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The Washington Post and The Guardian have been awarded Pulitzer Prizes in public service for their coverage of Edward Snowden and the NSA surveillance program.


The highest honors in American journalism 

were announced Monday by the Columbia Journalism School


University of Minnesota alum Kevin Siers, now of The Charlotte Observer, won the 


 award. He grew up on the Iron Range and had cartoons published in The Biwabik Times before writing for The Minnesota Daily.


The Post won for "its revelation of widespread secret surveillance by the National Security Agency, marked by authoritative and insightful reports that helped the public understand how the disclosures fit into the larger framework of national security," the organization said. (

.)Its newsroom offered a defiant tweet to those in government and media who questioned their work:

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/455785451522371584


The Guardian won for, "helping through aggressive reporting to spark a debate about the relationship between the government and the public over issues of security and privacy." The stories were based on thousands of documents handed over by NSA leaker Edward Snowden. (

.) Its newsroom congratulated the co-winners:

https://twitter.com/GuardianUS/status/455792144322932736


The rest of the winners, and links to their Pulitzer citations, include:

: The Boston Globe staff for its coverage of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and afternath, "using photography and a range of digital tools to capture the full impact of the tragedy."

: Chris Hamby of The Center for Public Integrity, in Washington, D.C., "for his reports on how some lawyers and doctors rigged a system to deny benefits to coal miners stricken with black lung disease, resulting in remedial legislative efforts."

: Will Hobson and Michael LaForgia of the Tampa Bay Times
 
	

: David Philipps of The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo.
 

: Jason Szep and Andrew R.C. Marshall of Reuters
 
	

: No award. Reporters from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Dallas Morning News and Los Angeles Times were finalists. 
 
	

: Stephen Henderson of the Detroit Free Press
 
	

: Inga Saffron of The Philadelphia Inquirer
 
	

: Editorial staff of The Oregonian, Portland
 
	

: "The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832" by Alan Taylor
 
	

: "Margaret Fuller: A New American Life" by Megan Marshall
 
	

: "3 Sections" by Vijay Seshadri; published by 

: "Toms River": A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin

: "Become Ocean" by John Luther Adams, premiered on June 20, 2013, by the Seattle Symphony

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