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The Pulitzer Prizes, awarded today at Columbia University, honor American achievement in journalism, literature, drama and music. The 108th Pulitzer Prize, widely considered the most prestigious award in the field in the United States, is being awarded against an unusually fraught backdrop. In a statement last week, the Pulitzer Committee praised student journalists who covered campus protests over the war in Gaza, acknowledging that they often “faced tremendous personal and academic risk.”
Most of the 23 awards awarded last year will receive a $15,000 cash award, while news organizations that win the Public Service Award will receive a gold medal.
New York Times Winner of one of three Pulitzer Prizes this year for his coverage of the Gaza war. The International Reporting Award was given to its staff for “wide-ranging and illuminating coverage of Hamas’ deadly October 7 attack in southern Israel, Israeli intelligence failures and the Israeli military’s sweeping, deadly response in Gaza.” era Also won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature and Investigation, the latter for a series by Hannah Dreier that revealed “the astonishing impact of immigrant child labor across the United States and the ways in which this phenomenon that perpetuates corporate and government failures”.
Washington post and era Three wins in the commentary, editorial writing and national reporting categories. It shared the final photo with a Reuters staffer, which was also cited for “raw and urgent documentation of Hamas’ deadly attack on Israel on October 7 and the first weeks of Israel’s devastating assault on Gaza.” “Photo” won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography.
and film critic Justin Chang’s Los Angeles Times Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for work that is “emotionally rich and cross-genre that reflects the contemporary moviegoing experience.” Zhang has also contributed to many other publications, including NPR.
In Arts and Letters, the Biography Prize went to two authors.Judges call Jonathan Egger King: A Lifetimea revelatory portrait of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Master-Slave Husband and Wife: The Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction awarded to West Virginia author Jayne Anne Phillips night duty. This is the story of a traumatized family after the Civil War.The non-fiction award went to A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of the Jerusalem Tragedy, by Nathan Thrall. The judges described the ordeal of a grieving Palestinian father as “meticulous reporting and an intimate record of life in the Israeli-occupied West Bank”.
Here are the 2024 winners:
Journalism Award
Public Service
“Award to ProPublica honors Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, Brett Murphy, Alex Mierjeski, and Kirsten Berg for groundbreaking and ambitious reporting that broke through the Supreme Court’s thick wall of secrecy and revealed a small group of politically influential billionaires. How wealthy men lured judges with lavish gifts and trips to push the court to pass its first code of conduct.
breaking news coverage
“Awarded to employees Santa Cruz Lookout, California provides detailed and agile community-focused coverage of catastrophic flooding and mudslides over a holiday weekend that displaced thousands of residents and destroyed more than 1,000 homes and businesses.
investigation report
“Awarded to Hannah Dreyer New York Times In recognition of a series of in-depth reporting stories that reveal the alarming impact of migrant child labor across the United States and the corporate and government failures that perpetuate it.
explanatory report
“Awarded to Sarah Stillman new yorker A damning indictment of our legal system’s reliance on felony murder charges and their disparate consequences, which are often devastating to communities of color.
local report
“This award is given to Sarah Conway of the City Bureau and Trina Reynolds-Taylor of the Invisible Institute for their series of investigations into missing black girls and women in Chicago that shed light on systemic racism and police departments How neglect led to this crisis.
country report
“Awarded to Reuters staff for a series of eye-opening accountability stories focusing on Elon Musk’s automotive and aerospace businesses that demonstrate extraordinary breadth and depth and raise concerns about official accountability for the company’s A survey of European and American practices.
“Awarded to employees Washington post For its thought-provoking look at the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, which forces readers to confront the horrors of a weapon often used in mass shootings in the United States. (Moved by the Board from the Public Service category, which also entered and nominated.)”
international reporting
“Awarded to employees New York Times For its extensive and illuminating coverage of the deadly October 7 Hamas attack in southern Israel, Israeli intelligence failures, and the Israeli military’s sweeping, deadly response in Gaza.
feature writing
“Awarded to contributing writer Katie Engelhart, New York Times Her even-handed portrait of a family’s legal and emotional struggles as the matriarch suffers from progressive dementia, sensitively explores the mysteries of one’s essential self.
Vladimir Kara-Murza on February 22, 2024 in Moscow.
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Vladimir Kara-Murza on February 22, 2024 in Moscow.
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Comment
“Awarded to contributor Vladimir Kara-Murza, Washington post He wrote passionate columns at great personal risk from his cell, warning of the consequences of dissent in Vladimir Putin’s Russia and insisting on building a democratic future for his country . “
criticize
“Awarded to Justin Chang Los Angeles Times Honoring a rich body of evocative, genre-spanning film criticism that reflects the contemporary moviegoing experience.
editorial writing
“Awarded to David E. Hoffman Washington post This is a fascinating and well-researched series about new technologies and strategies used by authoritarian regimes to suppress dissent in the digital age, and how to counter it.
