The Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday, traditionally the most anticipated day of the year for those hoping to win print journalism’s most prestigious honor. The Board of the prestigious Pulitzer Prizes awarded this Monday in its 108th edition a special mention to “the brave work” of Palestinian journalists covering the war in Gaza since last October 7, as well as towards their deceased colleagues while reporting on said conflict
In addition to honoring the winners and finalists in 15 categories of journalism, the Board also recognizes distinguished work in areas including books, music, and theater. The awards, which will honor 2023’s work, were announced via livestream at 3 p.m. ET.
TheAssociated Press won a Pulitzer Prize in photography for its coverage of the global immigration crisis focused on the US-Mexico border, while The New York Times and andlWashington Post They each won three Pulitzer Prizes for their work in 2023.
He Times and the news service Reuters They each won the Pulitzer for their coverage of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and its aftermath.
The prestigious Pulitzer Prize in public service was won by ProPublica for a report that “pierced the thick wall of secrecy” around the US Supreme Court by showing how billionaires gave gifts and trips to judges.
They honored the best in journalism of 2023 in 15 categories, as well as eight arts categories focused on books, music and theater. The public service winner receives a gold medal. All other winners receive USD 15,000.
The awards are administered by Columbia University in New York, which has been in the news for student demonstrations against the war in Gaza. The Pulitzer board met outside Columbia last weekend to deliberate its winners.
The board issued a statement Thursday saluting journalism students from Columbia and other universities across the country for their work covering the campus protests.
For the first time, the Pulitzers opened eligibility to broadcasting and audio who also operate digital news sites, such as CNN, NPR and broadcast networks ABC,CBS and NBC. However, the work must be primarily in digital journalism.
The Columbia Journalism School also administers the duPont-Columbia Awards, which recognize broadcast journalism and are presented in winter.
The Pulitzers award cash prizes and a medal for their prestigious public service award, won last year by The Associated Press for its coverage of the Russian siege of Mariupol in Ukraine.
The Pulitzers also announced that five of this year’s 45 finalists used artificial intelligence in researching and reporting your presentations. It was the first time the board required award applicants to disclose their use of AI.
The prizes were established in the will of newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer and were first awarded in 1917.
Public service
-ProPública
Breaking news reports
-Editing of the Santa Cruz Viewpoint
Research reports
-Hannah Dreier New York Times
Explanatory reports
-Sarah Stillman New Yorker
Local reports
-Sarah Conway City Bureau and Trina Reynolds-Tyler of the Invisible Institute
National Reports
-Editing Reuters
-Editing of the Washington Post
International reports
-Editing of the New York Times
Writing functions
-Katie Engelhart, contributing writer The New York Times
Comment
-Vladimir Kara-Murza, contributor from the Washington Post
Criticism
-Justin Chang Los Angeles Times
Editorial writing
-David E. Hoffman of the Washington Post
Illustrated reports and comments
-Medar de la Cruz, collaborator, The New Yorker
Breaking news photography
-Photography writing Reuters
Featured photography
-Photography writing Associated Press
Audio reports
-Editorial of the Invisible Institute and USG Audio
Fiction
-“The Night Watch” by Jayne Anne Phillips (Knopf)
Drama
-“Primary Trust” by Eboni Booth
History
-“No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggle of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era” by Jacqueline Jones (Basic Books)
Biography
-“King: A Life” by Jonathan Eig (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
-“Master Slave Husband Wife” by Ilyon Woo (Simon & Schuster)
Memoirs or autobiography
-“Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice” by Cristina Rivera Garza (Hogarth)
Poetry
-“Guts: Poems” by Brandon Som (Georgia Review Books)
General nonfiction
-“A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Tragedy in Jerusalem” by Nathan Thrall (Metropolitan Books)
-“Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith)” by Tyshawn Sorey, premiered on March 16, 2023 at Atlanta Symphony Hall.
-Greg Tate
-Journalists and media workers covering the war in Gaza
(With information from AP)
