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The 2006 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Feature Writing

Finalist: The New York Times , by Dan Barry

For his rich portfolio of pieces capturing slices of life in hurricane-battered New Orleans as well as his own New York City.

Winners

Prize Winner in Feature Writing in 2006:

Jim Sheeler

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. Feature Writing

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Feature Writing in 2006:

Mary Schmich

For her intimate and compelling story about a federal judge whose husband and mother were murdered by an angry former plaintiff.

The Jury

Amy Stevens(chair )

editor, Weekend Journal

Maria Carrillo

managing editor

Jane Harrigan

journalism director

Ardith Hilliard

editor and vice president

Wanda Lloyd

executive editor

John Montorio

associate editor

Ronnie Ramos

sports editor

Winners in Feature Writing

2005

Julia Keller

For her gripping, meticulously reconstructed account of a deadly 10-second tornado that ripped through Utica, Illinois.
2003

Sonia Nazario

For "Enrique's Journey," her touching, exhaustively reported story of a Honduran boy's perilous search for his mother who had migrated to the United States.
2002

Barry Siegel

For his humane and haunting portrait of a man tried for negligence in the death of his son, and the judge who heard the case.
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2006 Prize Winners

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.)
Public Service

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.
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