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Walter Reed Exposé Helps Post Net 6 Pulitzers

Posted Apr 7, 08 4:39 PM CDT in US,  Arts & Living,  Business 

(Newser) – The Washington Post today won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for public service for its coverage of the Walter Reed scandal and grabbed five more of the coveted awards in the biggest haul in the paper's history. A series on the power of Dick Cheney earned the national reporting medal, and the breaking news award went to the team that covered the Virginia Tech massacre.

Other journalism prizes went to:

  • The New York Times, for investigative reporting and for explanatory reporting.
  • The Chicago Tribune, which shared investigative reporting laurels.
  • The Boston Globe, for criticism.
  • The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, for local reporting.
To see a complete list of the journalism and arts honorees and finalists, click the first link below.

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A four-part series on the power behind the President earned the Washington Post a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting.   (Associated Press)
Coverage of foreign imports and hazardous toys snagged investigative reporting Pulitzers for both the New York Times and Chicago Tribune.   (Associated Press)
An unidentified member of the military arrives at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington in this Aug. 25, 2005 file photo. The Army said Friday, June 15, 2007 that it has opened an investigation...   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
The Washington Post's series of stories on the Walter Reed scandal won the public service Pulitzer for reporters Dana Priest and Anne Hull and photographer Michel du Cille.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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