Today is Pulitzer day*

The 2011 Pulitzer Prizes winners will be announced at 3 p.m. Eastern today. Names will be posted here.

*Update: The Los Angeles Times won in the public service category for its reports on the City of Bell salary scandal. The investigative award went to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, and the Chicago Sun-Times won for local reporting. In the latter category, the Pulitzer board mentioned that Marshall Allen, formerly of the Pasadena Star-News and now with ProPublica, was a finalist, along with his coauthor Alex Richards.

2010 Pulitzer Prize winners

The Pulitzer committee has announced the winners for 2010. The Bristol Herald Courier in Virginia won the coveted public service award and the Seattle Times won for breaking news reporting. The investigative reporting prize went to two winners: the online nonprofit ProPublica working in collaboration with the New York Times Magazine, and the Philadelphia Daily News. The Washington Post won four awards, including best commentary, feature writing and international reporting. The New York Times won three awards, including for national reporting.

The full list is here.