ThePulitzer Prizes for 2005 were announced on April 4, 2005:

• Beat reporting:Amy Dockser Marcus ofThe Wall Street Journal for her "stories about patients, families and physicians [of the] world ofcancer survivors".
• Breaking news photography:Associated Press staffMurad Sezer,Khalid Mohammed
• Breaking news reporting: Staff ofThe Star-Ledger,Newark, New Jersey, for "coverage of theresignation of New Jersey's governor after he announced he was gay and confessed to adultery with a male lover".
• Commentary:Connie Schultz ofThe Plain Dealer, Cleveland
• Criticism:Joe Morgenstern ofThe Wall Street Journal
• Explanatory reporting:Gareth Cook ofThe Boston Globe for explaining "the complex scientific and ethical dimensions ofstem cell research".
• Editorial cartooning:Nick Anderson ofThe Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.
• Editorial writing:Tom Philp ofThe Sacramento Bee
• Feature photography:Deanne Fitzmaurice of theSan Francisco Chronicle
• Feature writing:Julia Keller of theChicago Tribune for her "account of a deadly 10-secondtornado that ripped through Utica, Illinois".
• International reporting:
  • Kim Murphy of theLos Angeles Times for her "coverage ofRussia's struggle to cope with terrorism, improve the economy and make democracy work".
  • Dele Olojede ofNewsday,Long Island, New York, for his look atRwanda 10 years after theRwandan genocide.
• Investigative reporting:Nigel Jaquiss ofWillamette Week,Portland, Oregon, "for his investigation exposing aformer governor's long concealed sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl".
• National reporting:Walt Bogdanich ofThe New York Times for his "stories about the corporate cover-up of responsibility for fatal accidents at railway crossings".
• Public service:Los Angeles Times, for "exposing deadly medical problems and racial injustice ata major public hospital".

• Biography or Autobiography
  • de Kooning: An American Master byMark Stevens andAnnalyn Swan (Alfred A. Knopf)
• Drama
  • Doubt, a parable byJohn Patrick Shanley (TCG)
• Fiction
  • Gilead byMarilynne Robinson (Farrar)
• General Nonfiction
  • Ghost Wars bySteve Coll (The Penguin Press)
• History
  • Washington's Crossing byDavid Hackett Fischer (Oxford University Press)
• Music
  • Second Concerto for Orchestra bySteven Stucky (Theodore Presser Company)
• Poetry
  • Delights & Shadows byTed Kooser (Copper Canyon Press)

• Official website
• "Pulitzer Prizes Announced".The New York Times.
• "Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism".The New York Times.
• "Pulitzer Prizes for Letters, Drama and Music".The New York Times.
• "Los Angeles Times and Wall Street Journal Each Win Two Pulitzer Prizes".The New York Times.

• Pulitzer Prizes by year
• 2005 literary awards
• 2005 awards in the United States
• 2005 music awards

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