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The '''Pulitzer Prize for Public Service''' is one of the fourteen American [[Pulitzer Prizes]] annually awarded for journalism. It recognizes a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper or news site through the use of its journalistic resources, which may include editorials, cartoons, photographs, graphics, video and other online material, and may be presented in print or online or both. 

The Public Service prize was one of the original Pulitzers, established in 1917, but no award was given that year.<ref name=prize>[http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1917 "1917 Winners"]. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-12-26.</ref> It is the only prize in the program that awards a gold medal and is the most prestigious one for a newspaper to win.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robertson |first1=Katie |title=Pulitzer Prizes Spotlight Jan. 6 Capitol Riot and Mideast Air Wars Coverage |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/09/business/media/pulitzer-prizes-new-york-times-washington-post.html |access-date=9 May 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=9 May 2022}}</ref>

As with other Pulitzer Prizes, a committee of jurors narrows the field to three nominees, from which the Pulitzer Board generally picks a winner and finalists. Finalists have been made public since 1980. The Pulitzer Board issues an official citation explaining the reason for the award.

==Winners and citations==
In its first 97 years to 2013, the Public Service Pulitzer was awarded 96 times. There were four years for which no award was given, and two prizes were awarded in the years 1967, 1990, and 2006. In 1950, 1951, 1953, 1955 and 1959, prizes were awarded to two newspapers. A reporter (rather than a publication) was first named in 1947; recently that has been more common and as many as three reporters have been named.

*'''[[1917 Pulitzer Prize|1917]]:''' no award given
*'''[[1918 Pulitzer Prize|1918]]:''' ''[[The New York Times]]'', "for its public service in publishing in full so many official reports, documents and speeches by European statesmen relating to the progress and conduct of [[World War I|the war]]."
*'''[[1919 Pulitzer Prize|1919]]:''' ''[[Milwaukee Journal]]'', "for its strong and courageous campaign for [[Americanism (ideology)|Americanism]] in a constituency where [[German American|foreign elements]] made such a policy hazardous from a business point of view."
*'''[[1920 Pulitzer Prize|1920]]:''' no award given
*'''[[1921 Pulitzer Prize|1921]]:''' ''[[Boston Post]]'', "for its exposure of the operations of [[Charles Ponzi]] by a series of articles which finally led to his arrest."
*'''[[1922 Pulitzer Prize|1922]]:''' ''[[New York World]]'', "for articles exposing the operations of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], published during September and October, 1921."
*'''[[1923 Pulitzer Prize|1923]]:''' ''[[The Commercial Appeal|Memphis Commercial Appeal]]'', "for its courageous attitude in the publication of cartoons and the handling of news in reference to the operations of the [[Ku Klux Klan]]."
*'''[[1924 Pulitzer Prize|1924]]:''' ''[[New York World]]'', "for its work in connection with the exposure of the Florida [[Debt bondage|peonage]] evil," which helped bring an end to [[convict leasing]] in Florida
*'''[[1925 Pulitzer Prize|1925]]:''' no award given
*'''[[1926 Pulitzer Prize|1926]]:''' ''[[Columbus Ledger-Enquirer|Columbus Enquirer Sun]]'' (Columbus, Georgia), "for the service which it rendered in its brave and energetic fight against the Ku Klux Klan; against the enactment of a [[Butler Act|law barring the teaching of evolution]]; against dishonest and incompetent public officials and for justice to the [[Negro]] and against [[lynching]]."
*'''[[1927 Pulitzer Prize|1927]]:''' ''[[Canton Daily News]]'' ([[Canton, Ohio]]), "for its brave, patriotic and effective fight for the ending of a vicious state of affairs brought about by collusion between city authorities and the criminal element, a fight which had a tragic result in the [[assassination]] of the editor of the paper, Mr. [[Don Mellett|Don R. Mellett]]."
*'''[[1928 Pulitzer Prize|1928]]:''' ''[[Indianapolis Times]]'', "for its work in exposing political corruption to Indiana, prosecuting the guilty and bringing about a more wholesome state of affairs in civil government."
