The

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prizes () are 23 annual awards given by Columbia University in New York City for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters". They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fo ...

s for 2000 were announced on April 10, 2000.

Journalism awards

Public Service A public service or service of general (economic) interest is any service intended to address the needs of aggregate members of a community, whether provided directly by a public sector agency, via public financing available to private busin ...

: **''

The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington m ...

'', notably for the work of Katherine Boo that disclosed wretched neglect and abuse in the city's group homes for the mentally retarded, which forced officials to acknowledge the conditions and begin reforms. * Breaking News Reporting: **Staff of '' The Denver Post'', for its clear and balanced coverage of the student massacre at Columbine High School. *

Investigative Reporting Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, racial injustice, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend m ...

: ** Sang-Hun Choe, Charles J. Hanley and Martha Mendoza of the

Associated Press The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit organization, not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are dist ...

, for revealing, with extensive documentation, the decades-old secret of how American soldiers early in the

Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...

killed hundreds of

Korea Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 ...

n civilians in a massacre at the No Gun Ri Bridge. * Explanatory Reporting: ** Eric Newhouse of the '' Great Falls Tribune'', for his vivid examination of alcohol abuse and the problems it creates in the community. * Beat Reporting: ** George Dohrmann of the '' St. Paul Pioneer Press'', for his determined reporting, despite negative reader reaction, that revealed academic fraud in the men's basketball program at the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

. * National Reporting: **Staff of ''

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' (''WSJ''), also referred to simply as the ''Journal,'' is an American newspaper based in New York City. The newspaper provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and finance. It operates on a subscriptio ...

'', for its revealing stories that question U.S. defense spending and military deployment in the post–Cold War era and offer alternatives for the future. * International Reporting: ** Mark Schoofs of ''

The Village Voice ''The Village Voice'' is an American news and culture publication based in Greenwich Village, New York City, known for being the country's first Alternative newspaper, alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf (publisher), Dan Wolf, ...

'', for his provocative and enlightening series on the AIDS crisis in Africa. * Feature Writing: ** J.R. Moehringer of the ''

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of new ...

'', for his portrait of Gee's Bend, an isolated river community in

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

where many descendants of

slaves Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage. Enslavemen ...

live, and how a proposed ferry to the mainland might change it. * Commentary: ** Paul A. Gigot of ''

'', for his informative and insightful columns on politics and government. * Criticism: ** Henry Allen of ''

'', for his fresh and authoritative writing on

photography Photography is the visual arts, art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is empl ...

. * Editorial Writing: ** John C. Bersia of the ''

Orlando Sentinel The ''Orlando Sentinel'' is the primary newspaper of Orlando, Florida, and the Central Florida region, in the United States. It was founded in 1876 and is currently owned by Tribune Publishing Company. The ''Orlando Sentinel'' is owned by pare ...

'', for his passionate editorial campaign attacking predatory lending practices in the state, which prompted changes in local lending regulations. * Editorial Cartooning: ** Joel Pett of the '' Lexington Herald-Leader'' * Breaking News Photography: **Photo Staff of the '' Denver Rocky Mountain News'', for its powerful collection of emotional images taken after the student shootings at Columbine High School. * Feature Photography: ** Carol Guzy, Michael Williamson and Lucian Perkins of ''

'', for their intimate and poignant images depicting the plight of the

Kosovo Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the ...

refugees.

Letters awards

Fiction Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying character (arts), individuals, events, or setting (narrative), places that are imagination, imaginary or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent ...

: **'' Interpreter of Maladies'' by Jhumpa Lahiri ( Mariner Books/

Houghton Mifflin The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , , "little star", is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often vocalize it as ...

) *

History History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

: **'' Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945'' by David M. Kennedy (

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books ...

) * Biography or Autobiography: **'' Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov)'' by Stacy Schiff (

Random House Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House. Founded in 1927 by businessmen Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer as an imprint of Modern Library, it quickly overtook Modern Library as the parent imprint. Over the foll ...

) *

Poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...

: **''Repair'' by C.K. Williams ( Farrar) * General Nonfiction **'' Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II'' by John W. Dower ( W.W. Norton & Company)

Arts awards

Drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

: **''Dinner With Friends'' by Donald Margulies ( TCG) *

Music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...

: **'' Life is a Dream, Opera in Three Acts: Act II, Concert Version'' by Lewis Spratlan ( G. Schirmer/AMP); premiered on January 28, 2000, by Dinosaur Annex in

Amherst, Massachusetts Amherst () is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Connecticut River valley. Amherst has a council–manager form of government, and is considered a city under Massachusetts state law. Amherst is one of several Massach ...

. Libretto by James Maraniss.

References

External links

* {{Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prizes by year