Latinos and Media Project

Pulitzer Prizes are annual awards for achievements in American journalism, letters, drama and music. The prizes have been awarded by Columbia University since 1917, on the recommendation of a Pulitzer Prize Board. Fourteen prizes are given in journalism. The prizes in letters are for fiction, history, poetry, biography or autobiography, and general nonfiction. There are also prizes for drama and music. A gold medal is awarded for public service in journalism while the other categories are accompanied by a $5,000 award paid from Pulitzer endowments.

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[ 1960 1981 1983 1987 1990 1993 1994 1995 1997 1999 2000 2003]

-1960-
Photography
Andrew Lopez
Four photographs depicting a corporal formerly of Dictator Batista's army who was executed by a Castro firing squad

-1981-
Local Investigating Specialized Reporting
Clark Hallas and Robert B. Lowe
Improper Use of University Athletic Recruiting Funds

-1983-
Public Service
Los Angeles Times
Southern California's Latino Community (series)
[Frank del Olmo, Virginia Escalante, Marita Hernandez, Al Martinez, Robert Montemayor, Julio Moran, George Ramos, David Reyes, Nancy Rivera, Louis Sahagun, Frank Sotomayor, Victor Valle, Juan Vasquez]

-1987-
National Reporting
Miami Herald
U.S.-Iran-Contra connection coverage
[Andrés Oppenheimer]

-1990-
Fiction
Oscar Hijuelos
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

-1993-
Commentary
Liz Balmaseda, Miami Herald columns
Spot News Reporting
Los Angeles Times
Coverage of the Los Angeles riots
[George Ramos, Héctor Tobar]

-1994-
Editorial Cartooning
Michael Ramirez, Series of trenchant cartoons on contemporary issues.

-1995-
Spot News Reporting
Los Angeles Times
The Northridge Earthquake (series)
[Robert J. Lopez, Josh Meyer, Sonia Nazario]

-1997-
Explanatory Journalism
Reporter Michael Vitez, Photography by Ron Cortes and April Saul
Seeking a Good Death (series)

-1999-
Investigative Reporting
Miami Herald
Dirty Votes: The Race for Miami Mayor (series)
[Karen Branch, Alfonso Chardy, Manny Garcia, Allison Klein, Sandra Marquez Garcia, Maria A. Morales, Joseph Tanfani, Andres Viglucci]

-2000-
Breaking News Photography
Photo Staff of Denver Rocky Mountain News
Alan Diaz
For its powerful collection of emotional images taken after the student shootings at Columbine High School.

-2003-
Feature Writing
Sonia Nazario of Los Angeles Times
For "Enrique's Journey," her touching, exhaustively reported story of a Honduran boy's perilous search for his mother who had migrated to the United States.