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[[File:Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal.jpg|thumb|Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal.]]

[[File:Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal.jpg|thumb|Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal.]]

The '''Pulitzer Prize''' is an American award for predominantly [[liberal]] [[journalism]]. There are other associated awards also called Pulitzer Prizes for other areas such as [[literature]].  In all, 21 Pulitzer Prizes are given out each year. The awards are named after [[Joseph Pulitzer]] who bequeathed a legacy to [[Columbia University]] in 1911.   

The '''Pulitzer Prize''' is an American award for predominantly [[liberal]] [[journalism]]. There are other associated awards also called Pulitzer Prizes for other areas such as [[literature]].  In all, 21 Pulitzer Prizes are given out each year. The Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal is awarded each year to the American newspaper that wins the Public Service category of the journalism competition. The awards are named after [[Joseph Pulitzer]] who bequeathed a legacy to [[Columbia University]] in 1911.   

The awards are administered by Columbia University<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/ The Pulitzer Prizes]</ref> with the winners of the Pulitzer Prize being determined by The Pulitzer Prize Board.<ref>[http://pulitzer.org/CurrentBoard/CurrentBoard.html Current Board]</ref> They often are awarded to [[liberal]] works. For example, in 2007 the '''Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting''' was awarded to [[Charles Savage]] for his attack on [[George W. Bush|George Bush]]'s use of signing statements.<ref>http://www.boston.com/news/specials/savage_signing_statements/</ref>  In fact, over 15 years earlier [http://www.conservapedia.com/George_H._W._Bush George Bush's father] also attached statements to bills that he signed.  One of two honored finalists for the same prize was a work claiming that an innocent man was subjected to the [[death penalty]].<ref>This honored finalist was work by "Maurice Possley and Steve Mills of the Chicago Tribune for their investigation of a 1989 execution in Texas that strongly suggests an innocent man was killed by lethal injection." [http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2007/national-reporting/ Pulitzer Prize Winners]</ref>

The awards are administered by Columbia University<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/ The Pulitzer Prizes]</ref> with the winners of the Pulitzer Prize being determined by The Pulitzer Prize Board.<ref>[http://pulitzer.org/CurrentBoard/CurrentBoard.html Current Board]</ref> They often are awarded to [[liberal]] works. For example, in 2007 the '''Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting''' was awarded to [[Charles Savage]] for his attack on [[George W. Bush|George Bush]]'s use of signing statements.<ref>http://www.boston.com/news/specials/savage_signing_statements/</ref>  In fact, over 15 years earlier [http://www.conservapedia.com/George_H._W._Bush George Bush's father] also attached statements to bills that he signed.  One of two honored finalists for the same prize was a work claiming that an innocent man was subjected to the [[death penalty]].<ref>This honored finalist was work by "Maurice Possley and Steve Mills of the Chicago Tribune for their investigation of a 1989 execution in Texas that strongly suggests an innocent man was killed by lethal injection." [http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2007/national-reporting/ Pulitzer Prize Winners]</ref>