The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY is proud to announce that alum Annie Massa (‘14) was among a group of Bloomberg reporters honored as a finalist for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting.
Massa and her Bloomberg colleagues were recognized for reporting on the Trump administration’s deregulation of cryptocurrencies, coverage that examined conflicts of interest and exposed the powerful political and financial forces shaping the crypto industry.
“I’m honored to have worked with my Bloomberg News colleagues on this series,” said Massa. “I’m also grateful to my CUNY professors who equipped me with skills I use every day in the newsroom.”
Massa previously received a Gerald Loeb Award for her work on the Bloomberg News reporting team that produced the podcast Spellcaster: The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried. She contributed to the documentary RUIN: Money, Ego and Deception at FTX. Earlier she received a Silurians Award for Excellence in Journalism for a series with Bloomberg News colleagues that examined new technologies shaping Wall Street.
At Newmark J-School, graduates develop the essential skills needed to produce journalism that holds power to account and gives voice to important issues facing our communities. Massa’s work exemplifies that mission through deeply reported coverage of finance, technology, and the evolving cryptocurrency industry.