Another big Pulitzer Prize year for the Washington Post. D.C.’s newspaper of record took home four Pulitzers this afternoon, including an International Reporting award for Anthony Shadid for his series on the U.S. drawdown in Ira; a Feature Writing award for Gene Weingarten for his story about parents who leave their babies in the car (Weingarten also won in 2008 for his Joshua Bell in L’Enfant Plaza rouse); a Commentary award for conservative columnist Kathleen Parker; and a Criticism award for dance critic Sarah Kaufman.

Last year was a little leaner for the Post, with only one Pulitzer (for columnist Eugene Robinson), though 2008 was even better than this year, when the paper took home six prizes.