Two New Orleans newspapers received well deserved Pulitzer Prizes for their unbelievably heroic coverage of Hurricane Katrina.

Two newspapers that covered Katrina against almost impossible odds,
The Times-Picayune of New Orleans and The Sun Herald of Gulfport,
Miss., each won the prize for public service.

The Pulitzer
board cited The Times-Picayune for "heroic, multifaceted coverage" and
for continuing to "serve an inundated city" even after its own plant
had to be evacuated. The staff of the Times-Picayune won a second
Pulitzer, in the breaking news reporting category, for "courageous and
aggressive coverage" of Katrina.

The Sun Herald was recognized
for "valorous and comprehensive coverage" and for "providing a lifeline
for devastated readers, in print and online, during their time of
greatest need."