*'''[[1929 Pulitzer Prize|1929]]:''' ''[[New York Evening World]]'', "for its effective campaign to correct evils in the administration of justice, including the fight to curb '[[ambulance chaser]]s,' support of the 'fence' bill, and measures to simplify procedure, prevent [[perjury]] and eliminate politics from municipal courts; a campaign which has been instrumental in securing remedial action."
*'''[[1930 Pulitzer Prize|1930]]:''' no award given
*'''[[1931 Pulitzer Prize|1931]]:''' ''[[The Atlanta Constitution]]'', "for a successful municipal graft exposure and consequent convictions."
*'''[[1932 Pulitzer Prize|1932]]:''' ''[[Indianapolis News]]'', "for its successful campaign to eliminate waste in city management and to reduce the [[tax levy]]."
*'''[[1933 Pulitzer Prize|1933]]:''' ''[[New York World-Telegram]]'', "for its series of articles on veterans relief, on the real estate bond evil, the campaign urging voters in the late New York City municipal election to "[[Write-in candidate|write in]]" the name of [[Joseph V. McKee]], and the articles exposing the [[lottery]] schemes of various [[fraternal organizations]]."
*'''[[1934 Pulitzer Prize|1934]]:''' ''[[Mail Tribune|Medford Mail Tribune]]'' (Oregon), "for its campaign against unscrupulous politicians in [[Jackson County, Oregon]]."
*'''[[1935 Pulitzer Prize|1935]]:''' ''[[The Sacramento Bee]]'', "for its campaign against [[political machine]] influence in the appointment of two [[United States federal judge|Federal judges]] in Nevada."
*'''[[1936 Pulitzer Prize|1936]]:''' ''[[Cedar Rapids Gazette]]'', "for its crusade against corruption and misgovernment in the State of Iowa."
*'''[[1937 Pulitzer Prize|1937]]:''' ''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]'', "for its exposure of wholesale fraudulent [[Voter registration|registration]] in St. Louis. By a coordinated news, editorial and cartoon campaign this newspaper succeeded in invalidating upwards of 40,000 fraudulent ballots in November and brought about the appointment of a new election board."
*'''[[1938 Pulitzer Prize|1938]]:''' ''[[Bismarck Tribune]]'', "for its news reports and editorials entitled, 'Self Help in the [[Dust Bowl]].'"
*'''[[1939 Pulitzer Prize|1939]]:''' ''[[Miami Daily News]]'', "for its campaign for the recall of the [[Miami City Commission]]."
*'''[[1940 Pulitzer Prize|1940]]:''' ''[[Republican-American|Waterbury Republican & American]]'' (Connecticut), "for its campaign exposing municipal graft."
*'''[[1941 Pulitzer Prize|1941]]:''' ''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]'', "for its successful campaign against the city smoke nuisance."
*'''[[1942 Pulitzer Prize|1942]]:''' ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', "for its successful campaign which resulted in the clarification and confirmation for all American newspapers of the [[Freedom of the press|right of free press]] as guaranteed under the [[Constitution of the United States|Constitution]]."
*'''[[1943 Pulitzer Prize|1943]]:''' ''[[Omaha World-Herald]]'', "for its initiative and originality in planning a state-wide campaign for the collection of [[Scrap|scrap metal]] for the [[United States home front during World War II|war effort]]. The Nebraska plan was adopted on a national scale by the daily newspapers, resulting in a united effort which succeeded in supplying our war industries with necessary scrap material."
*'''[[1944 Pulitzer Prize|1944]]:''' ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'', "for its survey of the teaching of American History."
*'''[[1945 Pulitzer Prize|1945]]:''' ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'', "for its investigation of legislative graft and corruption at [[Lansing, Michigan]]."
*'''[[1946 Pulitzer Prize|1946]]:''' ''[[Scranton Times]]'', "for its fifteen-year investigation of judicial practices in the [[United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania|United States District Court for the middle district of Pennsylvania]], resulting in removal of the District Judge and indictment of many others."
