public service
propublica
The Pulitzer Committee praised the work of Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, Brett Murphy, Alex Mierzewski, and Kirsten Berg for their “groundbreaking work that broke through the thick wall of secrecy surrounding the Supreme Court.” He praised the report for its “targeted and ambitious reporting.”
finalist KFF Health News and Cox Media Group.washington post
breaking news
Santa Cruz Observation Deck staff
Lookout Santa Cruz provided in-depth, local, and agile coverage over the holiday weekend of the devastating floods and landslides that displaced thousands of residents and destroyed more than 1,000 homes and businesses. ” received the award.
finalist Honolulu Civil Beat staff.Los Angeles Times staff
investigative reporting
Hannah Dreyer of the New York Times
Ms. Dreier was honored for “a series of deeply reported articles that expose the alarming scope of migrant child labor across the United States and the corporate and government failures that perpetuate it.”
finalist Bloomberg staff. Casey Ross and Robert Herman of Stat
descriptive report
Sarah Stillman of The New Yorker
Stillman's work is “a scathing indictment of our nation's legal system's reliance on felony murder charges and its disparate consequences, often devastating for communities of color.” “Yes,” the commission said.
finalist Bloomberg staff.Texas Tribune, ProPublica, Frontline staff
On-site coverage
Sara Conway of the Bureau of Cities and Trina Reynolds Tyler of the Invisible Institute
Conway and Reynolds Tyler were honored for “a series of investigations into Chicago's missing Black girls and women that revealed how systemic racism and police neglect contributed to the crisis.” It was done.
finalist Mississippi Today's Jerry Mitchell, Ilyssa Daley, Brian Howie, Nate Rosenfield, New York Times.The Villages Daily Sun staff
National coverage
Reuters staff and Washington Post staff
Two people won awards in this year's national reporting category. Reuters staffers won the award for an “eye-opening series of accountability stories” focused on billionaire Elon Musk's automotive and aerospace businesses. The Washington Post's staff won the award for its “sober investigation of the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.”
finalist Bianca Vazquez Tornes and Sharon Lhuillier for The Associated Press.Dave Phillips of the New York Times
international reporting
new york times staff
The committee cited the New York Times' “extensive and revealing accounts of Hamas's deadly October 7 attack in southern Israel, the failures of Israeli intelligence, and the Israeli military's drastic and deadly response in Gaza.” He said that he won the award for his “reporting.''
finalist Julie Turkewitz and Federico Rios of The New York Times.Washington Post staff
Special feature writing
Katie Engelhart, Contributor, New York Times
Ms. Engelhart was honored for her “fair-minded portrayal of a family's legal and emotional struggles amid the patriarch's progressive dementia.” The committee said her paper “subtly explores the mysteries of man's essential self.”
finalist Co-published by Kelly Breakinger of The Marshall Project and The New York Times Magazine.Jennifer Sr. of the Atlantic
Explanation
Vladimir Kara-Murza, Contributor, Washington Post
The commission said Kara Murza's “passionate columns, written at great risk from solitary confinement, warn of the consequences for the opposition in Vladimir Putin's Russia and advocate for the future of democracy in the homeland.” He emphasized that he had done it.
finalist Brian Lyman of the Alabama Reflectors.Jay Caspian Kang of The New Yorker
criticism
Justin Chan of the Los Angeles Times
The committee said that Chan's film criticism “reflects the modern moviegoing experience” and praised it as “rich, exciting and genre-defying.”
finalist Zadie Smith, Contributor, The New York Review of Books. Vinson Cunningham “The New Yorker”
Editorial writing
David E. Hoffman of The Washington Post
Hoffman was honored for his “compelling and well-researched series about the new technologies and tactics used by authoritarian regimes to suppress dissent in the digital age, and how to fight them.”
finalist Isadora Rangel of the Miami Herald.Brandon McGinley and Rebecca Spy of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Illustrated reports and explanations
Medard de la Cruz, Contributor, The New Yorker
Mr. Delacruz was honored for his “visually driven story set inside Rikers Island prison, using bold black-and-white imagery to humanize prisoners and staff through a thirst for books.”
finalist Clay Bennett of the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Angie Wang, New Yorker contributor.Claire Healy, Nicole Danka, Len Galeno, Washington Post Contributor
breaking news photos
Reuters photography staff
The film crew won the award for their “graphic emergency photography documenting the deadly Oct. 7 attack by Hamas in Israel and the first weeks of Israel's devastating assault on Gaza.”
finalist Adem Altan of Agence France-Presse.Nicole S. Hester of The Tennessean
Featured photo
Associated Press camera crew
The journalists were honored for their “moving photographs documenting the unprecedented mass of migrants and their difficult journey north from Colombia to the U.S. border.”
