Jose Antonio Vargas is the 6th Pinoy to Win the Pulitzer Prize

27-year-old internet savvy Filipino American, Jose Antonio Vargas, became the 6th Pinoy to win the Pulitzer Prize.

(Complete list of Filipino Pulitzer Prize winners after the jump)

The young journalist won the Pulitzer in the breaking news category for the two front page stories featuring the Virginia Tech massacre in the Washington Post published on April 16, 2007.

“I was lucky to get an interview with one of the eyewitnesses,” he recalled. “I found this eyewitness on facebook.com. I got him on the phone, we talked for about 25 minutes, and he was the only eyewitness we had on the story, so it was a critical part of it.”

OTHER FILIPINO PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS:

1942: Carlos P. Romulo
for the Philippines Herald
CORRESPONDENCE
For his observations and forecasts of Far Eastern developments during a tour of the trouble centers from Hong Kong to Batavia.

1979: Gilbert M. Gaul
for Pottsville Republican
LOCAL INVESTIGATIVE SPECIALIZED REPORTING
For stories on the destruction of the Blue Coal Company by men with ties to organized crime.

1990: Gilbert M. Gaul
for Philadelphia Inquirer
PUBLIC SERVICE
For reporting by Gilbert M. Gaul that disclosed how the American blood industry operates with little government regulation or supervision.

1997: Byron Acohido
for the Seattle Times
BEAT REPORTING
For his coverage of the aerospace industry, notably an exhaustive investigation of rudder control problems on the Boeing 737, which contributed to new FAA requirements for major improvements.

1997: Alex Tizon
for the Seattle Times
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
For their investigation of widespread corruption and inequities in the federally-sponsored housing program for Native Americans, which inspired much-needed reforms.

2004: Cheryl Diaz Meyer
for the Dallas Morning News
BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
For her eloquent photographs depicting both the violence and poignancy of the war with Iraq.

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