*'''[[1947 Pulitzer Prize|1947]]:''' ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'', "for its series of articles by [[Howard M. Norton]] dealing with the administration of unemployment compensation in Maryland, resulting in convictions and pleas of guilty in criminal court of 93 persons."
*'''[[1948 Pulitzer Prize|1948]]:''' ''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]'', "for the coverage of the [[Centralia, Illinois]], mine disaster and the follow-up which resulted in impressive reforms in [[mine safety]] laws and regulations."
*'''[[1949 Pulitzer Prize|1949]]:''' ''[[Nebraska State Journal]]'', "for the campaign establishing the "Nebraska All-Star Primary" [[United States presidential primary|presidential preference primary]] which spotlighted, through a bi-partisan committee, issues early in the presidential campaign."
*'''[[1950 Pulitzer Prize|1950]]:''' ''[[Chicago Daily News]]'' and ''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]'', "for the work of [[George Thiem]] and [[Roy J. Harris]], respectively, in exposing the presence of 37 [[Illinois]] newspapermen on an Illinois State payroll."
*'''[[1951 Pulitzer Prize|1951]]:''' ''[[The Miami Herald]]'' and ''[[Brooklyn Eagle]]'', "for their crime reporting during the year."
*'''[[1952 Pulitzer Prize|1952]]:''' ''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]'', "for its investigation and disclosures of wide spread corruption in the Internal Revenue Bureau and other departments of the government."
*'''[[1953 Pulitzer Prize|1953]]:''' ''[[Whiteville News Reporter]]'' (North Carolina, semi-weekly) and ''[[Tabor City Tribune]]'' (NC, weekly), "for their successful campaign against the [[Ku Klux Klan]], waged on their own doorstep at the risk of economic loss and personal danger, culminating in the conviction of over one hundred Klansmen and an end to terrorism in their communities."
*'''[[1954 Pulitzer Prize|1954]]:''' ''[[Newsday]]'', "for its expose of New York State's race track scandals and labor racketeering, which led to the extortion indictment, guilty plea and imprisonment of [[William C. DeKoning, Sr.]], New York labor racketeer."
*'''[[1955 Pulitzer Prize|1955]]:''' ''[[Columbus Ledger]]'' and ''[[Sunday Ledger-Enquirer]]'' (Columbus, Georgia), "for its complete news coverage and fearless editorial attack on widespread corruption in neighboring [[Phenix City, Alabama]], which were effective in destroying a corrupt and racket-ridden city government."
*'''[[1956 Pulitzer Prize|1956]]:''' ''[[Watsonville Register-Pajaronian]]'' (California), "for courageous exposure of corruption in public office, which led to the resignation of a [[district attorney]] and the conviction of one of his associates."
*'''[[1957 Pulitzer Prize|1957]]:''' ''[[Chicago Daily News]]'', "for determined and courageous public service in exposing a $2,500,000 fraud centering in the office of the [[State Auditor of Illinois]], resulting in the indictment and conviction of the State Auditor and others. This led to the reorganization of State procedures to prevent a recurrence of the fraud."
*'''[[1958 Pulitzer Prize|1958]]:''' ''[[Arkansas Gazette]]'', "for demonstrating the highest qualities of civic leadership, journalistic responsibility and moral courage in the face of great public tension during the school integration crisis of 1957. "
*'''[[1959 Pulitzer Prize|1959]]:''' ''[[Utica Observer-Dispatch]]'' and ''[[Utica Daily Press]]'' (Utica, NY), "for their successful campaign against corruption, gambling and vice in their home city and the achievement of sweeping civic reforms in the face of political pressure and threats of violence."
*'''[[1960 Pulitzer Prize|1960]]:''' ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', "for its thorough, sustained and well-conceived attack on narcotics traffic and the enterprising reporting of [[Gene Sherman (reporter)|Gene Sherman]], which led to the opening of negotiations between the United States and Mexico to halt the flow of illegal drugs into southern California and other [[International border states|border states]]."
