, Usha Lee McFarling and Rick Loomis of the Los Angeles Times | "For their richly portrayed reports on the world's distressed oceans, telling the story in print and online, and stirring reaction among readers and officials." | |
| Local reporting | Debbie Cenziper of The Miami Herald | "For reports on waste, favoritism and lack of oversight at the Miami housing agency that resulted in dismissals, investigations and prosecutions." | |
| National reporting | Charlie Savage of The Boston Globe | "For his revelations that President Bush often used "signing statements" to assert his controversial right to bypass provisions of new laws." | |
| International reporting | Staff of The Wall Street Journal | "For its sharply edged reports on the adverse impact of China's booming capitalism on conditions ranging from inequality to pollution." | |
| Feature writing | Andrea Elliott of The New York Times | "For her intimate, richly textured portrait of an immigrant imam striving to find his way and serve his faithful in America." | |
| Commentary | Cynthia Tucker of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | "For her courageous, clear-headed columns that evince a strong sense of morality and persuasive knowledge of the community." | |
| Criticism | Jonathan Gold of LA Weekly | "For his zestful, wide ranging restaurant reviews, expressing the delight of an erudite eater." | |
| Editorial writing | The editorial board of the New York Daily News | "For its compassionate and compelling editorials on behalf of Ground Zero workers whose health problems were neglected by the city and the nation." | |
| Editorial cartooning | Walt Handelsman of Newsday, of Long Island, New York | "For his stark, sophisticated cartoons and his impressive use of zany animation." | |
| Breaking news photography | Oded Balilty of The Associated Press | "For his powerful photograph of a lone Jewish woman defying Israeli security forces as they remove illegal settlers in the West Bank." | |
| Feature photography | Renée C. Byer of The Sacramento Bee, of California | "For her intimate portrayal of a single mother and her young son as he loses his battle with cancer." |
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Famous quotes containing the word journalism:
“In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.”
—Harold Evans (b. 1928)
“Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.”
—Cyril Connolly (1903–1974)