April 18 (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times were each awarded two coveted Pulitzer Prizes for journalism on Monday. [ID:nN18250117]
The following is a list of 2011 Pulitzer Prize winners:
Awards for Journalism
* Public Service - Awarded to the Los Angeles Times for exposing corruption in the small California city of Bell where officials paid themselves exorbitant salaries, resulting in arrests and reforms.
* Breaking News Reporting - No award
* Investigative Reporting - Paige St. John of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune for writing about the murky property-insurance system vital to Florida homeowners which spurred regulatory action.
* Explanatory Reporting - The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Mark Johnson, Kathleen Gallagher, Gary Porter, Lou Saldivar for coverage of the epic effort to use genetic technology to save a 4-year-old boy imperiled by a mysterious disease, told with words, graphics, videos and other images.
* Local Reporting - The Chicago Sun-Times's Frank Main, Mark Konkol and John J. Kim for coverage of violence in Chicago neighborhoods and the widespread code of silence which impedes solutions.
* National Reporting - Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein of ProPublica for exposing questionable practices on Wall Street that contributed to the U.S. economic meltdown.
* International Reporting - Clifford J. Levy and Ellen Barry of The New York Times for reporting on the faltering justice system in Russia.
* Feature Writing - Amy Ellis Nutt of The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J., for her story on the mysterious sinking of a commercial fishing boat in the Atlantic Ocean.
* Commentary - David Leonhardt of The New York Times for writing about America's complicated economic questions.
* Criticism - Sebastian Smee of The Boston Globe for writing about art.
* Editorial Writing - Joseph Rago of The Wall Street Journal for editorials challenging the healthcare reform advocated by U.S. President Barack Obama.
* Editorial Cartooning - Mike Keefe of The Denver Post for his widely ranging cartoons that employ a loose, expressive style to send strong, witty messages.
* Breaking News Photography - Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn and Ricky Carioti of The Washington Post for coverage after a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti.
* Feature Photography - Barbara Davidson of the Los Angeles Times for her coverage of innocent victims trapped in the crossfire of the city's deadly gang violence.
Letters, Drama and Music
* Fiction - "A Visit from the Goon Squad," by Jennifer Egan (Alfred A. Knopf), an inventive look at growing up and growing old in the digital age.
* Drama - "Clybourne Park" by Bruce Norris, about America's sometimes toxic struggle with race and class consciousness.
* History - "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery," by Eric Foner (W.W. Norton), about Lincoln's changing views of slavery.
* Biography - "Washington: A Life," by Ron Chernow (Penguin Press), a portrait of an iconic leader learning to master his private feelings in order to fulfill his public duties.
* Poetry - "The Best of It: New and Selected Poems," by Kay Ryan (Grove Press), a body of work spanning 45 years.
* General Nonfiction - "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer," by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner), an inquiry into the long history of an insidious disease.
* Music - Zhou Long for "Madame White Snake," premiered on Feb. 26, 2010, by the Boston Opera at the Cutler Majestic Theatre, an opera that draws on a Chinese folk tale. Libretto by Cerise Lim Jacobs (Oxford University Press). (Reporting by Mark Egan, editing by Michelle Nichols and Mohammad Zargham)
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