1988 Pulitzer Prize
The following are the
Pulitzer Prizes
for 1988.
Journalism
| Public service | The Charlotte Observer | "For revealing misuse of funds by the PTL television ministry" |
General news reporting |
Staff of Lawrence Eagle-Tribune, Massachusetts |
"For an investigation that revealed serious flaws in the Massachusetts prison furlough system and led to significant statewide reforms." |
| Investigative reporting | Staff of Alabama Journal, Montgomery, Alabama | "For its compelling investigation of the state's unusually high infant-mortality rate, which prompted legislation to combat the problem." |
| Investigative reporting | Dean Baquet, William Gaines and Ann Marie Lipinski of the Chicago Tribune | "For their detailed reporting on the self-interest and waste that plague Chicago's City Council." |
Explanatory reporting |
Daniel Hertzberg and James B. Stewart of The Wall Street Journal | "For their stories about an investment banker charged with insider trading and the critical day that followed the October 19, 1987, stock market crash." |
Specialized Reporting |
Walt Bogdanich of The Wall Street Journal | "For his chilling series of reports on faulty testing by American medical laboratories." |
| National reporting | Tim Weiner of The Philadelphia Inquirer | "For his series of reports on a secret Pentagon budget used by the government to sponsor defense research and an arms buildup." |
| International reporting | Thomas L. Friedman of The New York Times |
"For balanced and informed coverage of Israel." |
| Feature writing | Jacqui Banaszynski of St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch | "For her moving series about the life and death of an AIDS victim in a rural farm community."
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| Commentary | The Miami Herald |
"For his consistently effective use of humor as a device for presenting fresh insights into serious concerns." |
| Criticism | Tom Shales of The Washington Post | "For his television criticism." |
| Editorial writing | Jane Healy of Orlando Sentinel | "For her series of editorials protesting overdevelopment of Florida's Orange County." |
Editorial cartooning |
Atlanta Constitution and The Charlotte Observer |
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Spot news photography |
Scott Shaw of Odessa American | "For his photograph of the child Jessica McClure being rescued from the well into which she had fallen."
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| Feature photography | Michel du Cille of The Miami Herald |
"For photographs portraying the decay and subsequent rehabilitation of a housing project overrun by the drug crack." |
Letters and Drama
| Fiction | Beloved by Toni Morrison (Alfred A. Knopf) |
| Drama | Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry (TCG) |
| History | The Launching of Modern American Science 1846-1876 by Robert V. Bruce (Alfred A. Knopf) |
Biography or autobiography |
Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe by David Herbert Donald (Little) |
| Poetry | Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems by William Meredith (Alfred A. Knopf )
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General non-fiction |
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes (Simon & Schuster) |
| Music | 12 New Etudes for Piano by Marc-Andre Hamelin .
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