The Boston Globe - Pulitzer Prizes

Pulitzer Prizes

• 2012: Criticism, Wesley Morris
• 2011: Criticism, Sebastian Smee
• 2008: Distinguished Criticism, Mark Feeney
• 2007: National Reporting, Charlie Savage
• 2005: Explanatory Reporting, Gareth Cook for "explaining, with clarity and humanity, the complex scientific and ethical dimensions of stem cell research."
• 2003: Public Service, Boston Globe Spotlight Team for "courageous, comprehensive coverage in its disclosures of sexual abuse by priests in the Roman Catholic Church"
• 2001: Distinguished Criticism, Gail Caldwell
• 1997: Distinguished Commentary, Eileen McNamara
• 1996: Distinguished Criticism, Robert Campbell
• 1995: Distinguished Beat Reporting, David M Shribman for his "analytical reporting on Washington developments and the national scene."
• 1985: Feature Photography, Stan Grossfeld for a "series of photographs of the 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia and for his pictures of illegal aliens on the Mexican border." The Pulitzer was also awarded in equal parts to Larry C. Price of the Philadelphia Inquirer for his series on the war-torn peoples of Angola and El Salvador.
• 1984: Spot News Photography, Stan Grossfeld for photographing the effects of the Lebanese Civil War.
• 1984: Local Reporting, The Boston Globe for a series on racism including self-criticism.
• 1983: National Reporting, The Boston Globe Magazine for its article "War and Peace in the Nuclear Age".
• 1980: Distinguished Commentary, Ellen Goodman, columnist.
• 1980: Distinguished Criticism, William Henry III, for television criticism.
• 1980: Special Local Reporting, The Boston Globe Spotlight Team for describing transit mismanagement.
• 1977: Editorial Cartooning, Paul Szep
• 1975: Meritorious Public Service, The Boston Globe, for its "massive and balanced coverage of the Boston school desegregation crisis."
• 1974: Editorial Cartooning, Paul Szep.
• 1972: Local Reporting, The Boston Globe Spotlight Team for "their exposure of political favoritism and conflict of interest by office holders in Somerville, Massachusetts."
• 1966: Meritorious Public Service for its "campaign to prevent the confirmation of Francis X Morrissey as a Federal District judge."