The Washington Post and The Guardian US shared the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, which was announced today.
The Huffington Post and Politico each won their first Pulitzer Prizes today, continuing a trend toward online-only publications being awarded for outstanding journalism. The Post’s Philip Kennicott was also nominated for his cultural criticism.
It looks like J. Freedom du Lac’s Alternating Year Law regarding Pulitzer Prizes for the Washington Post will hold: the newspaper pulled in only one Pulitzer this year — the award for Breaking News Photography went to Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn and Ricky Carioti for their work in Haiti after the earthquake which devastated that nation. Congratulations to the trio — Guzy, Kahn and Carioti truly produced some incredibly relentless, moving work.
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…
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson took home a Pulitzer Prize in Commentary today, “for his eloquent columns on the 2008 presidential campaign that focus on the election of the first African-American president, showcasing graceful writing and grasp of the larger historic picture.” It’s the only Pulitzer the newspaper got this year, marking a step back from last year, when the paper took home a record six awards. In 2007, the paper got none, in 2006,…
The 2008 Pulitzer Prizes were announced today, and the Washington Post racked up an extraordinarily impressive six of them. It’s no surprise that the Public Service category went to Dana Priest, Anne Hull and photographer Michel du Cille for their investigative series into the poor conditions at Walter Reed Hospital. The Breaking News award for their coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings was also a good bet. Some of the other awards were slightly more…
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter and local resident Tim Weiner won the National Book Award’s nonfiction category for Legacy of Ashes: The History of the C.I.A., a sweeping 600-page critical history of the agency with a particular emphasis on the intelligence failures that have occurred during the agency’s relatively short period of existence. “Legacy of Ashes,” writes Weiner, “is the record of the first sixty years of the Central Intelligence Agency. It describes how…
>> The one and only Chaka Khan is at H2O tonight as a pre-party of sorts to the kick off of Howard Homecoming festivities, which officially start tomorrow. Doors at 5 p.m., show begins at 7. >> Operation Filmmaker is documentary of sorts that follows the strange story of Iraqi film student Muthana Mohmed. Mohmed was given an opportunity to work as a production assistant in Prague on the set of Liev Schreiber’s 2005…
In England, being named poet laureate is a lot like being named to the U.S. Supreme Court: once there, you’re there for life. More importantly, you’re expected to be the living, breathing embodiment of a tradition, of an institution constructed entirely of words, texts, precedent. And, though you aren’t expected to wear robes when performing your job, you are expected to pen occasional verses on the birth of a royal or on the opening of…
>> Seattle’s Minus the Bear’s latest release, Planet of Ice, finds the group continuing to delve into complex and progressive compositions while engaging in a brooding atmosphere that has added a new and intriguing element to their always fascinating sound. They’ll be at the Black Cat with Subtle and ELA. 8 p.m., $15 advance, $17 at the door. >> Pulitzer Prize-winning author for Empire Falls, Richard Russo will be at Politics and Prose to…