finalist Nanna Heitman, New York Times contributor.Hanna Reyes Morales, Contributor, New York Times
audio report
Invisible Institute and USG Audio staff
The two newsrooms won for “a powerful series that reimagines 1990s Chicago hate crimes and fluidly blends memoir, community history, and journalism.”
finalist Dan Slepian and Preeti Varathan, NBC News contributors.New Hampshire Public Radio's Lauren Chorjian, Allison McAdam, Jason Moon, Daniel Barrick, and Katie Colanelli
fiction
“Night Watch” by Jane Anne Phillips
“Set in the Trans-Allegheny Asylum for the Insane in West Virginia just after the Civil War, a severely injured Union veteran, a 12-year-old girl and her mother suffer long-term abuse from Confederate soldiers, and a beautiful won the award for “Illustrated Novel.'' , struggling to heal. ”
finalist “Wednesday's Child” by Yiyun Li. “Same Bed, Different Dreams” by Ed Park
Drama
“Primary Trust” (written by Eboni Booth)
The committee described Booth's play “Primary Trust'' as “a simple, elegantly crafted story about a traumatized man who finds a new job, new friends, and new values. “It's a story about how actions can change a person's life.” and enrich the entire community. ”
finalist “Here There Are Blueberries” by Moisés Kaufmann and Amanda Gronich. “Public Indecency” by Shayok Misha Chowdhury
history
“No Right to Live Honestly: The Struggle of Black Workers in Civil War Boston” by Jacqueline Jones
Ms. Jones was awarded the award for her “unique reconstruction of free black life in Boston and profoundly reshaping our understanding of the city's abolitionist legacy and the difficult realities of its black residents.” .
finalist “Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion” by Elliott West. “American Anarchy: The Epic Struggle Between Immigrant Radicals and the American Government in the Early 20th Century” by Michael Willrich
Two awards were received in this category. Eig was honored for his “revelatory portrait of Martin Luther King Jr., based on new sources to enhance our understanding of each stage of the civil rights leader's life.”
Ms. Wu won the award for the story of the Crafts, “about a slave couple who escaped from Georgia in 1848, with light-skinned Ellen disguised as a disabled white gentleman and William as a servant.”
finalist “Larry McMurtry: A Life” by Tracy Daugherty
memoir or autobiography
“Liliana's Invincible Summer: Sisters Seeking Justice” by Cristina Rivera Garza
The commission criticized Rivera Garza's work as a “genre-defying account of the author's 20-year-old sister, who was murdered by her ex-lover.” The committee describes it as a “stitch together of memoir, feminist investigative reporting, and poetic biography with a determination born of loss.”
finalist “Land of the Blind: A Memoir of the End of Sight” by Andrew Leland. “The Best Minds: A Tragic Story of Friendship, Madness, and Goodwill” by Jonathan Rosen
Mr. Som's work is “a body of work that engages deeply with the complexities of the poet's dual Mexican-Chinese heritage, emphasizes the dignity of his family's working life, and creates community rather than conflict,” the committee said. writing.
finalist “Until 2040” by Jorie Graham. “Information Desk: An Epic Story” by Robin Schiff
general nonfiction
“A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of the Tragedy of Jerusalem” by Nathan Thrall
The committee noted that Sural's “details of life under Israeli occupation in the West Bank, told through a portrait of a Palestinian father who lost his five-year-old son in a violent school bus accident during Israeli-Palestinian conflict.'' He praised Mr. Thrall for “reporting on the subject and portraying it intimately.'' Rescue teams are delayed due to safety regulations. ”
finalist “Cobalt Red: How Congolese Blood Powers Our Lives” by Siddharth Kala. “Fire Weather: True Stories from a Hotter World” by John Vaillant
music
“Adagio (for Wada Leo Smith)” Tyshawn Slay
Mr. Slay's saxophone concerto has “a wide range of textures expressed in slow tempos, quietly intense, and a beautiful homage to intimacy over spectacle,” the committee said.
finalist “Paper Piano” by Mary Koyoumjian. “Double Concerto for Large Orchestra with Esperanza Spalding and Claire Chase” Felipe Lara
special quote
Greg Tate
Author and critic Greg Tate has been posthumously honored for his influence in shaping public thought and language around hip-hop and street art. “His aesthetic, innovation, intellectual originality, and especially his pioneering hip-hop criticism, continue to influence subsequent generations, especially writers and critics of color,” the commission said. .
Journalists and media personnel covering the Gaza war
“An extraordinary number of journalists have died trying to tell the stories of Palestinians and others in the Gaza Strip under dire circumstances,” the commission wrote. “Among the casualties of this war are the lives of poets and writers. I am aware of what happened.”
