The Pulitzer Prizes have been announced and this year's big winners are the New York Times, which won two (for International Reporting on Russia's justice system and for David Leonhardt's commentary), and the LA Times, which also won two (for Public Service on corruption in Bell City for Barbara Davidson's feature photography). The Wall Street Journal received one for Joseph Rago's editorial writing, the Washington Post was honored for breaking news photography after Haiti's earthquake and ProPublica won for national reporting about Wall Street's role in the economic meltdown. The Chicago Sun-Times won for local reporting on Chicago's violence and the Star-Ledger won for its feature writing, a special look at the 2009 sinking of a fishing boat in Cape May. more ›

The 2009 Pulitzer Prizes were announced today, and the NY Times nabbed five, the second-most in its history, according to the Times. The paper of record won awards for breaking news reporting on Governor Eliot Spitzer’s hooker scandal, for investigative reporting into the Pentagon's use of retired generals to sell the Iraq invasion, for reporting on America's military and political challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan, for Holland Cotter's art criticism, and Damon Winter's photographs of Barack Obama's presidential campaign. more ›