Reports and comments with pictures and texts
“Awarded to the contributor Medar de la Cruz, new yorker A visually driven story set in Rikers Island Prison, using bold black and white imagery to humanize the prisoners and staff through their desire for books.
breaking news photography
“Awarded to Reuters photographers for raw and urgent images documenting Hamas’ deadly attack on Israel on October 7 and the first week of Israel’s devastating assault on Gaza.”
On May 9, 2023, Haitian migrants waded across the Darien Gorge from Colombia to Panama.
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On May 9, 2023, Haitian migrants waded across the Darien Gorge from Colombia to Panama.
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Feature photography
“Awarded to AP photographers for their poignant images documenting unprecedented numbers of migrants and their arduous journey north from Colombia to the U.S. border.”
news report
“Awarded to the staff of the Invisible Institute in Chicago and USG Audio in California for a series that revisits hate crimes in 1990s Chicago as a fluid blend of memoir, community history, and journalism.”
Literary and Drama Awards
novel
“The award is given to Night duty, A beautiful novel by Jayne Anne Phillips (Knopf), set in the Trans-Allegheny Asylum in post-Civil War West Virginia, where a severely wounded Union veteran, a 12-year-old The girl and her mother, long wounded by a Confederate soldier, are working to recover.
drama
“The award is given to primary trust, Written by Eboni Booth, this is a simple yet elegant story of an emotionally damaged man who finds a new job, new friends, and a new sense of worth, illustrating how small acts of kindness can make a difference One person’s life and enriching an entire community.
history
“The award is given to No Right to an Honest Life: The Struggle of Black Workers in Civil War Boston, A stunningly original reconstruction of free black life in Boston, by Jacqueline Jones (Basic Books), that profoundly reshapes our understanding of the city’s abolitionist legacy and the challenges faced by its black residents Understanding of sexual reality.
pass
“The award is given to King: a lifetime, From Jonathan Eig (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux), an illuminating portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. that draws on new sources to enrich our understanding of the civil rights leader’s life Various stages of understanding, exploring his strengths and weaknesses, including self-determination are accompanied by doubts and frustrations.
“The award is given to Master-Slave Husband and Wife: The Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom, Written by Ilyon Woo (Simon & Schuster), Crafts is a rich account of an enslaved couple escaping Georgia in 1848, with the light-skinned Ellen disguised as a disabled white gentleman and William as Her manservant, exploits assumptions about race, class, and society.
memoir or autobiography
“The award is given to Liliana’s Invincible Summer: Sisters’ Search for Justice, By Cristina Rivera Garza (Hogarth), this eclectic novel about the murder of the author’s 20-year-old sister by her ex-boyfriend combines memoir, feminist investigative journalism, and Poetic biography stitched together with determination born of loss.
poetry
“The award is given to Courage: Poetry, Brandon Som’s (Georgia Review Book) collection delves into the complexities of the poet’s dual Mexican and Chinese heritage, emphasizing the dignity of his family’s work life, creating community rather than conflict.
general nonfiction
“The award is given to A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of the Jerusalem Tragedy, Written by Nathan Thrall (Metropolitan Books), this meticulously reported and intimate account of life during the Israeli occupation of the West Bank is told through a portrait of a Palestinian father as he recounts the struggles of his five-year-old son. He was killed in a fiery school bus crash amid conflict between Israel and Palestine.
music award
“Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith) by Tyshawn Sorey, which premiered at Atlanta’s Symphony Hall on March 16, 2023, is a The introspective Saxophone Concerto, with its slow tempo and multiple textures, is a quietly intense tribute to beauty that cherishes intimacy over spectacle.
special citation
“The Pulitzer Committee honors the late Greg Tate, a writer and critic whose language – cribbed from literature, academia, pop culture and hip-hop – was as influential as the content of his ideas. His aesthetics, innovation, and intellectual originality, especially his groundbreaking hip-hop criticism, continue to influence subsequent generations, particularly writers and critics of color.
In recent years, the Pulitzer Committee has issued numerous commendations to journalists who reported on the wars in Ukraine and Afghanistan. This year, the committee recognized the courageous work of journalists and media workers covering the war in Gaza. In horrific conditions, scores of journalists have died trying to tell the stories of Palestinians and others in Gaza. The war also claimed the lives of poets and writers among its casualties. When Pulitzer Prizes are awarded in the categories of journalism, art, and literature, we mark the loss of a valuable record of human experience.
