Previously the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism from 1985–1997
Jon Franklin (1985)Staff ofThe New York Times (1986) Jeff Lyon &Peter Gorne (1987)Daniel Hertzberg &James B. Stewart (1988)David Hanners ,William Snyder &Karen Blessen (1989)David A. Vise &Steve Coll (1990)Susan C. Faludi (1991)Robert S. Capers &Eric Lipton (1992)Mike Toner (1993)Ronald Kotulak (1994)Leon Dash &Lucian Perkins (1995)Laurie Garrett (1996)Michael Vitez ,April Saul &Ron Cortes (1997)Paul Salopek (1998)Richard Read (1999)Eric Newhouse (2000)Staff of theChicago Tribune (2001) Staff ofThe New York Times (2002) Staff ofThe Wall Street Journal (2003) Kevin Helliker &Thomas M. Burton (2004)Gareth Cook (2005)David Finkel (2006)Kenneth R. Weiss ,Usha Lee McFarling &Rick Loomis (2007)Amy Harmon (2008)Bettina Boxall &Julie Cart (2009)Michael Moss & Staff ofThe New York Times (2010)Mark Johnson ,Kathleen Gallagher ,Gary Porter ,Lou Saldivar &Alison Sherwood (2011)David Kocieniewski (2012)Staff ofThe New York Times includingDavid Barboza ,Charles Duhigg ,David Kocieniewski ,Steve Lohr ,John Markoff ,David Segal ,David Streitfeld ,Hiroko Tabuchi &Bill Vlasic (2013) Eli Saslow (2014)Zachary R. Mider (2015)T. Christian Miller &Ken Armstrong (2016)International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ,McClatchy &Miami Herald (2017)Staff ofThe Arizona Republic & Staff ofUSA Today Network (2018) David Barstow ,Susanne Craig &Russ Buettne (2019)Staff ofThe Washington Post (2020) Ed Yong (2021)Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley, Andrea Januta, Jaimi Dowdell and Jackie Botts (2021) Natalie Wolchover & Staff ofQuanta Magazine (2022)Caitlin Dickerson (2023)
Previously the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, No Edition Time from 1953–1963 and the Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting from 1964–1984
1953–1975 1976–2000 Chicago Tribune (1976)Acel Moore &Wendell Rawls Jr. (1977)Anthony R. Dolan (1978)Gilbert M. Gaul &Elliot G. Jaspin (1979)Stephen Kurkjian ,Alexander B. Hawes Jr. ,Nils Bruzelius ,Joan Vennochi &Robert M. Porterfield (1980)Clark Hallas &Robert B. Lowe (1981)Paul Henderson (1982)Loretta Tofani (1983)Kenneth Cooper ,Joan Fitz Gerald ,Jonathan Kaufman ,Norman Lockman ,Gary McMillan ,Kirk Scharfenberg &David Wessel (1984)Lucy Morgan ,Jack Reed &William K. Marimow (1985)Jeffrey A. Marx &Michael M. York (1986)Daniel R. Biddle ,H.G. Bissinger ,Fredric N. Tulsky &John Woestendiek (1987)Dean Baquet ,William C. Gaines &Ann Marie Lipinski (19)Bill Dedman (1989)Lou Kilzer (1990)Joseph T. Hallinan &Susan M. Headden (1991)Lorraine Adams &Dan Malone (1992)Jeff Brazil &Steve Berry (1993)Providence Journal-Bulletin (1994)Stephanie Saul &Brian Donovan (1995)The Orange County Register (1996)Eric Nalder ,Deborah Nelson &Alex Tizon (1997)Gary Cohn &Will Englund (1998)Miami Herald (1999)Sang-Hun Choe ,Charles J. Hanley &Martha Mendoza (2000)2001–2025 David Willman (2001)Sari Horwitz ,Scott Higham &Sarah Cohen (2002)Clifford J. Levy (2003)Michael D. Sallah ,Joe Mahr &Mitch Weiss (2004)Nigel Jaquiss (2005)Susan Schmidt ,James V. Grimaldi &R. Jeffrey Smith (2006)Brett Blackledge (2007)Walt Bogdanich ,Jake Hooker &Chicago Tribune (2008)David Barstow (2009)Barbara Laker ,Wendy Ruderman &Sheri Fink (2010)Paige St. John (2011)Matt Apuzzo ,Adam Goldman ,Eileen Sullivan ,Chris Hawley ,Michael J. Berens &Ken Armstrong (2012)David Barstow &Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab (2013)Chris Hamby (2014)Eric Lipton &The Wall Street Journal (2015)Leonora LaPeter Anton ,Anthony Cormier ,Michael Braga &Esther Htusan (2016)Eric Eyre (2017)The Washington Post (2018)Matt Hamilton ,Harriet Ryan &Paul Pringle (2019)Brian Rosenthal (2020)Matt Rocheleau ,Vernal Coleman ,Laura Crimaldi ,Evan Allen &Brendan McCarthy (2021)Corey G. Johnson ,Rebecca Woolington &Eli Murray (2022)Staff ofThe Wall Street Journal (2023)