Washington Post takes home five Pulitzers

WASHINGTON - The Washington Post dominated the 94th annual Pulitzer Prize awards with five prestigious journalism awards, taking home more awards than any other news outlet. he paper, owned by Washington Post Co, won the Pulitzers for International Reporting, Feature Writing, Commentary, Criticism and General Nonfiction.

The International Reporting award went to Anthony Shadid for a series on Iraq’s struggle to deal with the legacy of war and to shape its future, Politico reports.

David Hoffman, a contributing editor at the Post, won the general nonfiction Pulitzer for his book “The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy.”

Gene Weingarten won the Feature Writing award for a haunting story about parents who accidentally kill their children by forgetting them in cars.

The Award for Commentary went to Kathleen Parker for her columns on an array of political and moral topics from the conservative side, while Sarah Kaufman took the Criticism award for her dance criticism.

The New York Times followed The Washington Post with three awards.

Michael Moss and members of the Times staff bagged a Pulitzer for Explanatory Reporting on contaminated hamburger and other food-safety issues.

The award for National Reporting went to Matt Richtel and the Times staff for a series on the hazardous use of cellphones, computers and other devices while driving.

An Investigative Reporting prize went to ProPublica, for a collaboration with The New York Times Magazine, for chronicling the decisions by New Orleans hospital’s doctors when cut off by the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina. (ANI)