The Big Dance

David Finkel won the Pulitzer for explanatory reporting for his piece on exporting democracy to Yemen.

And check out who was a finalist for explanatory: "Mark Johnson and Kawanza Newson of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for their riveting chronicle of a teenage girl's miraculous recovery from a rabies infection that medicine had previously considered fatal."

Congrats, Mark. That's huge, man.

Here are the rest:

PUBLIC SERVICE

Two Prizes: The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.

The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La.

BREAKING NEWS REPORTING

Staff of The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La.

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

Susan Schmidt, James V. Grimaldi and R. Jeffrey Smith of The Washington Post

EXPLANATORY REPORTING

David Finkel of The Washington Post

BEAT REPORTING

Dana Priest of The Washington Post

NATIONAL REPORTING

Two Prizes: James Risen and Eric Lichtblau of The New York Times

Staffs of The San Diego Union-Tribune and Copley News Service

INTERNATIONAL REPORTING

Joseph Kahn and Jim Yardley of The New York Times

FEATURE WRITING

Jim Sheeler of the Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colo.

Nominated: "Dan Barry of The New York Times for his rich portfolio of pieces capturing slices of life in hurricane-battered New Orleans as well as his own New York City, and Mary Schmich of the Chicago Tribune for her intimate and compelling story about a federal judge whose husband and mother were murdered by an angry former plaintiff."

COMMENTARY

Nicholas D. Kristof of The New York Times

CRITICISM

Robin Givhan of The Washington Post

EDITORIAL WRITING

Rick Attig and Doug Bates of The Oregonian, Portland

EDITORIAL CARTOONING

Mike Luckovich of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY

Staff of The Dallas Morning News

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY

Todd Heisler of the Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colo.

Thoughts? Ramblings? Insight?