*'''[[1961 Pulitzer Prize|1961]]:''' ''[[Amarillo Globe-News|Amarillo Globe-Times]]'', "for exposing a breakdown in local law enforcement with resultant punitive action that swept lax officials from their posts and brought about the election of a reform slate. The newspaper thus exerted its civic leadership in the finest tradition of journalism."
*'''[[1962 Pulitzer Prize|1962]]:''' ''[[Panama City News-Herald]]'', "for its three-year campaign against entrenched power and corruption, with resultant reforms in [[Panama City, Florida|Panama City]] and [[Bay County, Florida|Bay County]]."
*'''[[1963 Pulitzer Prize|1963]]:''' ''[[Chicago Daily News]]'', "for calling public attention to the issue of providing [[birth control]] services in the public health programs in its area."
*'''[[1964 Pulitzer Prize|1964]]:''' ''[[St. Petersburg Times]]'', "for its aggressive investigation of the [[Florida Turnpike Authority]] which disclosed widespread illegal acts and resulted in a major reorganization of the State's road construction program."
*'''[[1965 Pulitzer Prize|1965]]:''' ''[[Hutchinson News]]'', "for its courageous and constructive campaign, culminating in 1964, to bring about more equitable reapportionment of the Kansas Legislature, despite powerful opposition in its own community."
*'''[[1966 Pulitzer Prize|1966]]:''' ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', "for its campaign to prevent confirmation of [[Francis X. Morrissey]] [Sr.] as a Federal District Judge in Massachusetts."
*'''[[1967 Pulitzer Prize|1967]]:''' ''[[Milwaukee Journal]]'', "for its successful campaign to stiffen the law against water pollution in Wisconsin, a notable advance in the national effort for the conservation of natural resources."
*'''[[1967 Pulitzer Prize|1967]]:''' ''[[The Courier-Journal]]'' (Louisville), for its successful campaign to control the Kentucky strip mining industry, a notable advance in the national effort for the conservation of natural resources. 
*'''[[1968 Pulitzer Prize|1968]]:''' ''[[The Press-Enterprise|Riverside Press-Enterprise]]'' (California), "for its expose of corruption in the courts in connection with the handling of the property and estates of an Indian tribe in California, and its successful efforts to punish the culprits."
*'''[[1969 Pulitzer Prize|1969]]:''' ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', "for its expose of wrongdoing within the Los Angeles City Government Commissions, resulting in resignations or criminal convictions of certain members, as well as widespread reforms."
*'''[[1970 Pulitzer Prize|1970]]:''' ''[[Newsday]]'', "for its three-year investigation and exposure of secret land deals in eastern [[Long Island]], which led to a series of criminal convictions, discharges and resignations among public and political officeholders in the area."
*'''[[1971 Pulitzer Prize|1971]]:''' ''[[Winston-Salem Journal]]'', "for coverage of environmental problems, as exemplified by a successful campaign to block [[Surface mining|strip mining]] operation that would have caused irreparable damage to the hill country of northwest North Carolina."
*'''[[1972 Pulitzer Prize|1972]]:''' ''[[The New York Times]]'', "for the publication of the [[Pentagon Papers]]."
*'''[[1973 Pulitzer Prize|1973]]:''' ''[[The Washington Post]]'', "for its investigation of the [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]] case."
*'''[[1974 Pulitzer Prize|1974]]:''' ''[[Newsday]]'', "for its definitive report on the illicit narcotic traffic in the United States and abroad, entitled, 'The Heroin Trail.'"
*'''[[1975 Pulitzer Prize|1975]]:''' ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', "for its massive coverage of the [[Desegregation busing in the United States|Boston school desegregation crisis]]."
*'''[[1976 Pulitzer Prize|1976]]:''' ''[[Anchorage Daily News]]'', "for its disclosures of the impact and influence of the [[Teamsters|Teamsters Union]] on Alaska's economy and politics."
