2003 Pulitzer Prize Winners

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Photo by Don Bartletti of The Los Angeles Times, from his coverage of undocumented Central American youths traveling to the United States. Photo copyright 2003 Reuters Limited

The Rocky Mountain News won a Pulitzer for breaking news photography for its coverage of Colorado's raging forest fires last year. Photo copyright 2003 Reuters Limited

April 7, 2003 -- The 2003 Pulitzer Prize winners, announced Monday:

Journalism:

» Public Service -- The Boston Globe, for its coverage of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests.

» Breaking News Reporting -- The Eagle-Tribune staff of Lawrence, Mass., for stories on the accidental drowning of four boys in the Merrimack River.

» Investigative Reporting -- Clifford J. Levy of The New York Times, for a series on abuse of mentally ill adults in state-regulated homes.

» Explanatory Reporting -- The Wall Street Journal staff, for reports on the impact of corporate scandals.

» Beat Reporting -- Diana K. Sugg of The Baltimore Sun, for stories on how medical issues affect people's lives.

» National Reporting -- Alan Miller and Kevin Sack of The Los Angeles Times, for reporting on a military aircraft, dubbed the "widowmaker," linked to the death of 45 pilots.

» International Reporting -- Kevin Sullivan and Mary Jordan of The Washington Post, for reports on Mexico's criminal justice system.

» Feature Writing -- Sonia Nazario of The Los Angeles Times, for her story on a Central American boy's search for his mother, who had migrated to the United States.

» Commentary -- Colbert King of The Washington Post, for his columns about politics and power.

» Criticism -- Stephen Hunter of The Washington Post, for film criticism.

» Editorial Writing -- Cornelia Grumman of the Chicago Tribune, for her editorials against the death penalty.

» Editorial Cartooning -- David Horsey of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

» Breaking News Photography -- The Rocky Mountain News photography staff, for images of Colorado's 2002 forest fires.

» Feature Photography -- Don Bartletti of The Los Angeles Times.

Letters, Drama and Music:

» Fiction -- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

» Drama -- Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz

» History -- An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 by Rick Atkinson (Henry Holt and Company)

» Biography -- Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro (Alfred A. Knopf)

» Poetry -- Moy Sand and Gravel by Paul Muldoon (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

» General Nonfiction -- A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide, by Samantha Power (Basic Books)

» Music -- On the Transmigration of Souls by John Adams (Boosey & Hawkes)


Other Resources

• A history of the Pulitzer Prizes and more at Pulitzer.org

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