Pulitzer Centennial

J.R. Moehringer, NF ’01

J.R. Moehringer, NF ’01

Moehringer’s “Crossing Over” is a portrait of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, an isolated river hamlet that is home to many descendants of slaves. A proposal to bring back ferry service to the mainland prompted…
August 9, 2016
Gilbert M. Gaul, NF ’83

Gilbert M. Gaul, NF ’83

Gaul’s five-part investigative series “The Blood Brokers” exposed safety issues and lax federal regulation of the blood industry.Last December, the Community Blood Center in Appleton, Wis., made a public appeal…
August 9, 2016
Mary Jordan, NF ’90

Mary Jordan, NF ’90

Jordan and her husband Kevin Sullivan, co-bureau chiefs of the Post’s Mexico City bureau, were recognized for their exposure of the treacherous and unjust conditions in the Mexico criminal justice…
August 9, 2016
Heidi Evans, NF ’93

Heidi Evans, NF ’93

Evans and her fellow editorial board members Arthur Browne and Beverly Weintraub won a Pulitzer for their editorial series “9/11: The Forgotten Victims,” which documented how the government failed to…
August 9, 2016
Richard Read, NF ’97 and Brent Walth, NF ’06

Richard Read, NF ’97 and Brent Walth, NF ’06

Read and Walth were members of a team that conducted a meticulous examination of abuses and systematic problems, including harsh treatment of foreign nationals, within the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization…
August 8, 2016
Raquel Rutledge, NF ’12

Raquel Rutledge, NF ’12

In the investigative series “Cashing in on Kids,” Rutledge exposed the poor oversight and fraud that were hallmarks of Wisconsin’s $350 million taxpayer-subsidized child-care system. Her stories prompted a crackdown…
August 8, 2016
Alex S. Jones, NF ’82

Alex S. Jones, NF ’82

“In bringing up my children, I somehow did not get across to them that people have to make compromises,” said Barry Bingham Sr., patriarch of a Kentucky family known for its…
August 8, 2016
Madeleine Blais, NF ’86

Madeleine Blais, NF ’86

In the 1970s World War I veteran Edward Zepp frequently showed up in Florida newsrooms, trying to interest a reporter in his battle to get his military release status upgraded…
August 8, 2016
William K. Marimow, NF ’83

William K. Marimow, NF ’83

Marimow’s series of articles exposed that city police dogs had attacked more than 350 people—often without justification—and led to investigations of the Philadelphia Police Department’s K-9 unit, resulting in the…
August 8, 2016
Nathan G. Caldwell, NF ’41 and Gene S. Graham, NF ’63

Nathan G. Caldwell, NF ’41 and Gene S. Graham, NF ’63

Caldwell and Graham spent half a dozen years reporting on the undercover deal between United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis and billionaire financier Cyrus Eaton, who had major interests in…
August 8, 2016