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The 2006 Pulitzer Prizes were announced on April 17th, 2006.

For the first time since 1997, the Pulitzer board declined to award a Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The awards were presented in late May at a luncheon at Columbia University's Low Library. It was the 90th presentation of the prizes.

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Journalism

"For its valorous and comprehensive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, providing a lifeline for devastated readers, in print and online, during their time of greatest need." "For its heroic, multi-faceted coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, making exceptional use of the newspaper’s resources to serve an inundated city even after evacuation of the newspaper plant." (Selected by the Board from the Public Service category, where it was entered.) "For its courageous and aggressive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, overcoming desperate conditions facing the city and the newspaper." "For their indefatigable probe of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff that exposed congressional corruption and produced reform efforts." "For his ambitious, clear-eyed case study of the United States government’s attempt to bring democracy to Yemen." "For her persistent, painstaking reports on secret “black site” prisons and other controversial features of the government’s counterterrorism campaign." "For their carefully sourced stories on secret domestic eavesdropping that stirred a national debate on the boundary line between fighting terrorism and protecting civil liberty." "For their disclosure of bribe-taking that sent former Rep. Randy Cunningham to prison in disgrace." "For their ambitious stories on ragged justice in China as the booming nation’s legal system evolves." "For his poignant story on a Marine major who helps the families of comrades killed in Iraq cope with their loss and honor their sacrifice." "For his graphic, deeply reported columns that, at personal risk, focused attention on genocide in Darfur and that gave voice to the voiceless in other parts of the world." "For her witty, closely observed essays that transform fashion criticism into cultural criticism." "For their persuasive, richly reported editorials on abuses inside a forgotten Oregon mental hospital." "For his powerful cartoons on an array of issues, drawn with a simple but piercing style." "For its vivid photographs depicting the chaos and pain after Hurricane Katrina engulfed New Orleans." "For his haunting, behind-the-scenes look at funerals for Colorado Marines who return from Iraq in caskets."

Letters and Drama



Special Citations

"A Special Citation to Edmund S. Morgan for a creative and deeply influential body of work as an American historian that spans the last half century."
"A posthumous Special Citation to American composer Thelonious Monk for a body of distinguished and innovative musical composition that has had a significant and enduring impact on the evolution of jazz."



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