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Four Pulitzer Prizes today for the New York Times

A quick summary of today's Pulitzer Prize winners from Columbia University. Local finalists are noted below, after the list.

Journalism

PUBLIC SERVICE - Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL

BREAKING NEWS REPORTING - The Denver Post Staff

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING - David Barstow and Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab of The New York Times

EXPLANATORY REPORTING - The New York Times Staff

LOCAL REPORTING - Brad Schrade, Jeremy Olson and Glenn Howatt of the Star Tribune, Minneapolis

NATIONAL REPORTING - Lisa Song, Elizabeth McGowan and David Hasemyer of InsideClimate News, Brooklyn, NY

INTERNATIONAL REPORTING - David Barboza of The New York Times

FEATURE WRITING - John Branch of The New York Times

COMMENTARY - Bret Stephens of The Wall Street Journal

CRITICISM - Philip Kennicott of The Washington Post

EDITORIAL WRITING - Tim Nickens and Daniel Ruth of the Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, FL

EDITORIAL CARTOONING - Steve Sack of the Star Tribune, Minneapolis

BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY - Rodrigo Abd, Manu Brabo, Narciso Contreras, Khalil Hamra and Muhammed Muheisen of the Associated Press

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY - Javier Manzano, free-lance photographer, Agence France-Presse

Letters, Drama and Music

FICTION - "The Orphan Master's Son" by Adam Johnson

DRAMA - "Disgraced" by Ayad Akhtar

HISTORY - "Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam" by Fredrik Logevall (Random House),

BIOGRAPHY - "The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo" by Tom Reiss (Crown)

POETRY - "Stag's Leap" by Sharon Olds

GENERAL NONFICTION - "Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America" by Gilbert King (Harper)

MUSIC - "Partita for 8 Voices" by Caroline Shaw, recording released on October 30, 2012 (New Amsterdam Records)

The list of finalists includes California Watch for the series on abuses in state homes for the disabled, Richard Marosi of the Los Angeles Times for "his provocative articles on the fate of thousands of illegal Mexican immigrants deported by the United States in recent years," Mary McNamara of the LAT "for her searching television criticism that often becomes a springboard for provocative comments on the culture at large," and LAT photographer Liz O. Baylen "for her intimate essay, shot in shadowy black and white, documenting the shattered lives of people entangled in prescription drug abuse." The NYT's Manohla Dargis also was a finalist in criticism.


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