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.
Aug 13th, 2007 · Tim Page, a Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic, describes living with Asperger's syndrome in his article "Parallel Play" in the Aug. 20 edition of The New Yorker. He talks with Robert Siegel about learning to live with Asperger's.
Aug 5th, 2007 · Charles Simic, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, was just named the Library of Congress's 15th Poet Laureate. Simic talks with Lynn Neary.
Jul 10th, 2007 · Doug Marlette, a Pulitzer-winning cartoonist, was killed Tuesday in a car crash in Mississippi. Marlette's editorial cartoons and his comic strip, "Kudzu," are syndicated worldwide. He was 57 years old.
Jun 27th, 2007 · In 2006, Connie Schultz took time off to campaign for her husband, Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown. Her new book "... and His Lovely Wife: A Memoir from the Woman Beside the Man," recounts her experiences on the campaign trail.