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.
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