The newspaper has earned several awards , including two Pulitzer Prizes , one in 1986 for reporting regarding political corruption in the Ferdinand Marcos administration in the Philippines , and one in 1990 for their comprehensive coverage of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake . Assistant managing editor David Yarnold was also a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2004 for a local corruption investigation . The Mercury News was also named one of the five best-designed newspapers in the world by the Society for News Design for work done in 2001 . In 2007 the newspaper won a Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Award for General Excellence , Class IV
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
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