NEW YORK – The Associated Press gained two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, together with the distinguished public service award, for its protection of the struggle in Ukraine, whereas the New York Times earned the worldwide reporting honor for its tales in regards to the Russian invasion.
Washington Post reporter Caroline Kitchener gained the nationwide reporting prize for protection of abortion within the United States after the Supreme Court final 12 months overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that had legalized the process nationwide. Eli Saslow, now with the Times, gained the function writing award for the Post.
Reuters was a finalist in two classes. In worldwide reporting, the Pulitzer board cited Reuters for its four-part investigative sequence that uncovered grave human rights abuses in opposition to girls and kids by the Nigerian army in its struggle with Islamist insurgents. In nationwide reporting, Reuters was chosen as a finalist for a sequence that exposed the widespread use of kid labor by auto components suppliers and poultry slaughterhouses within the US state of Alabama.
The annual Pulitzer awards, first offered in 1917, are essentially the most celebrated honors in US journalism. The prizes are named for newspaper writer Joseph Pulitzer, who died in 1911 and left cash to create the awards and set up a journalism college at Columbia University.
The public service award, thought-about essentially the most prestigious, honored Associated Press journalists Mstyslav Chernov, Evgeniy Maloletka, Vasilisa Stepanenko and Lori Hinnant, who remained within the Ukrainian city of Mariupol final spring because it got here beneath hearth from Russian troops and documented the killing of civilians.
Maloletka was additionally a part of the AP staff in Ukraine that gained for breaking news pictures.
Before saying the winners, Neil Brown, co-chair of the Pulitzer board and president of the Poynter Institute, spoke in assist of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained throughout a reporting journey and accused of espionage by Russian authorities.
The United States has objected to Gershkovich’s arrest and referred to as on Russia to dismiss the case.
“The Pulitzer Prize board joins the many organizations around the world demanding Evan’s immediate release,” Brown mentioned. “He, like so many others, is doing his job.”
An Alabama news web site, AL.com, gained two Pulitzers, one for native reporting and one other for commentary.
The Los Angeles Times gained the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news for revealing a secretly recorded dialog amongst metropolis council members that included racist feedback, a scandal that prompted two officers to resign. The newspaper’s Christina House additionally earned the function pictures award for her sequence displaying the lifetime of a pregnant homeless lady.
In addition to the worldwide reporting prize, the New York Times took the award for illustrated reporting and commentary. The Times has gained 137 Pulitzers for the reason that awards started.
The Wall Street Journal gained for investigative reporting for revealing monetary conflicts of curiosity amongst officers at dozens of federal companies.
Caitlin Dickerson, a reporter at The Atlantic journal, took dwelling the explanatory reporting award for her in-depth examination of a US coverage beneath former President Donald Trump of separating dad and mom from their youngsters on the US border.
The Pulitzers additionally handed out awards in eight classes for books, music and drama.
Two Washington Post reporters, Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, gained the Pulitzer for common nonfiction for “His Name is George Floyd,” a ebook in regards to the Black man whose 2020 homicide by police in Minneapolis sparked worldwide protests.
A board comprised principally of main editors or executives at main US media shops presides over the judging course of. — Reuters
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