*'''[[1977 Pulitzer Prize|1977]]:''' ''[[Lufkin Daily News]]'', "for an obituary of a local man who died in Marine training camp, which grew into an investigation of that death and a fundamental reform in the recruiting and training practices of the [[United States Marine Corps]]."
*'''[[1978 Pulitzer Prize|1978]]:''' ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', "for a series of articles showing abuses of power by the police in its home city."
*'''[[1979 Pulitzer Prize|1979]]:''' The ''[[Point Reyes Light (newspaper)|Point Reyes Light]]'' (California, [[Weekly newspaper|weekly]]), "for its investigation of [[Synanon]]."
*'''[[1980 Pulitzer Prize|1980]]:''' ''[[Gannett News Service]]'', "for its series on financial contributions to the Pauline Fathers."
*'''[[1981 Pulitzer Prize|1981]]:''' ''[[Charlotte Observer]]'', "for its series on 'Brown Lung: A Case of Deadly Neglect.'"
*'''[[1982 Pulitzer Prize|1982]]:''' ''[[Detroit News]]'', "for a series by [[Sydney P. Freedberg]] and [[David Ashenfelter]] which exposed the [[U.S. Navy]]'s cover-up of circumstances surrounding the deaths of seamen aboard ship and which led to significant reforms in naval procedures."
*'''[[1983 Pulitzer Prize|1983]]:''' ''[[Jackson Clarion-Ledger]]'', "for its successful campaign supporting [[William Winter (politician)|Governor Winter]] in his legislative battle for reform of Mississippi's public education system."
*'''[[1984 Pulitzer Prize|1984]]:''' ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', "for an in-depth examination of southern California's growing Latino community by a team of editors and reporters" called ''[[Latinos (newspaper series)|Latinos]]'' 
*'''[[1985 Pulitzer Prize|1985]]:''' ''[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]'', "for reporting by [[Mark Thompson (reporter)]] which revealed that nearly 250 U.S. servicemen had lost their lives as a result of a design problem in helicopters built by [[Bell Helicopter]] - a revelation which ultimately led the Army to ground almost 600 [[UH-1 Iroquois|Huey]] helicopters pending their modification."
*'''[[1986 Pulitzer Prize|1986]]:''' ''[[The Denver Post]]'', "for its in-depth study of "[[missing children]]", which revealed that most are involved in custody disputes or are runaways, and which helped mitigate national fears stirred by exaggerated statistics."
*'''[[1987 Pulitzer Prize|1987]]:''' ''[[Pittsburgh Press]]'', "for reporting by [[Andrew Schneider (journalist)|Andrew Schneider]] and [[Matthew Brelis]] which revealed the inadequacy of the [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]]'s medical screening of airline pilots and led to significant reforms."
*'''[[1988 Pulitzer Prize|1988]]:''' ''[[Charlotte Observer]]'', "for revealing misuse of funds by the [[PTL Satellite Network|PTL]] television ministry through persistent coverage conducted in the face of a massive campaign by PTL to discredit the newspaper."
*'''[[1989 Pulitzer Prize|1989]]:''' ''[[Anchorage Daily News]]'', "for reporting about the high incidence of alcoholism and suicide among [[Alaska Natives]] in a series that focused attention on their despair and resulted in various reforms."
*'''[[1990 Pulitzer Prize|1990]]:''' ''[[Washington Daily News (Washington, N.C.)|Washington Daily News]]'' ([[Washington, North Carolina]]), "for revealing that the city's water supply was contaminated with [[carcinogen]]s, a problem that the local government had neither disclosed nor corrected over a period of eight years."
*'''[[1990 Pulitzer Prize|1990]]:''' ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', "for reporting by [[Gilbert M. Gaul]] that disclosed how the American blood industry operates with little government regulation or supervision." 
*'''[[1991 Pulitzer Prize|1991]]:''' ''[[Des Moines Register]]'', for reporting by [[Jane Schorer]] for publishing a story regarding [[Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story|Nancy Ziegenmeyer]], a woman who had been [[rape]]d.  Ziegenmeyer consented to the publication of her name.  The story prompted widespread reconsideration of the traditional media practice of concealing the identity of rape victims.
