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The New York Times daily newspaper has won 112 Pulitzer Prizes,[1] a prize awarded for excellence in journalism in a range of categories. This is mo re than any other newspaper.[1] Contents [hide] 1 1910s 2 1920s 3 1930s 4 1940s 5 1950s 6 1960s 7 1970s 8 1980s 9 1990s 10 2000s 11 2010s 12 References 1910s[edit] 1918: The New York Times, for complete and accurate coverage of the war. 1920s[edit] 1923: Alva Johnston, for distinguished reporting of science news. 1926: Edward M. Kingsbury, for the most distinguished editorial of the year, on the Hundred Neediest Cases. 1930s[edit] 1930: Russell Owen, for graphic news dispatches from the Byrd Antarctic Expediti on. 1932: Walter Duranty, for reporting of the news from Russia.[2][3] 1934: Frederick T. Birchall, for unbiased reporting from Germany. 1935: Arthur Krock, for distinguished, impartial and analytical Washington cover age. 1936: Lauren Dwight Lyman, for distinguished reporting: a world beat on the depa rture of the Lindberghs for England. 1937: Anne O'Hare McCormick, for distinguished foreign correspondence: dispatche s and special articles from Europe; William L. Laurence, for distinguished repor ting of the Tercentenary Celebration at Harvard, shared with four other reporter s. 1938: Arthur Krock, for distinguished Washington correspondence. 1940s[edit] 1940: Otto D. Tolischus, for articles from Berlin explaining the economic and id eological background of war-engaged Germany. 1941: The New York Times, special citation for the public education value of its foreign news reports. 1942: Louis Stark, for distinguished reporting of labor stories. 1943: Hanson W. Baldwin, for a series of articles reporting a tour of the Pacifi c battle areas. 1944: The New York Times, for the most disinterested and meritorious service ren dered by an American newspaper a survey of the teaching of American history. 1945: James B. Reston, for news and interpretive articles on the Dumbarton Oaks Security Conference. 1946: Arnaldo Cortesi, for distinguished correspondence from Buenos Aires; Willi am L. Laurence, for his eyewitness account of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and articles on the atomic bomb. 1947: Brooks Atkinson, for a distinguished series of articles on Russia. 1949: C.P. Trussell, for consistent excellence in covering the national scene fr om Washington.

1950s[edit] 1950: Meyer Berger, for a distinguished example of local reporting an article on t he killing of 13 people by a berserk gunman. 1951: Arthur Krock, a special commendation for his exclusive interview with Pres ident Harry S. Truman: the outstanding instance of national reporting in 1950; C yrus L. Sulzberger, special citation for his interview with Archbishop Stepinac of Yugoslavia. 1952: Anthony H. Leviero, for distinguished national reporting. 1953: The New York Times, special citation for its Review of the Week section wh ich "has brought enlightenment and intelligent commentary to its readers." 1955: Harrison E. Salisbury, for a series based on his five years in Russia; Art hur Krock, a special citation for distinguished correspondence from Washington. 1956: Arthur Daley, for his sports column, "Sports of The Times." 1957: James B. Reston (Scotty Reston), for distinguished reporting from Washingt on. 1958: The New York Times, for distinguished coverage of foreign news. 1960s[edit] 1960: A.M. Rosenthal, for perceptive and authoritative reporting from Poland. 1963: Anthony Lewis, for distinguished reporting of the United States Supreme Co urt. 1964: David Halberstam, for distinguished reporting from South Vietnam. 1968: Anthony Lukas, for a distinguished example of local reporting an article on a murdered 18-year-old girl and her two different lives. 1970s[edit] 1970: Ada Louise Huxtable, for distinguished architecture criticism. 1971: Harold C. Schonberg, music critic, for distinguished criticism. 1972: The New York Times, for a distinguished example of meritorious public serv ice by a newspaper publication of the Pentagon Papers. 1973: Max Frankel, for his coverage of President Richard Nixon's visit to China, a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs. 1974: Hedrick Smith, for a distinguished example of reporting on foreign affairs , coverage of the Soviet Union. 1976: Sydney H. Schanberg, for his coverage of the fall of Cambodia, a distingui shed example of reporting on foreign affairs; Walter W. Smith (Red Smith), for h is "Sports of The Times" column, an example of distinguished criticism. 1978: Henry Kamm, chief Asian diplomatic correspondent, for articles calling att ention to the plight of Indochinese refugees; Walter Kerr, Sunday drama critic, for an outstanding example of distinguished criticism; William Safire, Op-Ed Pag e columnist, for his columns on the Bert Lance affair, an example of distinguish ed commentary. 1979: Russell Baker, for his "Observer" column, an example of distinguished comm entary. 1980s[edit] 1981: Dave Anderson, for his "Sports of The Times" column, an example of disting uished commentary; John M. Crewdson, for his coverage of illegal aliens and immi gration, a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs. 1982: John Darnton, for his coverage of the crisis in Poland, a distinguished ex ample of international reporting; Jack Rosenthal, deputy editorial page editor, for a distinguished example of editorial page writing. 1983: Thomas L. Friedman, for his coverage of the war in Lebanon, a distinguishe d example of international reporting; Nan C. Robertson, for her article in The N ew York Times Magazine on her experience with toxic shock syndrome, a distinguis hed example of feature writing. 1984: Paul Goldberger, for distinguished architecture criticism; John Noble Wilf ord, for national reporting on a wide variety of scientific topics. 1986: Donal Henahan, music critic, for distinguished criticism; The New York Tim

