For a distinguished example of local reporting of breaking news, with special emphasis on the speed and accuracy of the initial coverage, using any available journalistic tool, including text reporting, videos, databases, multimedia or interactive presentations or any combination of those formats, in print or online or both, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
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Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Breaking News Reporting in 2011:
A joint staff entry
For their coverage of a devastating earthquake in Haiti, often working under extreme conditions.
Staff
For its coverage of the deaths of two Chicago firefighters who were killed while searching for squatters in an abandoned burning building.
Staff
For its coverage of the most devastating flood in Middle Tennessee history.
The Jury
The Jury
Gabriel Escobar(chair )
metro editor
Nicole Carroll
executive editor
Lynn Cunningham
online editor
J. Todd Foster
executive editor
Glenn Proctor
vice president and executive editor
Winners in Breaking News Reporting
Staff
For its comprehensive coverage, in print and online, of the shooting deaths of four police officers in a coffee house and the 40-hour manhunt for the suspect.
Staff
For its swift and sweeping coverage of a sex scandal that resulted in the resignation of Gov. Eliot Spitzer, breaking the story on its Web site and then developing it with authoritative, rapid-fire reports.
Staff
For its exceptional, multi-faceted coverage of the deadly shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, telling the developing story in print and online.
Staff
For its skillful and tenacious coverage of a family missing in the Oregon mountains, telling the tragic story both in print and online.
2011 Prize Winners
Jennifer Egan
An inventive investigation of growing up and growing old in the digital age, displaying a big-hearted curiosity about cultural change at warp speed.
Ron Chernow
A sweeping, authoritative portrait of an iconic leader learning to master his private feelings in order to fulfill his public duties.
Mike Keefe
For his widely ranging cartoons that employ a loose, expressive style to send strong, witty messages.
Kay Ryan
A body of work spanning 45 years, witty, rebellious and yet tender, a treasure trove of an iconoclastic and joyful mind.