CORRECTING and REPLACING Boston Globe's Charlie Savage Wins Pulitzer for National Reporting

Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The corrected release reads: BOSTON GLOBE’S CHARLIE SAVAGE WINS PULITZER FOR NATIONAL REPORTING Boston Globe Washington correspondent Charles Savage was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting today for series of articles uncovering the Bush Administration’s widespread practice of using "presidential signing statements” to circumvent hundreds of existing laws passed by Congress and signed into law by the president himself. The articles by Savage brought national attention to a little-known prerogative of presidential power and resulted in Senate oversight hearings and a declaration from the American Bar Association said that such actions were "contrary to the rule of law and our constitutional separation of powers.” Among the laws Bush has said he can ignore include those banning torture, new safeguards in the Patriot Act, various military rules and regulations, affirmative-action provisions, "whistle-blower" protections for nuclear regulatory officials, and safeguards against political interference in federally funded research. In his articles, Savage also revealed other behind-the-scenes tactics aimed at expanding presidential power, including the administration’s use of political appointees to hire lawyers for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. This award is the Globe’s nineteenth Pulitzer. In recent years, the Pulitzer Prizes awarded to the Globe include the Explanatory Reporting Award, given to science reporter Gareth Cook in 2005 for his coverage of the issues surrounding stem cell research, and the Public Service Award in 2003, for the Globe Spotlight Team’s investigative reporting on sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. Of yesterday’s prize, Globe editor Marty Baron said, "Charlie Savage is an extraordinary reporter, and he won this richly deserved Pulitzer because he has been covering what the White House does, not just what it says. Plenty of journalists cover the White House, but Charlie went digging where no one was looking." Savage said he was "honored” by the award and described his work "as a team effort on the part of everyone here at the Globe.” Although assigned to Washington, Savage was in Boston at the time of the announcement and addressed his colleagues during a newsroom celebration. Savage, 31, began his career as a reporter with the Miami Herald after graduating from Harvard College in 1998. He joined the Washington Bureau of the Globe in 2003. A native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Savage now lives in Washington with his wife Luiza and their one-year-old son, Will. Savage’s book on presidential power will be published by Little Brown later this year. "The sort of coverage that earned Charlie this richly deserved recognition speaks directly to the value of newspapers and the sort of journalism we practice on our best days,” said Globe publisher P. Steven Ainsley, "This work represents the core of what a great journalist does – look where others cannot to tell a story the public needs to hear.” The award was one of 14 Pulitzers in journalism announced yesterday. The Gold Medal for Public Service was awarded to Wall Street Journal. The New York Times was awarded a Pulitzer for Feature Writing. The Globe was also a finalist in the investigative reporting category for its Spotlight report on onerous tactics used by debt collectors in pursuing debtors. About the Boston Globe The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company with 2006 revenues of $3.3 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily newspapers, nine network-affiliated television stations, two New York City radio stations and 35 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.