The New York Times won four Pulitzer Prizes Monday, including reports of the US failures in the Sudan civil war and the war in Afghanistan, as well as photos of the moments surrounding the attempted assassination of Donald J. Trump in Pennsylvania.
The Times also won a collaboration with nonprofit news outlet Baltimore Banner for an investigation into the fatal opioid crisis.
The New Yorker won three awards for commentary, featured photos and research podcast In The Dark.
The Pulitzer Prize, launched in 1917, is published annually by Columbia University for its excellence in journalism and letters. Propublica was awarded Pulitzer's most prestigious Public Service Award for reporting on the impact of state abortion bans across the country. Reporters Kavita Saana, Lizzie Presser, Cassandra Jaramiro and photographer Stacey Kranitz used death certificates and hospital records to reveal that the ban directly led to the mother's preventable death.
Washington Post staff received a Breaking News Report award for reporting reports of attempted assassination of Trump in a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Previously, Anne Ternaes of the Washington Post received an award for illustrated reporting and commentary. Manga artist Ternas resigned from the Post in January after the publication rejected a comic about the owner Jeff Bezos. The Pulitzer Committee believes that “Pierce's commentary on powerful people and institutions with skill and creativeness conveyed the fearlessness that led to his break from news organizations 17 years later.”
Reuters received the Fentanyl Express, a series that investigated the drug trade behind the American opioid crisis. The survey showed how easy it is to get the chemicals needed to make fentanyl from China, and how it avoided customs inspections in Mexico and the US.
The National Reporting Award was sent to Wall Street Journal staff for the reporting of Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest man. Reports reveal details about Musk's influence in conservative politics, the use of illegal drugs, and his conversation with Russian president Vladimir V. Putin.
Azam Ahmed, Christina Goldbaum and Matieu Eikins of the New York Times were awarded the Explanation Report Award for their investigation into the outcomes of the war in Afghanistan and what they left behind when it was drawn out. The report uncovers a systematic campaign of forced loss disappearance by Afghan generals supported by US military.
Declan Walsh and staff at The New York Times have received International Reporting Award for coverage of the ongoing civil war in Sudan, including revealing the role of the United Arab Emirates in the conflict and its devastating human fees.
Doug Mills of the New York Times won the Broken News Photography Award for his photo of President Trump's attempted assassination last year.
Baltimore Banners' Alyssa Zoo, Nick Thiem, Jessica Gallagher and the New York Times have been awarded a local report award in the Investigation Series, which found the vast scale of Baltimore's fentanyl crisis and found cities to become US drug overdose capital. This is the first Pulitzer Prize for Banner, a nonprofit newsroom that began in 2022. This work was carried out in collaboration with the New York Times Local Research Fellowship.
The Feature Writing Award investigated the suicide death of a Baptist pastor, to Esquire Magazine contributor Mark Warren, after the website exposed his online life due to “The Death of Right-wing Media and Alabama Pastor: American Tragedy.”
New Yorker contributor Mosab Abu Toha received the Commentary Award for his deep, personal and reported essay documenting his experiences in the Gaza Strip during the ongoing war with Israel.
New Yorker contributor Mose Saman was awarded the Featured Photography Award for Images in Syria after the collapse of Assad's regime, which includes black and white photographs of the infamous Sedonaya detention facility. The New Yorker staff received the Audio Report Award for the “In the Darkness” podcast, investigating the murder of 24 Iraqi civilians by the US Marines during the Iraq War.
The Criticism Award was given to Bloomberg City Love contribution writer Alexandra Lange on how public spaces for families and architecture and design can help the community flourish.
Raj Mankad, Sharon Steinman, Lisa Falkenberg and Leah Vinkovitz of the Houston Chronicle have been awarded the Editorial Writing Award for a series on the dangerous railway crossings and blocked intersections in cities that demand action from lawmakers.
The Arts and Letters Awards won the Fiction Award for the novel “James” by Percival Everett. “James” rethinks the story of Huckleberry Finn in terms of enslaved character Jim.
“Purpose” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins won the Drama Award. The play follows a calculation within a prominent black family with ties to the civil rights movement.
Awarded to “Native Nations: The North American Millennium” by Kathleen Duval and “Combee: Harriet Tubman, Combahee River Raid and Black Freedom” by Edda L. Fields-Black.
The biographical award was a double biography of 18th-century scientists Carl Linneus and Georges Louis des Büchn, and was presented to author Jason Roberts for “All Creatures: Great and Deadly Races,” an attempt to classify the world.
Tessa Hals's “Feeding Ghost: Graphic Memoir” won the Autobiography Award. The book shows that the author's three generations and trauma of the Chinese family history are being told. “The Success of Our Desperate Cause: The Life of Many Life in the Soviet Anti-Era Movement,” Benjamin Nathans won a General Non-Fiction Award.
The Poetry Award was sent to “Newly Selected Poems” by Marie Howe, a collection of poetry that over 40 years observes everyday life. Susie Ibarra's “Sky Island” won the Music Award. The composition, inspired by the tropical rainforest of Luzon, Philippines, premiered in July at the Asian Association in New York.
The Pulitzer Prize Committee also awarded a special quote to Chuck Stone, a pioneering black journalist who covered the civil rights movement and was a legendary columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News. Stone also co-founded the National Association of Black Journalists. He passed away in 2014 at 89.