*'''[[1992 Pulitzer Prize|1992]]:''' ''[[The Sacramento Bee]]'', "for 'The Sierra in Peril,' reporting by [[Tom Knudson]] that examined environmental threats and damage to the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] mountain range in California."
*'''[[1993 Pulitzer Prize|1993]]:''' ''[[The Miami Herald]]'', "for coverage that not only helped readers cope with [[Hurricane Andrew]]'s devastation but also showed how lax zoning, inspection and building codes had contributed to the destruction."
*'''[[1994 Pulitzer Prize|1994]]:''' ''[[Akron Beacon Journal]]'', "for its broad examination of local racial attitudes and its subsequent effort to promote improved communication in the community."
*'''[[1995 Pulitzer Prize|1995]]:''' ''[[Virgin Islands Daily News]]'', "for its disclosure of the links between the region's rampant crime rate and corruption in the local criminal justice system. The reporting, largely the work of [[Melvin Claxton]], initiated political reforms."
*'''[[1996 Pulitzer Prize|1996]]:''' ''[[The News & Observer]]'', "for the work of [[Melanie Sill]], [[Pat Stith]] and [[Joby Warrick]] on the environmental and health risks of waste disposal systems used in North Carolina's growing hog industry."
*'''[[1997 Pulitzer Prize|1997]]:''' ''[[The Times-Picayune]]'' (New Orleans), "for its comprehensive series analyzing the conditions that threaten the world's supply of fish."
*'''[[1998 Pulitzer Prize|1998]]:''' ''[[Grand Forks Herald]]'', "for its sustained and informative coverage, vividly illustrated with photographs, that helped hold its community together in the wake of flooding, a blizzard and a fire that devastated much of the city, including the newspaper plant itself."
*'''[[1999 Pulitzer Prize|1999]]:''' ''[[The Washington Post]]'', "for its series that identified and analyzed patterns of reckless gunplay by city police officers who had little training or supervision."
*'''[[2000 Pulitzer Prize|2000]]:''' ''[[The Washington Post]]'', "notably for the work of [[Katherine Boo]] that disclosed wretched neglect and abuse in the city's group homes for the mentally retarded, which forced officials to acknowledge the conditions and begin reforms."
*'''[[2001 Pulitzer Prize|2001]]:''' ''[[The Oregonian]]'' (Portland, OR), "for its detailed and unflinching examination of systematic problems within the [[Immigration and Naturalization Service|United States Immigration and Naturalization Service]], including harsh treatment of foreign nationals and other widespread abuses, which prompted various reforms."
*'''[[2002 Pulitzer Prize|2002]]:''' ''[[The New York Times]]'', "for a special section published regularly after the September 11th terrorist attacks on America, which coherently and comprehensively covered the tragic events, profiled the victims, and tracked the developing story, locally and globally."
*'''[[2003 Pulitzer Prize|2003]]:''' ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', "for its courageous, comprehensive coverage of sexual abuse by priests, an effort that pierced secrecy, stirred local, national and international reaction and produced changes in the [[Roman Catholic Church]]."
*'''[[2004 Pulitzer Prize|2004]]:''' ''[[The New York Times]]'', "for the work of [[David Barstow]] and [[Lowell Bergman]] that relentlessly examined death and injury among American workers and exposed employers who break basic safety rules." (This was moved by the board from the Investigative Reporting category, where it was also entered.)
*'''[[2005 Pulitzer Prize|2005]]:''' ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', "for its courageous, exhaustively researched series exposing deadly medical problems and racial injustice at a major public hospital."
*'''[[2006 Pulitzer Prize|2006]]:''' ''[[The Sun Herald|Biloxi Sun Herald]]'' (Mississippi), "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."
*'''[[2006 Pulitzer Prize|2006]]:''' ''[[The Times-Picayune]]'' (New Orleans), "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."
