2012 Pulitzer Prize Winners
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Awards ranging from journalism to drama to music
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Journalism
- Public Service: The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Breaking News Reporting: The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News Staff
- Investigative Reporting:
Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Eileen Sullivan and Chris Hawley of the Associated Press
Michael J. Berens and Ken Armstrong of The Seattle Times - Explanatory Reporting: David Kocieniewski of The New York Times
- Local Reporting: Sara Ganim and members of The Patriot News Staff, Harrisburg, PA
- National Reporting: David Wood of The Huffington Post
- International Reporting: Jeffrey Gettleman of The New York Times
- Feature Writing: Eli Sanders of The Stranger, a Seattle (Wash.) weekly
- Commentary: Mary Schmich of The Chicago Tribune
- Criticism: Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe
- Editorial Writing: No award
- Editorial Cartooning: Matt Wuerker of POLITICO
- Breaking News Photography: Massoud Hossaini of Agence France-Presse
- Feature Photography: Craig F. Walker of The Denver Post
Letters, Drama, and Music
- Fiction: No award
- Drama: Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes
- History: Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by the late Manning Marable (Viking Adult)
- Biography: George F. Kennan: An American Life by John Lewis Gaddis (The Penguin Press)
- Poetry: Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith (Graywolf Press)
- General Nonfiction: The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt (W.W. Norton & Company)
- Music: Silent Night: Opera in Two Acts by Kevin Puts (Aperto Press)
Special Citations and Awards
- No special citations or awards were given for this time period.
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