Pulitzer Prizes, the coveted annual American awards for exemplary works in the fields of journalism, arts, drama, fiction, music etc. were conferred in different categories on April 15, 2019 at Columbia University, New York.
The South Florida Sun Sentinel won the Pulitzer for public service for its coverage of failings by school and law enforcement officials before and after the February 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. In the breaking news category, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was honored for its coverage of the October 2018 shooting at a synagogue in the city.
The Associated Press won a Pulitzer for international reporting for its coverage of the war in Yemen. Reuters was also honored for international reporting for its coverage of atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
The Pulitzer Prize is an annual award for outstanding work in journalism, literature and music in the USA. It was established in 1917 on the provisions of the will of an American-Hungarian journalist Joseph Pulitzer. The Pulitzer Awards are administered by the Columbia University, New York.
PULITZER PRIZES, 2019 WINNERS
Journalism
Pulitzer Prizes, the coveted annual American awards for exemplary works in the fields of journalism, arts, drama, fiction, music etc. were conferred in different categories on April 15, 2019 at Columbia University, New York.
The South Florida Sun Sentinel won the Pulitzer for public service for its coverage of failings by school and law enforcement officials before and after the February 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. In the breaking news category, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was honoured for its coverage of the October 2018 shooting at a synagogue in the city.
The Associated Press won a Pulitzer for international reporting for its coverage of the war in Yemen. Reuters was also honoured for international reporting for its coverage of atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
The Pulitzer Prize is an annual award for outstanding work in journalism, literature and music in the USA. It was established in 1917 on the provisions of will of an American-Hungarian journalist Joseph Pulitzer. The Pulitzer A wards are administered by the Columbia University, New York.
PULITZER PRIZES, 2019 WINNERS
Journalism
Public Service: South Florida Sun Sentinel
Breaking News Reporting: Staff of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Investigative Reporting: Matt Hamilton, Harriet Ryan and Paul Pringle of the Los Angeles Times
Explanatory Reporting: David Barstow, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner of the New York Times
Local Reporting: Staff of the Advocate, Baton Rouge, La
National Reporting: Staff of the Wall Street Journal
International Reporting: Maggie Michael, Maad al-Zikry and Nariman EI Mofty of Associated Press and Staff of Reuters, with notable contributions from Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo,
Feature Writing: Hannah Dreier of Pro Publica,
Commentary: Tony Messenger of the St Louis Post Dispatch
Criticism: Carlos Lazada of the Washington Post
Editorial Writing: Brent Staples of the New York Times
Editorial Cartooning: Darrin Bell, Freelancer,
Breaking News Photography: Photography Staff of Reuters,
Feature Photography: Lorenzo Tugnoli of the Washington Post.
Letters, Drama & Music
Fiction: The Overstory by Richard Powers
Drama: Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury
History: Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom’ by David W. Blight,
Biography: The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke, by Jeffrey C. Stewart
Poetry: Be With, by Forrest Gander
General Notification: Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America, by Eliza Griswold
Music: Prism by Ellen Reid