NEW: She is one of the youngest journalists to win a Pulitzer Prize Other winners include The Philadelphia Inquirer and David Wood of The Huffington Post The committee chose not to make awards in the editorial writing and drama categories (CNN) -- Sara Ganim and members of The Patriot-News Staff in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, won the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting on Monday for their coverage of the spiraling Penn State sex abuse scandal. They were among the 2012 winners of the Pulitzer Prizes, the top U.S. awards for journalism, including photojournalism, as well as letters, drama and music. Ganim, 24, is credited with breaking that story and working to push it forward on the national stage. She is a 2008 graduate of Penn State and has worked as a CNN contributor. On her personal website, Ganim says she has been a newspaper reporter since she was 15 years old. She joined The Patriot-News as a crime reporter last year. Ganim is one of the youngest journalists to win a Pulitzer Prize, according to administrator Sig Gissler. In 1985, Jackie Crosby, 23, was given the award in what was then specialized reporting, he said. "It's unusual for someone that young to win," said Gissler, but "heartening to see that we've got some young journalists that are coming up that are doing terrific work." Here is a complete list of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize winners: Public Service --The Philadelphia Inquirer Local Reporting -- Sara Ganim and members of The Patriot-News Staff, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania International Reporting -- Jeffrey Gettleman of The New York Times Feature Writing -- Eli Sanders of The Stranger, a Seattle (Washington) weekly Commentary -- Mary Schmich of the Chicago Tribune Criticism -- Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe Editorial Writing -- No award Editorial Cartooning -- Matt Wuerker of Politico Breaking News Photography -- Massoud Hossaini of Agence France-Presse Feature Photography -- Craig F. Walker of The Denver Post Fiction -- No award Poetry -- "Life on Mars" by Tracy K. Smith (Graywolf Press) General Nonfiction -- "The Swerve: How the World Became Modern," by Stephen Greenblatt (W.W. Norton and Company) Music -- "Silent Night: Opera in Two Acts" by Kevin Puts (Aperto Press)