| Public service | The Times-Picayune | " ... for its heroic, multi-faceted coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, making exceptional use of the newspaper s resources to serve an inundated city even after evacuation of the newspaper plant. (Selected by the Board from the Public Service category, where it was entered.)" |
| Sun Herald | " ... for its valorous and comprehensive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, providing a lifeline for devastated readers, in print and online, during their time of greatest need." |
| Breaking news reporting | Staff of The Times-Picayune | " ... for its courageous and aggressive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, overcoming desperate conditions facing the city and the newspaper." |
| Investigative reporting | Susan Schmidt, James V. Grimaldi and R. Jeffrey Smith, The Washington Post | " ... for their indefatigable probe of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff that exposed congressional corruption and produced reform efforts." |
| Explanatory reporting | David Finkel, The Washington Post | " ... for his ambitious, clear-eyed case study of the United States government s attempt to bring democracy to Yemen." |
| Beat reporting | Dana Priest, The Washington Post | for her persistent, painstaking reports on secret "black site" prisons and other controversial features of the government s counterterrorism campaign. |
| National reporting | James Risen and Eric Lichtblau of The New York Times | for their carefully sourced stories on secret domestic eavesdropping that stirred a national debate on the boundary line between fighting terrorism and protecting civil liberty. |
| National reporting | Staffs of The San Diego Union-Tribune and Copley News Service, with notable work by Marcus Stern and Jerry Kammer | " ... for their disclosure of bribe-taking that sent former Rep. Randy Cunningham to prison in disgrace." |
| International reporting | Joseph Kahn and Jim Yardley, The New York Times | " ... for their ambitious stories on ragged justice in China as the booming nation s legal system evolves." |
| Feature writing | Jim Sheeler, Rocky Mountain News | " ... for his poignant story on a Marine major who helps the families of comrades killed in Iraq cope with their loss and honor their sacrifice." |
| Commentary | Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times | " ... for his graphic, deeply reported columns that, at personal risk, focused attention on genocide in Darfur and that gave voice to the voiceless in other parts of the world." |
| Criticism | Robin Givhan of The Washington Post | " ... for her witty, closely observed essays that transform fashion criticism into cultural criticism." |
| Editorial writing | Rick Attig and Doug Bates, The Oregonian | " ... for their persuasive, richly reported editorials on abuses inside a forgotten Oregon mental hospital." |
| Editorial cartooning | Mike Luckovich, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | " ... for his powerful cartoons on an array of issues, drawn with a simple but piercing style." |
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