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* '''[[2006]]:''' [[David Finkel]], ''[[Washington Post]]'', "for his ambitious, clear-eyed case study of the [[United States]] government’s attempt to bring [[democracy]] to [[Yemen]]."
* '''[[2006]]:''' [[David Finkel]], ''[[Washington Post]]'', "for his ambitious, clear-eyed case study of the [[United States]] government’s attempt to bring [[democracy]] to [[Yemen]]."
* '''[[2007]]:''' Kenneth R. Weiss, Usha Lee McFarling and Rick Loomis of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', "for their richly portrayed reports on the world's distressed oceans, telling the story in print and online, and stirring reaction among readers and officials."
* '''[[2007]]:''' Kenneth R. Weiss, Usha Lee McFarling and Rick Loomis of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', "for their richly portrayed reports on the world's distressed oceans, telling the story in print and online, and stirring reaction among readers and officials."
* '''[[2008]]:''' Staff of ''[[The Chicago Tribune]]'', "for its exposure of faulty governmental regulation of toys, car seats and cribs, resulting in the extensive recall of hazardous products and congressional action to tighten supervision."


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The Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting has been presented since 1998, for a distinguished example of explanatory reporting that illuminates a significant and complex subject, demonstrating mastery of the subject, lucid writing and clear presentation. From 1985 to 1997, it was known as the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism.

The Pulitzer Prize Board announced the new category of in November of 1984, citing a series of explanatory articles that seven months earlier had won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. The series, "Making It Fly" by Peter Rinearson of the Seattle Times, was a 29,000-word account of the development of the Boeing 757 jetliner. It had been entered in the National Reporting category, but judges moved it to Feature Writing to award it a prize. In the aftermath, the Pulitzer Prize Board said it was creating the new category in part because of the ambiguity about where explanatory accounts such as "Making It Fly" should be recognized. The Pulitzer Committee issues an official citation explaining the reasons for the award.

List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism

List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting

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