Gellman has contributed to three Pulitzer Prizes for '' The Washington Post '' , winning as an individual , team member and team leader . In 2002 , he was part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting on the September 11 attacks . He and Becker won the same award in 2008 for " a lucid exploration of Vice President Dick Cheney and his powerful yet sometimes disguised influence on national policy . '' The Washington Post '' and '' The Guardian '' shared the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service ; Gellman anchored the team for the '' Post '' , cited " for its revelation of widespread secret surveillance by the National Security Agency , marked by authoritative and insightful reports that helped the public understand how the disclosures fit into the larger framework of national security . " Previously , Gellman was a jury-nominated Pulitzer finalist in 1999 and 2004 . Other professional honors include two Emmy Awards as editorial consultant to the PBS Frontline film '' USA of Secrets '' , Harvard 's Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting , two Overseas Press Club awards , two George Polk Awards , the Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists , the Gerald Ford Foundation Prize for reporting on national defense , the SAIS-Novartis International Journalism Award and the Jesse Laventhol Award for deadline writing from the American Society of Newspaper Editors
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Barton Gellman