2005 Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prizes for 2005 were announced on 2005-04-04.

Journalism

*Beat reporting: Amy Dockser Marcus of "The Wall Street Journal" for her "stories about patients, families and physicians [of the] world of cancer survivors".
*Breaking news photography: Associated Press staff
*Breaking news reporting: Staff of "The Star-Ledger", Newark, New Jersey, for "coverage of the resignation of New Jersey’s governor after he announced he was gay and confessed to adultery with a male lover".
*Commentary: Connie Schultz of "The Plain Dealer", Cleveland
*Criticism: Joe Morgenstern of "The Wall Street Journal"
*Explanatory reporting: Gareth Cook of "The Boston Globe" for explaining "the complex scientific and ethical dimensions of stem cell research".
*Editorial cartooning: Nick Anderson of "The Courier-Journal", Louisville, Ky.
*Editorial writing: Tom Philp of "The Sacramento Bee"
*Feature photography: Deanne Fitzmaurice of the "San Francisco Chronicle"
*Feature writing: Julia Keller of the "Chicago Tribune" for her "account of a deadly 10-second tornado that ripped through Utica, Illinois".
*International reporting:
**Kim Murphy of the "Los Angeles Times" for her "coverage of Russia's struggle to cope with terrorism, improve the economy and make democracy work".
**Dele Olojede of "Newsday", Long Island, New York, for his look at Rwanda 10 years after the Rwandan Genocide.
*Investigative reporting: Nigel Jaquiss of "Willamette Week", Portland, Oregon, "for his investigation exposing a former governor’s long concealed sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl".
*National reporting: Walt Bogdanich of "The New York Times" for his "stories about the corporate cover-up of responsibility for fatal accidents at railway crossings".
*Public service: "Los Angeles Times", for "exposing deadly medical problems and racial injustice at a major public hospital".

Letters and drama

*Biography or autobiography
**"" by Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan
*Drama
**"Doubt, a parable" by John Patrick Shanley
*Fiction
**"Gilead" by Marilynne Robinson
*General non-fiction
**"Ghost Wars" by Steve Coll
*History
**"Washington's Crossing" by David Hackett Fischer
*Music
**"Second Concerto for Orchestra" by Steven Stucky
*Poetry
**"Delights & Shadows" by Ted Kooser

ources

* [http://www.pulitzer.org/cyear/2005w.html The Pulitzer Prizes for 2005]