*'''[[2007 Pulitzer Prize|2007]]:''' ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', "for its creative and comprehensive probe into backdated stock options for business executives that triggered investigations, the ouster of top officials and widespread change in corporate America."
*'''[[2008 Pulitzer Prize|2008]]:''' ''[[The Washington Post]]'', "For the work of [[Dana Priest]], [[Anne Hull]] and photographer [[Michel du Cille]] in exposing [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center neglect scandal|mistreatment of wounded veterans]] at [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center|Walter Reed Hospital]], evoking a national outcry and producing reforms by federal officials."
*'''[[2009 Pulitzer Prize|2009]]:''' ''[[Las Vegas Sun]]'' and notably [[Alexandra Berzon]], "for the exposure of the high death rate among construction workers on the [[Las Vegas Strip]] amid lax enforcement of regulations, leading to changes in policy and improved safety conditions." [http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/topics/construction-deaths/ Original series]
*'''[[2010 Pulitzer Prize|2010]]:''' ''[[Bristol Herald Courier]]'', "for the work of [[Daniel Gilbert (journalist)|Daniel Gilbert]] in illuminating the murky mismanagement of natural-gas royalties owed to thousands of land owners in southwest Virginia, spurring remedial action by state lawmakers."
*'''[[2011 Pulitzer Prize|2011]]:''' ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', "for its exposure of corruption in the small California city of Bell where officials tapped the treasury to pay themselves exorbitant salaries, resulting in arrests and reforms."
*'''[[2012 Pulitzer Prize|2012]]:''' ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', "for its exploration of pervasive violence in the city's schools, using powerful print narratives and videos to illuminate crimes committed by children against children and to stir reforms to improve safety for teachers and students."
*'''[[2013 Pulitzer Prize|2013]]:''' ''[[South Florida Sun-Sentinel|South Florida Sun Sentinel]]'' "for its well documented investigation of off-duty police officers who recklessly speed and endanger the lives of citizens, leading to disciplinary action and other steps to curtail a deadly hazard."
*'''[[2014 Pulitzer Prize|2014]]:''' ''[[The Washington Post]]'' and ''[[The Guardian]]'' for their coverage of the [[National Security Agency]]{{'s}} worldwide electronic surveillance program, and the leaking of documents pertaining to it by whistleblower [[Edward Snowden]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/15/business/media/coverage-of-snowden-and-boston-attack-win-pulitzer-prizes.html Somaiya, Ravi. "Pulitzer Prizes Awarded for Coverage of N.S.A. Documents and Boston Bombing"] ''New York Times''; accessed 2014-04-14.</ref>
*'''[[2015 Pulitzer Prize|2015]]:''' ''[[The Post and Courier]]'' "for 'Till Death Do Us Part,' a riveting series that probed why South Carolina is among the deadliest states in the union for women and put the issue of what to do about it on the state's agenda."<ref>{{cite web|title=2015 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2015-Public-Service |website=[[The Pulitzer Prizes]] |language=en |access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref>
*'''[[2016 Pulitzer Prize|2016]]:''' [[Associated Press]], "for an investigation of severe labor abuses tied to the supply of seafood to American supermarkets and restaurants, reporting that freed 2,000 slaves, brought perpetrators to justice and inspired reforms."
