The New York Times, The Washington Post and Reuters were multiple winners of Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, while the journalism committee awarded a special citation to the Miami Herald’s Julie K. Brown for her reporting on Jeffrey Epstein.
A number of the winners reflected the fallout from the first year of Donald Trump‘s second term, with the Pulitzer committee recognizing stories and coverage of the administration’s conflicts of interest, the president’s campaigns of retribution, ICE raids and cutbacks to the federal workforce.
The Post was recognized in the public service category for “piercing the veil of secrecy around the Trump administration’s chaotic overhaul of federal agencies and chronicling in rich detail the human impacts of the cuts and the consequences for the country.”
The winners of the journalism awards are:
Public service: The Washington Post, for coverage of the overhaul of federal agencies.
Breaking news reporting: Staff of the Minnesota Star Tribune, for coverage of the mass shooting at Annunciation Church and School in Minneapolis, as students were attending a back-to-school Mass.
Investigative reporting: The New York Times, for stories on Trump administration conflicts of interest and “the moneymaking opportunities that come with power, enriching his family and allies.”
Explanatory reporting: Susie Neilson, Megan Fan Munce and Sara DiNatale of the San Francisco Chronicle, for a series on how insurance companies used algorithmic tools to undervalue properties destroyed by fires.
Beat reporting: Jeff Hortwitz and Engen Tham, Reuters, for reporting on Meta’s “willingness to expose users, including children, to scams and AI manipulation.”
Local reporting: Dave Altimari and Ginny Monk of the Connecticut Mirror and Sophie Chou and Haru Coryne of ProPublica, for a series on how the state’s towning laws favored “unscrupulous companies.”
Staff of Chicago Tribune, for coverage of the the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns and the resistance that followed.
National reporting: Staff of Reuters, notably Ned Parker, Linda So, Peter Eisler and Mike Spector, for “documenting how the president used the U.S. government and the influence of his supporters to expand executive power and exact vengeance on his foes.”
More to come.
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