es, for explanatory journalism: a series of articles on the Strategic Defense In itiative, the "Star Wars" program. 1987: The New York Times, for national reporting on causes of the Challenger shu ttle disaster; Alex S. Jones, for distinguished specialized reporting on the dis sension that dissolved a Louisville newspaper dynasty. 1988: Thomas L. Friedman, for coverage of Israel, a distinguished example of rep orting on international affairs. 1989: Bill Keller, for coverage of the Soviet Union, a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs. 1990s[edit] 1990: Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, for coverage of political turmoil i n China, a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs. 1991: Natalie Angier, for coverage of molecular biology and animal behavior, a d istinguished example of beat reporting; Serge Schmemann, for coverage of the reu nification of Germany, a distinguished example of reporting on international aff airs. 1992: Anna Quindlen, for "Public & Private," a compelling column covering a wide range of personal and political topics; Howell Raines, for "Grady's Gift," an a ccount in The New York Times Magazine of his childhood friendship with his famil y's housekeeper and the lasting lessons of their interracial relationship. 1993: John F. Burns, for courageous coverage of the strife and destruction in Bo snia, a distinguished example of international reporting. 1994: The New York Times, for local reporting of the World Trade Center bombing, pooling the efforts of the metropolitan staff as well as Times journalists cove ring locations as far-ranging as the Middle East and Washington; Isabel Wilkerso n, for distinguished feature writing; Kevin Carter, for his photograph of a vult ure perching near a little girl in the Sudan who had collapsed from hunger, a pi cture that became an icon of starvation. 1995: Margo Jefferson, for her book reviews and other pieces, examples of distin guished criticism. 1996: Rick Bragg, for distinguished feature writing; Robert D. McFadden, for dis tinguished rewrite journalism, applied to a broad range of stories; Robert B. Se mple, Jr., for distinguished editorial writing on environmental issues. 1997: John F. Burns, for distinguished international reporting on the Taliban mo vement in Afghanistan. 1998: Linda Greenhouse, for reporting on the Supreme Court's work and its signif icance with sophistication and a sense of history; Michiko Kakutani, for reviewi ng 1997's many major literary works in essays that were fearless and authoritati ve; The New York Times, for a series of articles on the effects of drug corrupti on in Mexico, a distinguished example of international reporting. 1999: Maureen Dowd, for the moral insight and wit she brought to bear in her col umns on the combat between President Bill Clinton and Kenneth Starr; The New Yor k Times, notably Jeff Gerth, for a series of articles disclosing the corporate s ale of American technology to China with the approval of the U.S. Government des pite national security risks. 2000s[edit] 2001:The New York Times, for national reporting, for its compelling and memorabl e series exploring racial experiences and attitudes across contemporary America. 2002: The New York Times, for public service, for "A Nation Challenged," a daily special section covering the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, the war in Afgh anistan and America's campaign against terrorism. The section, which included bi ographical sketches of the victims, also appeared online; The New York Times, fo r its informed and detailed reporting that profiled the global terrorism network and the threats it posed, a distinguished example of explanatory reporting; The New York Times, for its photographs chronicling the pain and the perseverance o f people enduring protracted conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a distinguish ed example of feature photography; The New York Times, for its consistently outs tanding photographic coverage of the terrorist attack on New York City and its a

ftermath, a distinguished example of breaking news photography; Gretchen Morgens on, for her trenchant and incisive Wall Street coverage, a distinguished example of beat reporting; Barry Bearak, for his deeply affecting and illuminating cove rage of daily life in war-torn Afghanistan, a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs; Thomas Friedman, for his clarity of vision, based on extensive reporting, in commenting on the worldwide impact of the terrorist thre at. 2003: Clifford J. Levy, for investigative reporting, for his "Broken Homes" seri es that exposed the abuse of mentally ill adults in state-regulated homes. 2004: The New York Times, for public service, for its series written by David Ba rstow and Lowell Bergman that examined death and injury among American workers a nd exposed employers who break basic safety rules. 2005: Walt Bogdanich, for national reporting, for his investigative series about the corporate cover-up of responsibility for fatal accidents at railway crossin gs. 2006: Nicholas D. Kristof for commentary on bringing the genocide in Darfur to t he world's attention; Joseph Kahn and Jim Yardley for international reporting fo r their examination of China's legal system; James Risen and Eric Lichtblau for national reporting for their coverage of the United States' government's secret eavesdropping program. 2007: Andrea Elliott for feature writing for coverage of an immigrant imam striv ing to serve his faithful in America. 2008: Amy Harmon for explanatory reporting on the social impact of genetic tests ; Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker for investigative reporting on how contaminated ingredients from China make their way into consumer goods, including medicine. 2009: David Barstow for his tenacious reporting that revealed how some retired g enerals, working as radio and television analysts, had been co-opted by the Pent agon to make its case for the war in Iraq, and how many of them also had undiscl osed ties to companies that benefited from policies they defended. 2010s[edit] 2010: Michael Moss, in Explanatory Reporting, for an investigative feature on fo od safety (e.g., contaminated meat); Matt Richtel, in National Reporting, for a series on the dangers of distracted driving; Sheri Fink of ProPublica in collabo ratio