Cave "was commended for outstanding journalism under particularly difficult circumstances."
The three $5,000 awards are given in recognition of "outstanding journalism in print or broadcast" by journalists under 35 years old.
Often Cuomo would anchor morning and evening coverage, and much of the work was rewarded for being outstanding journalism.
It won four consecutive Wendell Wilkie awards for outstanding journalism.
"The public deserves ready access to the kind of information and news that only outstanding independent journalism can provide," the Granthams said in announcing the prize.
An extremely disturbing portent ... It was an act of outstanding journalism.
Already there is much outstanding journalism on the airwaves and in print -notwithstanding, in these times, the considerable expense.
This work was also recognised with the Bevins Prize (2009) for outstanding investigative journalism.
Tim J. McGuire, the paper's editor, defended the article as outstanding journalism.
The film received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Investigative Journalism.