Pulitzer Finalists

This list of supposed Pulitzer finalists has been circulating around all day, we feel a little exit-pollish about it, but it’s written in just the kind of cutline news-speak that we’ve come to expect from leaked memos. And hey, there’s no superscript problems. The big news, we think, is Newsday getting mad props for its “History of Hip Hop,” which we think came with free breakdancing lessons. Also awesome: Another reason to make room for Ron Brownstein’s ego in the green room, he’s up for beat reporting. (Watch out if he wins: His punditry expands to fill space available…) As for the NYT? Well, that railroad crossing story so had Pulitzer-fishing written all over it.

List after the jump.

PUBLIC SERVICE

LATimes, inner city hospital investigation
Orange County Register, lead in candy
Pensacola, Fla., hurricane coverage

FEATURE

Chicago Tribune, reconstruction of a tornado
Star-Ledger, last chance high school
WashPost, Anne Hull, young and gay in America

EXPLANATORY

Newsday History of Hip Hop
Boston Globe
NYTimes

NATIONAL

NYTimes, deadly railroad crossings
WashPost, Abu Ghraib
Oregonian, meth series

EDITORIAL WRITING

San Jose Mercury
Sacramento Bee, reclaiming Hetch Hetchy Valley
Washington Post

INVESTIGATIVE

NYTimes, fleecing of soldiers
Des Moines, beating the rap
Willamette Week, Goldschmidt

BEAT

WSJ, Amy Marcus, cancer survivors
LATimes, Ron Brownstein, politics
WP Dana Priest

BREAKING NEWS

Star-Ledger, McGreevey resignation
Charlotte, Fla., hurricane coverage
Sun-Sentinel, hurricane coverage

INTERNATIONAL

Borzou Daragahi, The Star Ledger, Iraq
Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times, Russia
Dele Olojede, Newsday, Rwanda

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