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2024 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced
Columbia University in the USA announced the highly respected Pulitzer Prizes for 2024 on May 7th. These prizes are big deals in journalism and the arts. The winners were chosen by the Pulitzer Prize Board and will be honored at a special event later, led by the president of Columbia University.
Journalism Category
| Category | Winners |
|---|---|
| Public Service | ProPublica, for the work of Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, Brett Murphy, Alex Mierjeski, and Kirsten Berg |
| Breaking News Reporting | Staff of Lookout Santa Cruz, California |
| Investigative Reporting | Hannah Dreier of The New York Times |
| Explanatory Reporting | Sarah Stillman of The New Yorker |
| Local Reporting | Sarah Conway of City Bureau and Trina Reynolds-Tyler of the Invisible Institute |
| National Reporting | Staff of Reuters |
| International Reporting | Staff of The New York Times |
| Feature Writing | Katie Engelhart, contributing writer, The New York Times |
| Commentary | Vladimir Kara-Murza, contributor, The Washington Post |
| Criticism | Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times |
| Editorial Writing | David E. Hoffman of The Washington Post |
| Illustrated Reporting | Medar de la Cruz, contributor, The New Yorker |
| Breaking News Photography | Photography Staff of Reuters |
| Feature Photography | Photography Staff of Associated Press |
Book, Drama, and Music Category
| Category | Winners |
|---|---|
| Fiction | “Night Watch” by Jayne Anne Phillips (Knopf) |
| Drama | “Primary Trust” by Eboni Booth |
| History | “No Right to an Honest Living” by Jacqueline Jones (Basic Books) |
| Biography | “King: A Life” by Jonathan Eig (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) |
| Memoir/Autobiography | “Liliana’s Invincible Summer” by Cristina Rivera Garza (Hogarth) |
| Poetry | “Tripas: Poems” by Brandon Som (Georgia Review Books) |
| General Nonfiction | “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama” by Nathan Thrall (Metropolitan Books) |
| Music | “Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith)” by Tyshawn Sorey |
About the Pulitzer Prize
Joseph Pulitzer, who owned a newspaper, created the Pulitzer Prize in 1904. He wanted to encourage people to do great work in journalism, arts, and culture. He gave money to Columbia University to manage the prizes. They started giving out the first Pulitzer Prizes in 1917, and every year since then, they've honored people who've done exceptional things in these areas.