*'''[[2017 Pulitzer Prize|2017]]:''' ''[[New York Daily News]]'' and [[ProPublica]] "for uncovering, primarily through the work of reporter [[Sarah Ryley]], widespread abuse of eviction rules by the police to oust hundreds of people, most of them poor minorities."<ref>{{cite web|title=Public Service|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/204 |website=[[The Pulitzer Prizes]] |language=en |access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref>
*'''[[2018 Pulitzer Prize|2018]]:''' ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[The New Yorker]]'' "for their coverage of the [[Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations|sexual abuse of women in Hollywood]] and other industries around the world".<ref>{{cite news|title=Here are the winners of the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes|url=https://www.poynter.org/news/here-are-winners-2018-pulitzer-prizes|access-date=16 April 2018|work=Poynter|language=en}}</ref>
*'''[[2019 Pulitzer Prize|2019]]:''' ''[[South Florida Sun-Sentinel|South Florida Sun Sentinel]]'' "for exposing failings by school and law enforcement officials before and after the [[Stoneman Douglas High School shooting|deadly shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2019|title=2019 Pulitzer Prizes |website=[[The Pulitzer Prizes]] |language=en |access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref>
*'''[[2020 Pulitzer Prize|2020]]:''' ''[[Anchorage Daily News]]'' with contributions from [[ProPublica]], for "a riveting series that revealed a third of Alaska's villages had no police protection, took authorities to task for decades of neglect, and spurred an influx of money and legislative changes."<ref>{{cite web |title=The 2020 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Public Service|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/anchorage-daily-news-contributions-propublica |website=[[The Pulitzer Prizes]] |language=en |access-date=2020-08-08}}</ref>
*'''[[2021 Pulitzer Prize|2021]]:''' ''[[The New York Times]]'', for coverage of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name = PublicService>{{cite web|url = https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/204|title = Public Service |website=[[The Pulitzer Prizes]] |language=en |accessdate = June 11, 2021}}</ref>
*'''[[2022 Pulitzer Prize|2022]]:''' ''[[The Washington Post]]'', for reporting on the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]].<ref name=2022PublicService>{{cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2022|title="2022 Pulitzer Prizes & Finalists" |website=[[The Pulitzer Prizes]] |language=en |date=2022-05-09|accessdate=2022-05-09}}</ref>
*'''[[2023 Pulitzer Prize|2023]]:''' ''[[Associated Press]]'' and [[Mstyslav Chernov]], [[Evgeniy Maloletka]], [[Vasilisa Stepanenko]] and [[Lori Hinnant]] for their "reporting from the besieged city of Mariupol that bore witness to the slaughter of civilians in [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russia's invasion of Ukraine]]."<ref name=2023PublicService>{{cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/associated-press-work-mstyslav-chernov-evgeniy-maloletka-vasilisa-stepanenko-and-lori|title= The 2023 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Public Service |website=[[The Pulitzer Prizes]] |language=en |accessdate=2023-05-15}}</ref>
*'''[[2024 Pulitzer Prize|2024]]''': [[ProPublica]], "for the work of Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, [[Brett Murphy]], Alex Mierjeski and Kirsten Berg, groundbreaking and ambitious reporting that pierced the thick wall of secrecy surrounding the Supreme Court to reveal how a small group of politically influential billionaires wooed justices with lavish gifts and travel, pushing the court to adopt its first code of conduct."<ref name=2024PublicService>{{cite web |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/propublica-work-joshua-kaplan-justin-elliott-brett-murphy-alex-mierjeski-and-kirsten-berg |title=ProPublica, for the work of Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, Brett Murphy, Alex Mierjeski and Kirsten Berg |website=[[The Pulitzer Prizes]] |language=en |access-date=2024-05-07}}</ref>
*'''[[2025 Pulitzer Prize|2025]]''': [[ProPublica]], "About pregnant women who died after doctors delayed urgently needed care for fear of violating vague 'life of the mother' exceptions in states with strict abortion laws."<ref>https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2025</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* [https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/204 The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service]
* {{Cite book| publisher = University of Missouri Press| isbn = 9780826266118| last = Harris| first = Roy J.| title = Pulitzer's Gold: Behind the Prize for Public Service Journalism| date = 2008-01-01|url=http://www.pulitzersgold.com}}
* {{Cite book| publisher = Columbia University Press | isbn = 9780231170291| last = Harris| first = Roy J.| title = Pulitzer's Gold: A Century of Public Service Journalism|
date = 2016-01-01|url=http://www.pulitzersgold.com}}
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Hohenberg |editor1-first=John |title=The Pulitzer Prize Story II: Award-Winning News Stories, Columns, Editorials, Cartoons and News Pictures, 1959-1980 |date=1980 |publisher=Columbia University Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0231049788}}

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