The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1991. The year is significant because not only were awards given for all categories, but two seperate awards were given for International Reporting. The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting has been awarded since 1948 for a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs, including United Nations correspondence. ...

Journalism awards

• Public Service:
  • Des Moines Register, For reporting by Jane Schorer that, with the victim's consent, named a woman who had been raped --which prompt widespread reconsideration of the traditional media practice of concealing the identity of rape victims.
• Spot News Reporting:
  • Staff of Miami Herald, For stories profiling a local cult leader, his followers, and their links to several area murders.
• Investigative Reporting:
  • Joseph T. Hallinan and Susan M. Headden of Indianapolis Star, For their shocking series on medical malpractice in the state.
• Explanatory Journalism:
  • Susan C. Faludi of Wall Street Journal, For a report on the leveraged buy-out of Safeway Stores, Inc., that revealed the human costs of high finance.
• Beat Reporting:
  • Natalie Angier of New York Times, For her compelling and illuminating reports on a variety of scientific topics.
• National Reporting:
  • Marjie Lundstrom and Rochelle Sharpe of Gannett News Service, For reporting that disclosed hundreds of child abuse-related deaths go undetected each year as a result of errors by medical examiners.
• International Reporting:
  • Serge Schmemann of New York Times, For his coverage of the reunification of Germany.
• International Reporting:
  • Caryle Murphy of Washington Post, For her dispatches from occupied Kuwait, some of which she filed while in hiding from Iraqi authorities.
• Feature Writing:
  • Sheryl James of St. Petersburg Times, For a compelling series about a mother who abandoned her newborn child and how it affected her life and those of others.
• Commentary:
  • Jim Hoagland of Washington Post, For searching and prescient columns on events leading up to the Gulf War and on the political problems of Mikhail Gorbachev.
• Criticism:
  • David Shaw of Los Angeles Times, For his critiques of the way in which the media, including his own paper, reported the McMartin Pre-School child molestation case.
• Editorial Writing:
  • Ron Casey, Harold Jackson and Joey Kennedy of Birmingham News, For their editorial campaign analyzing inequities in Alabama's tax system and proposing needed reforms.
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Jim Borgman of Cincinnati Enquirer
• Spot News Photography:
  • Greg Marinovich of Associated Press, For a series of photographs of supporters of South Africa's African National Congress brutally murdering a man they believed to be a Zulu spy.
• Feature Photography:
  • William Snyder of Dallas Morning News, For his photographs of ill and orphaned children living in subhuman conditions in Romania.

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Photo by Terry Macdonald Harold Jackson was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... The Birmingham News is a the daily newspaper for Birmingham, Alabama, and the largest newspaper in Alabama. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning has been awarded since 1922 for a distinguished cartoon or portfolio of cartoons published during the year, characterized by originality, editorial effectiveness, quality of drawing, and pictorial effect. ... Categories: Stub | 1952 births | Cartoonists | Pulitzer Prize winners | Cincinnati, Ohio | Reuben Award winners ... The Cincinnati Enquirer is a daily morning newspaper published at Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Associated Press logo The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography has been awarded since 1968 for a distinguished example of feature photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, a sequence or an album. ... Snyder in 2005 William Snyder is a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and is currently the Director of Photography for The Dallas Morning News. ... The Dallas Morning News is the major daily newspaper serving the Dallas, Texas area. ...

Letters awards

• Fiction:
  • Rabbit At Rest by John Updike
• History:
  • A Midwife's Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • Jackson Pollock by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith
• Poetry:
  • Near Changes by Mona Van Duyn
• General Non-Fiction:
  • The Ants by Bert Holldobler and Edward O. Wilson

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Arts awards

• Drama:
  • Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon
• Music:
  • Symphony by Shulamit Ran

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External Links

• http://www.pulitzer.org/cyear/1991w.html