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        South Carolina Paper Wins Pulitzer for Domestic Violence Series

   by VOA News

   The New York Times won three prestigious[1] Pulitzer Prizes Monday
   while a South Carolina newspaper, The Post and Courier, won the
   Pulitzer for public service for its series on domestic violence against
   women.

   [2]The Post and Courier stories explored the deaths of 300 women over
   the past decade, with judges calling it "a riveting series that probed
   why South Carolina is among the deadliest states in the union for
   women."

   The New York Times won its awards for[3] investigating reporting on the
   influence of lobbyists, and for [4]international reporting and[5]
   feature photography that told the story of the devastating Ebola
   outbreak in West Africa.

   The Los Angeles Times won two of the prizes, for feature writing on
   the[6] effects of California's drought and for television criticism.

   Two other prestigious U.S. newspapers, The Wall Street Journal and The
   Washington Post each won a prize. The Wall Street Journal won for
   [7]reporting previously confidential information on the Medicare
   payment system. The Post took the [8]award for national reporting for
   covering security lapses that led to an overhaul of the Secret Service.

   One of the biggest U.S. stories of the year -- the police shooting of
   Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and the resulting racial unrest --
   was [9]covered by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and earned the newspaper
   a Pulitzer for breaking news photography.

   The Seattle Times staff took the breaking news award for its
   [10]coverage of a deadly landslide in Washington state.

   Bloomberg News was a first-time winner, earning the explanatory
   reporting award for an [11]examination of how U.S. corporations dodge
   taxes.

   The prize for local reporting went to journalists at the Daily Breeze
   of Torrance, California for [12]their look at corruption in a school
   district.

   Besides the journalism categories, Pulitzer prizes also were awarded in
   literature, history, drama and music. The fiction prize was won by
   Anthony Doerr for his novel "All the Light We Cannot See," while the
   biography award went to David Kertzer for his book "The Pope and
   Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in
   Europe."

   The annual prizes, begun in 1917, are named for publisher Joseph
   Pulitzer and are administered by Columbia University in New York City.
   In 20 of the categories, each winner receives $10,000. The winner for
   public service in journalism is awarded a gold medal.

   List of 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners

   Journalism

   Public Service: The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina
   Breaking News Reporting: The Seattle Times staff
   Investigative Reporting: Eric Lipton of The New York Times and The Wall
   Street Journal staff
   Explanatory Reporting: Zachary R. Mider of Bloomberg News
   Local Reporting: Rob Kuznia, Rebecca Kimitch and Frank Suraci of the
   Daily Breeze of Torrance, California
   National Reporting: Carol D. Leonnig of The Washington Post
   International Reporting: The New York Times staff
   Feature Writing: Diana Marcum of the Los Angeles Times
   Commentary: Lisa Falkenberg of the Houston Chronicle
   Criticism: Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times
   Editorial Writing: Kathleen Kingsbury of The Boston Globe
   Editorial Cartooning: Adam Zyglis of The Buffalo News
   Breaking News Photography: St. Louis Post-Dispatch photography staff
   Feature Photography: Daniel Berehulak, freelance photographer, The New
   York Times

   Books, Drama and Music

   Fiction: "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
   Drama: "Between Riverside and Crazy" by Stephen Adly Guirgis
   History: "Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan
   People" by Elizabeth A. Fenn
   Biography: "The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and
   the Rise of Fascism in Europe" by David I. Kertzer
   Poetry: "Digest" by Gregory Pardlo
   General Nonfiction: "The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History" by
   Elizabeth Kolbert
   Music: "Anthracite Fields" by Julia Wolfe
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References

   1. http://www.pulitzer.org/
   2. http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2015-Public-Service
   3. http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2015-Investigative-Reporting-Group1
   4. http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2015-International-Reporting
   5. http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2015-Feature-Photography
   6. http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2015-Feature-Writing
   7. http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2015-Investigative-Reporting-Group2
   8. http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2015-National-Reporting
   9. http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2015-Breaking-News-Photography
  10. http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2015-Breaking-News-Reporting
  11. http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2015-Explanatory-Reporting
  12. http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2015-Local-Reporting
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