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 2007 were announced on April 16, 2007.The Pulitzer Prize Winners for 2007
from that organization's website In November 2006, the Pulitzer Prize Board announced two changes that would apply to the 2007 awards: *"online elements will be permitted in all journalism categories except for the competition's two photography categories, which will continue to restrict entries to still images."
from the Pulitzer Prize website *a "category called Local Reporting will replace

Beat Reporting Beat reporting, also known as specialized reporting, is a genre of journalism focused on a particular issue, sector, organization, or institution over time. Description Beat reporters build up a base of knowledge on and gain familiarity with t ...

as one of the 14 prizes in journalism"; the board explained that "while the local category replaces the Beat Reporting category that was created in 1991, the work of beat reporters remains eligible for entry in a wide range of categories that include—depending on the specialty involved— national, investigative, and explanatory reporting, as well as the new local category."

Journalism

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

Special Citations

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received an extraordinary citation "for his distinguished, prolific and deeply influential career as an unmatched author of science fiction and fantasy." *

John Coltrane John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the Jazz#Post-war jazz, history of jazz and 20th-century musi ...

received an extraordinary posthumous citation "for his masterful improvisation, supreme musicianship and iconic centrality to the history of jazz."

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