<p>Walt Bogdanich, a reporter and editor for The New York Times and a 1975 political science graduate from UW-Madison, has won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. </p>
<p>Bogdanich was honored by Pulitzer judges for his heavily documented series "Death on the Tracks," which revealed the corporate cover-up of responsibility for fatal accidents at railway crossings. </p>
<p>"We get always get great pleasure from seeing the successes of our alums, but winning a Pulitzer Prize is an outstanding and exceptional achievement that truly delights us," says Graham Wilson, chair of the Department of Political Science. </p>
<p>While he was in Madison, Bogdanich also took classes in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.</p>