{"id":773688,"date":"2026-05-05T00:10:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T00:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/773688\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T00:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T00:10:20","slug":"ap-washington-post-reuters-and-minnesota-star-tribune-win-pulitzers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/773688\/","title":{"rendered":"AP, Washington Post, Reuters and Minnesota Star Tribune win Pulitzers"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize<\/a> for public service for scrutinizing the Trump administration\u2019s sweeping, choppy overhaul of federal agencies, and The Associated Press won<\/a> the award Monday for international reporting<\/a> about surveillance.<\/p>\n

In a year when several prize-winning projects zoomed in on the Trump presidency, the Post\u2019s coverage illuminated the administration\u2019s fast-moving, sometimes opaque drive to reshape the national government and what the cuts and changes meant for individual Americans. <\/p>\n

The Miami Herald\u2019s Julie K. Brown was given a special citation for her reporting, nearly a decade ago, that drew attention to Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> \u2019s abuses. The New York Times won three of the coveted prizes, the Post and Reuters each won two, and less widely known outlets ranging from The Connecticut Mirror to the podcast \u201cPablo Torre Finds Out\u201d also were recognized in a challenging year for American journalism. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is always a day of celebration in our communities, but perhaps never more so than today as we face tremendous political and economic pressures,\u201d prize administrator Marjorie Miller said in a livestream announcement. <\/p>\n

In the last few months, the Post cut a third of its staff,<\/a> CBS News announced it would shutter its nearly century-old radio service<\/a>, The AP offered buyouts<\/a> to over 120 journalists and some regional newspapers also publicly struggled. CBS parent Paramount\u2019s acquisition of CNN has raised questions about what\u2019s next<\/a> for those networks. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump continued to bash, and sometimes sue, outlets whose coverage he finds objectionable. <\/p>\n

\u2018Sweeping and deeply impactful reporting\u2019<\/p>\n

Spanning three years, thousands of pages of documents and numerous interviews, the AP project found that American companies help lay the foundations of the Chinese government\u2019s system for monitoring and policing its citizens. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis was sweeping and deeply impactful reporting, the kind of work that highlights the unique strengths of AP\u2019s global, multiformat newsroom,\u201d executive editor Julie Pace said in an email to staffers. She is among the Pulitzer Board\u2019s new members<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Some of The Washington Post\u2019s winning work was by reporter Hannah Natanson, whose home was searched<\/a> and devices were seized in what federal authorities say was an investigation into a Pentagon contractor\u2019s handling of classified documents. The Post says the seizure violated the First Amendment. <\/p>\n

Two winning entries focused on Trump\u2019s pulverizing approach to norms and constraints. Reuters, which won for national reporting, looked at how Trump has used the federal government and his supporters\u2019 influence to expand presidential authority and target foes, the award judges noted. The Times took the investigative reporting prize for exploring the Republican president\u2019s boundary-pushing approach to the notion of conflicts of interest. <\/p>\n

Joseph Kahn, executive editor of the Times, said its reporters have been threatened over their work. \u201cWe have not, and will not\u201d bow to the pressure, he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Reuters\u2019 reporting on scam ads, AI chatbots and the social media giant Meta \u2014 which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp \u2014 won the beat reporting prize, last given two decades ago. <\/p>\n

Reuters\u2019 wins spotlighted \u201cfearless, deeply reported, original work that holds powerful institutions to account,\u201d editor-in-chief Alessandra Galloni said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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Visual journalism honors included a graphic novel<\/p>\n

The prize for breaking news went to The Minnesota Star Tribune\u2019s coverage of last year\u2019s deadly mass shooting during Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school<\/a>. Judges praised the thoroughness and compassion of the newspaper\u2019s reporting on a scene of carnage in its hometown.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me, it\u2019s really a moment to appreciate the power of local journalism,\u201d Kathleen Hennessey, the Star Tribune\u2019s editor and senior vice president, said in an interview. One Tribune reporter who lives in the neighborhood heard the gunshots and called 911 before running to the scene, she noted; an editor at the paper has children who attend the school.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels really gratifying to be recognized, but for this newsroom, this is also just still a really painful event,\u201d Hennessey said.<\/p>\n

