St. Petersburg Times wins two Pulitzer Prizes

For the first time in its history, the St. Petersburg Times has won two Pulitzer Prizes in a single year. (Follow the link to read more or to post a comment.) Staff writer Lane DeGregory won in the feature writing category for "The Girl in the Window," a moving account of a Plant City child whose mother kept her locked in a filthy room and a loving adoptive family who tried to draw her out from her feral beginnings. The Times staff won for national reporting for PolitiFact.com, a Web site and regular newspaper feature that tests the truthfulness of political statements.

Comments

[Dallas]

Awesome!

[gbshepherd]

Thank goodness this region has a decent newspaper! Great, great work, and keep it up ... please!

[mm]

Congratulations St. Petersburg Times Staff. It is certainly a team effort and should be honored as such.

[Sue]

Everyday I am grateful for the Times and their standards of journalism. Congratulations to all, and I fully expect to see yet another Pulitzer awarded for 'For Their Own Good'.

[Abby]

Congratulations on the two awards.

[Christopher Ave]

Great job by the wonderful journalists at the St. Petersburg Times and tampabay.com! Congratulations from St. Louis!!!!!!

[Diane]

You do the paper and the community proud! Outstanding! Way to go!

[Phojojanel]

Congrats to you all! During the toughest hours in the news industry, the Times finds a way to continue solid daily coverage AND pull out two Pulitzers? Think you guys deserve a party!

[totallyaware]

I agree with Sue, "For Their Own Good" will be awarded a Pulitzer next year.
It is this level of writing and reporting that makes the SPT one of the best newspapers around.
Congratulations on the awards...well deserved!

[Da Frog]

Way to go Times! Lane DeGregory is truly one of a kind. We look forward to many more years of her excellent writing.

[Sandster]

Well done!

[Crilly]

Way to go. One the the few truly great things in Florida is the St. Petersburg Times. I hope it always stays independent.