Pulitzer Prize Winners

1990: Editorial Cartooning
Tom Toles, for his work during the year as exemplified by the cartoon "First Amendment." Toles is currently editorial cartoonist at The Washington Post.

1961: Local Reporting
Edgar May for his series of articles on New York State's public welfare services entitled, "Our Costly Dilemma," based in part on his three-month employment as a state case worker. The series brought about reforms that attracted nationwide attention.

1958: Editorial Cartooning Bruce M. Shanks for "The Thinker," published on August 10, 1957, depicting the dilemma of union membership when confronted by racketeering leaders in some labor unions. ^top

Pulitzer Prize Nominated Finalists

1996: Editorial Cartooning
Tom Toles

1993: Investigative Reporting
James Heaney, for stories that identified the major causes of the decline of Buffalo's older neighborhoods and proposed possible solutions.

1993: General Non-Fiction Where the Buffalo Roam by Anne Matthews (Grove Weidenfeld)

1985: Editorial Cartooning
Tom Toles ^top

2007-08 New York State Associated Press Association Awards

Gene Warner, Michael Beebe, Jerry Sullivan, Mark Sommer, Peter Simon, Lou Michel, Bill Wippert, Daniel Zakroczemski, John Davis and Kathleen Skorupa all won or shared first-place awards in the competition against the state's largest newspapers.

The awards recognize excellence in newspaper work across the state.

Other News staffers also won five seconds, 10 thirds and three honorable mentions in the circulation category comprising the New York Times, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Newsday and The News.

Gene Warner and Michael Beebe shared the first-place award in spot news for their coverage of the arrest of the Bike Path Killer.

Jerry Sullivan won for a collection of his sports columns.

Mark Sommer, Michael Beebe and Peter Simon shared the award for continuing coverage for their stories about the McKinley High School controversy.

Lou Michel won in beat reporting for his coverage of veterans issues.

Bill Wippert won for best photo illustration, a businessman's staff.

Daniel Zakroczemski won for best graphic illustration, the NCAA tournament's "Dance Fever."

John Davis won the best spot news presentation for his design of the "Spitzer resigns" page.

Kathleen Skorupa won the best non-spot news presentatuon for "Reel rebels."^top