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Business News/ Industry / ‘New York Times’ leads Pulitzers with three awards
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‘New York Times’ leads Pulitzers with three awards

'The Post and Courier' in South Carolina, US garnered the public service Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the deaths of women in the state

The Pulitzer Prize awards accomplishments in 21 categories of journalism, letters, drama and music.Premium
The Pulitzer Prize awards accomplishments in 21 categories of journalism, letters, drama and music.

New York: The New York Times led the Pulitzer Prizes with awards for its coverage and photos of the Ebola crisis in Africa and a shared nod for investigative work. Bloomberg News won its first Pulitzer for Zachary R. Mider’s reporting on corporate tax avoidance.

The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina, garnered the coveted public service Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the deaths of women in the state.

Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism announced 99th annual Pulitzer Prizes for excellence in New York on Monday.

An 18-member board of editors, publishers, writers and educators voted on the winners in 21 categories of journalism, letters, drama and music. Winners in all categories except public service receive $10,000. The public-service prize, awarded to a news organization, is a gold medal.

Mider won for a “painstaking, clear and entertaining explanation of how so many US corporations dodge taxes and why lawmakers and regulators have a hard time stopping them," the university said in its statement.

The award is for explanatory reporting that illuminates a significant and complex subject, demonstrating mastery of the subject, lucid writing and clear presentation, using any available journalistic tool, according to the statement.

The award for investigative reporting went to both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. The Times’ Eric Lipton won for “reporting that showed how the influence of lobbyists can sway congressional leaders and state attorneys general, slanting justice toward the wealthy and connected", the Pulitzer committee said.

The Journal staff won for “Medicare Unmasked", which the panel called, “a pioneering project that gave Americans unprecedented access to previously confidential data on the motivations and practices of their health care providers".

The Seattle Times won for its breaking news coverage of a landslide, while the Torrance, California, Daily Breeze won the award for its local coverage of school district corruption. The Los Angeles Times won for criticism in a piece about the TV industry and a feature about the California drought.

The Pulitzer Prize panel expanded eligibility this year for 2 categories, investigative reporting and feature writing, to include online and print magazines.

The board also changed its rules on partnerships, letting news organizations nominate journalists who work at partnering outlets even if those groups aren’t eligible to compete. The panel cited “the growing number of joint journalistic projects being undertaken by newsrooms, and the value of these partnerships to high quality journalism." Bloomberg

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Published: 21 Apr 2015, 01:33 AM IST
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