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2005 Pulitzer Prize
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August 23, 2025
Awards for journalism and related fields
The
Pulitzer Prizes
for 2005
were announced on April 4, 2005:
Contents
Journalism
Letters and drama
References
External links
The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism
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
Murad Sezer
,
Khalid Mohammed
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
de Kooning: An American Master
by
Mark Stevens
and
Annalyn Swan
(
Alfred A. Knopf
)
Drama
Doubt, a parable
by
John Patrick Shanley
(
TCG
)
Fiction
Gilead
by
Marilynne Robinson
(
Farrar
)
General Nonfiction
Ghost Wars
by
Steve Coll
(
The Penguin Press
)
History
Washington's Crossing
by
David Hackett Fischer
(
Oxford University Press
)
Music
Second Concerto for Orchestra
by
Steven Stucky
(
Theodore Presser Company
)
Poetry
Delights & Shadows
by
Ted Kooser
(
Copper Canyon Press
)
References
External links
Official website
"Pulitzer Prizes Announced"
.
The New York Times
.
"Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism"
.
The New York Times
.
"Pulitzer Prizes for Letters, Drama and Music"
.
The New York Times
.
"Los Angeles Times and Wall Street Journal Each Win Two Pulitzer Prizes"
.
The New York Times
.
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