The San Francisco Chronicle received the award for explanatory reporting, which means work that makes a complex topic comprehensible to everyday readers and viewers. The Chronicle\u2019s series laid out how insurers, aided by algorithmic tools, undervalued and denied rebuilding claims for fire-destroyed homes, the judges said. <\/p>\n

In visual journalism, The Times got a breaking news photography award for depicting devastation and starvation in Gaza resulting from Israel\u2019s war in the territory. The Post won the feature photography prize, for a visual essay on a family welcoming a firstborn as the child\u2019s father grappled with terminal cancer. The award for illustrated reporting and commentary \u2014 a category that includes editorial cartoons and more \u2014 went to Bloomberg for a graphic novel about online scams that threaten \u201cdigital arrest.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement, Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait called it \u201cdeeply reported public service journalism, published in an inventive format.\u201d <\/p>\n

While several prizes reflected the year\u2019s biggest news stories, others highlighted work that wasn\u2019t pushed to everyone\u2019s phones.<\/p>\n

One of two local reporting awards went to The Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica for a series on how towing companies profited off Connecticut laws, at the expense of poor car owners; the state soon changed the laws. The Chicago Tribune also was honored for its coverage of the Trump administration\u2019s intense immigration crackdown<\/a> in the Windy City.<\/p>\n

A \u2018pioneering\u2019 live podcast investigation<\/p>\n

Texas Monthly won the feature writing award for an editor\u2019s first-person story of flooding that killed his toddler nephew and swept his home away. Also in Texas, The Dallas Morning News\u2019 architecture critic won the criticism award; judges praised Mark Lamster\u2019s wit and expertise. The New York Times\u2019 M. Gessen won the opinion writing award for essays on authoritarianism. <\/p>\n

The audio award went to \u201cPablo Torre Finds Out\u201d for probing financial arrangements<\/a> between Los Angeles Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard and an environmental startup in which the team owner invested. The judges called the project a \u201cpioneering and entertaining form of live podcast journalism.\u201d It\u2019s produced by Meadowlark Media and licensed by the New York Times Co.-owned sports site The Athletic. <\/p>\n

The Pulitzer announcement \u2014 usually followed by a dinner later in the year \u2014 came little more than a week after an armed man rushed a security checkpoint<\/a> and exchanged gunfire<\/a> with Secret Service agents outside another big event for U.S. journalists, the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner in Washington. The man is now charged with trying to assassinate Trump<\/a>, who was attending the event for his first time as president. <\/p>\n

Separately, Monday\u2019s awards also honored books, music and theater<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The prizes were established in newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer\u2019s will and were first awarded in 1917. Winners receive $15,000, and the public service award carries a gold medal. Decisions are made by the Pulitzer Board, based at Columbia University in New York. <\/p>\n

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Associated Press writer Sarah Raza contributed from Canton, Michigan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for scrutinizing the Trump…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":773689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[317006,1578,64,960,74,13212,2738,69,171,57,117217,231251,51,59,15053,317001,44651,317002,295571,317003,317005,317004,398,7062,3663,3669,50,80,126710,365,52,61,370],"class_list":["post-773688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-alessandra-galloni","tag-associated-press","tag-business","tag-chicago","tag-china","tag-china-government","tag-connecticut","tag-donald-trump","tag-entertainment","tag-general-news","tag-government-surveillance","tag-hannah-natanson","tag-headlines","tag-inc","tag-jeffrey-epstein","tag-joseph-kahn","tag-joseph-pulitzer","tag-julie-k-brown","tag-julie-pace","tag-kathleen-hennessey","tag-marjorie-miller","tag-mark-lamster","tag-media","tag-meta-platforms","tag-minnesota","tag-mn-state-wire","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-pulitzer-prize-awards","tag-religion","tag-top-stories","tag-u-s-news","tag-united-states-government"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}