Aug 10th, 2008 · The Hugo Awards are the Pulitzers of science fiction writing. Saturday, the World Science Fiction Society handed out the Hugos at the group's annual convention in Denver. Michael Chabon, winner of the Best Novel trophy and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Yiddish Policemen's Union," talks to Andrea Seabrook about the awards.
Jul 23rd, 2008 · Maurice Possley, one of the Chicago Tribune reporters whose work led to Illinois' death penalty moratorium, is resigning. He says the paper is dismantling itself in ways that hurt its ability to do good, meaningful journalism.
Jul 12th, 2008 · Greenhouse took over the high court beat for The New York Times in 1978. Her 30-year tenure has been longer than any sitting justice except John Paul Stevens. Nearly 3,000 articles and a Pulitzer prize later, she's leaving the Times.
Apr 8th, 2008 · The Washington Post garnered the most Pulitzer Prizes this year with six. They included the prize for public service for reporting on the deplorable conditions for wounded servicemen and servicewomen at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Apr 7th, 2008 · For his Pulitzer-prize winning feature story, Gene Weingarten of the Washington Post convinced world-class violinist Joshua Bell to play beautiful music in a Metrorail station to gauge commuters' reaction.
Apr 7th, 2008 · The Washington Post won six Pulitzer prizes, including the public service medal for exposing shoddy treatment of America's war wounded at Walter Reed hospital, and the breaking-news award for coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre.
Nov 8th, 2007 · News of another massive toy recall is making headlines. This time, the toy Aqua Dots was recalled after findings indicated that it contains traces of gamma hydroxy butyrate (GHB), also known as the date rape drug. Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, Loretta Tofani, says both the products and the working conditions are dangerous. She's joined by Wall Street Journal writer, Christopher Conkey.
Oct 9th, 2007 · Newsday, a New York newspaper, received a tip that the Pulitzer prizes it won for public service were listed on eBay.com last week. The three gold medals sold at a California auction for more than $15,000. The newspaper's staffers thought the awards were safely locked away. No one knows how they ended up for sale on the other side of the country.