The list, care of Bachelors Degrees Online.
From said list...
2. Janet Cooke
Give Janet Cooke credit: she knew a Pulitzer Prize-worthy story when she saw one. Except, of course, she didn't see one; she fabricated one. In 1980, Cooke received a Pulitzer for her Washington Post article "Jimmy's World," the story of an 8-year-old heroin addict who had supposedly been hooked since age 5. Unfortunately for Cooke, the story was a little too good. The mayor of D.C. ordered a task force to search the city for the boy, who they obviously could not locate. As her story began to unravel, Cooke fessed up, resigned from the Post, and the Pulitzer was returned.
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