E&P: Chris Rose and Times-Picayune as Pulitzer Finalists?

UPDATE #4: Pulitzer Finalists -- Here's the Likely List


By Joe Strupp

Published: March 09, 2006 Updated 12:41 PM ET FRIDAY

NEW YORK With leaks pouring in, all confirmed by two or more sources, E&P presents below a list of alleged/likely finalists for this year's Pulitzer prizes in journalism. Those apparently doing very well with multiple nods are The Washington Post, The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the Times-Picayune of New Orleans.

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The amazing thing is, our speculative lists in the past have proven absolutely on the money, with just one or two exceptions to keep us honest. Take it for what it is, well beyond rumor and not quite official. Nearly all of the information, however, comes directly from judges and the finalists themselves -- always confirmed by more than one source, and sometimes half a dozen. We will add the four missing categories as they come in.

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COMMENTARY

Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times
Cynthia Tucker of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Chris Rose of the Times-Picayune

INVESTIGATIVE

The Washington Post (revelations about Jack Abramoff)
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (FEMA probe)
Los Angeles Times (Getty Museum)

NATIONAL

The New York Times (NSA wiretapping revelations)
The New York Times (body armor)
Copley News Service/The San Diego Union-Tribune ("Duke" Cunningham)

PUBLIC SERVICE

The Blade of Toledo (“Coingate”)
The Washington Post (package on terrorism)
The Sun-Herald of Biloxi, Miss. (Katrina)

BEAT REPORTING (new)

The Washington Post (Dana Priest, secret prisons)
The New York Times (Barry Meier, defective heart implant)
Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Miss. (Jerry Mitchell, civil rights murders)

INTERNATIONAL

The New York Times (China)
Los Angeles Times (Muslims in Europe)
The Washington Post (Iraq coverage by Steve Fainaru)

EXPLANATORY

The Washington Post (David Finkel for reports about Yemen)
Miami Herald (breakdowns in hurricane warning system)
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (rabies)

BREAKING NEWS

Atlanta Journal-Constitution (courthouse shooting)
The Times-Picayune of New Orleans (Katrina)
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Hurriance Wilma)

CARTOONISTS

Mike Luckovich of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mike Thompson of the Detroit Free Press
Marshall Ramsey of the Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Miss.

SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY

Los Angeles Times (Gaza pullout)
Dallas Morning News (Katrina)
The Associated Press (Katrina)

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY

Los Angeles Times (Catholic priests in Alaska)
Rocky Mountain News ('Final Salute')
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Holocaust survivor)
Joe Strupp (jstrupp@editorandpublisher.com) is senior editor at E&P.

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during early September for the people who stayed behind. I think they still have the big Goss-Urbanite presses of my old alma mater the West Bank Guide over in Gretna.

With that one caveat, I think the T-P deserves some recognition for the coverage they managed from the belly of the beast during the worst of it.

Chris Rose I have mixed feelings about. He has flights of brilliance, and then writes about people yacking on their carphones while driving.

I have an appreciation for the challenges of coming up with something twice or more a week. I've pushed over 100,000 words into Wet Bank Guide since September, and I'm stuck for a post write now. Some sing, some don't and some are just to keep the hit counts ups so people don't forget when I do have something to say. It's a hard thing to do.

At his best, Rose was f---ing brilliant.