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From 1953 to 1963: Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, Edition Time

From 1964 to 1984: Pulitzer Prize for Local General or Spot News Reporting

From 1985 to 1990: Pulitzer Prize for General News Reporting

From 1991 to 1997: Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting

From 1998:to current: Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting

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1985: Thomas Turcol of The Virginian-Pilot and Ledger-Star, Norfolk, Va. For City Hall coverage which exposed the corruption of a local economic development official.

1986: Edna Buchanan of Miami Herald. For her versatile and consistently excellent police beat reporting.

1987: Staff of Akron Beacon Journal. For its coverage, under deadline pressure, of the attempted takeover of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. by a European financier.

1988: Staff of Alabama Journal of Montgomery. For its compelling investigation of the state's unusually high infant-mortality rate, which prompted legislation to combat the problem.

1988: Staff of Lawrence Eagle-Tribune. For an investigation that revealed serious flaws in the Massachusetts prison furlough system and led to significant statewide reforms.

1989: Staff of Louisville Courier-Journal. For its exemplary initial coverage of a bus crash that claimed 27 lives and its subsequent thorough and effective examination of the causes and implications of the tragedy.

1990: Staff of San Jose Mercury News. For its detailed coverage of the October 17, 1989, Bay Area earthquake and its aftermath.

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1991: Staff of Miami Herald, for stories profiling a local cult leader, his followers, and their links to several area murders.

1992: Staff of Newsday, for coverage of a midnight subway derailment in Manhattan that left five passengers dead and more than 200 injured.

1993: Staff of Los Angeles Times, for balanced, comprehensive, penetrating coverage under deadline pressure of the second, most destructive day of the Los Angeles riots.

1994: Staff of New York Times, for its comprehensive coverage of the 1993 bombing of Manhattan's World Trade Center.

1995: Staff of Los Angeles Times, for its reporting on January 17, 1994, of the chaos and devastation in the aftermath of the Northridge earthquake.

1996: Robert D. McFadden of The New York Times. For his highly skilled writing and reporting on deadline during the year.

1997: Staff of Newsday, for its enterprising coverage of the crash of TWA Flight 800 and its aftermath.

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1998: The Los Angeles Times staff, for its coverage of a botched bank robbery, which led to a shootout with the police in North Hollywood.

1999: The Hartford Courant staff, for its coverage of a shooting spree by a state lottery worker, which left four dead.

2000: The Denver Post staff, for its coverage of the massacre at the Columbine High School.

2001: The Miami Herald staff, for its coverage of the seizure of Elián González by federal agents.

2002: The Wall Street Journal staff, for its coverage of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center.

2003: The Eagle-Tribune staff, for its stories on the accidental drowning of four boys in the Merrimack River.

2004: Staff of the Los Angeles Times, for its compelling and comprehensive coverage of the massive wildfires that imperiled a populated region of southern California.

2005: Staff of the Star-Ledger, for its comprehensive, clear-headed coverage of the resignation of New Jersey’s governor after he announced he was gay and confessed to adultery with a male lover.

2006: Staff of the Times-Picayune, for its courageous and aggressive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, overcoming desperate conditions facing the city and the newspaper.