Pulitzers announced
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 and 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 weekly
COMMENTARY: Mary Schmich of The Chicago Tribune
CRITICISM: Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe
EDITORIAL WRITING: No award [surprising]
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 AND DRAMA
FICTION: No award [very surprising]
DRAMA: “Water by the Spoonful” by Quiara Alegría Hudes
HISTORY: “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention” by Manning Marable, awarded posthumously (Viking)
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 and Company)
MUSIC: “Silent Night: Opera in Two Acts” by Kevin Puts, commissioned and premiered by the Minnesota Opera in Minneapolis on Nov. 12, 2011.