Baltimore Sun Named Finalist For 2 Pulitzers

The Baltimore Sun's staff was named a finalist Monday for two Pulitzer prizes related to news and editorial coverage following the death of Freddie Gray.

The paper's newsroom was a finalist for breaking news coverage, as was The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina. The top prize in that category went to the staff of the Los Angeles Times for coverage of the terror attack in San Bernardino, California and the investigation that followed.

The Pulitzer jury recognized what it called the "fast-moving coverage of the rioting that followed the... death of Freddie Gray, reflecting the newsroom's knowledge of the community and advancing the conversation about police violence."

The paper's editorial board was also a finalist in the editorial writing category for demanding "accountability in the aftermath of the shooting death of Freddie Gray while also offering guidance."

The Sun has received regional and national honors for coverage of the unrest that followed Gray's death.

A Sun reporter last won a Pulitzer in 2003, when Diana Sugg was honored in the beat reporting category.

Separately, four Getty Images photojournalists were recognized for breaking news photography in the wake of Gray's death.