The Washington Post won a record six Pulitzer prizes on April 7th, topping the paper's previous record of four Pulitzers in 2006.

The Post took home the public service medal honoring its expose on Walter Reed hospital, which revealed the negligent care of American war casualties.

"It's a reminder of what basic journalism can get you involved in," said Washington Post reporter Dana Priest, one of reporters on the Walter Reed story. "At a time when journalism is under this cloud of financial uncertainty, reporters have to stay focused, and if we don't, we sort of doom people like the Army specialist who lived with the cockroaches in Building 18. We can do better than that."

Other awards for the Post included the breaking-news award for its coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings, as well as a prize in national reporting for an examination of Vice President Dick Cheney's behind the scenes influence.

The New York Times received two Pulitzers, recognizing the paper's investigative reporting about toxins in medicine and consumer products from China, and for explanatory reporting on an article targeting the ethical dilemmas of DNA testing.

Others in the winner's circle included The Chicago Tribune, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Boston Globe, and Investor's Business Daily, Reuters, and The Concord Monitor.  

No prize was awarded for editorial writing this year.

Go here for a complete list of winners.

Source: Associated Press