Pulitzer Prize in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music announced
Highlights
- The Pulitzer Prize 2022 winners were announced at 3 pm (Eastern Time) on Monday
- Journalists from Ukraine were recognized with a 2022 Pulitzer Prize special citation
- Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer
Pulitzer Prize 2022 winners in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music were announced at 3 pm (Eastern Time) on Monday. The winners' list included The Washington Post -- including Indians Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, Amit Dave and the late Danish Siddiqui of Reuters in journalism.
Journalists from Ukraine were recognized with a 2022 Pulitzer Prize special citation, while jurors of journalism's top honours also recognized coverage of the January 6th attacks on the Capitol, the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Surfside condominium collapse in Florida.
Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer along with Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo and Amit Dave for their images of COVID's toll on India. Siddiqui was killed last year while covering a clash between Afghan special forces and Taliban insurgents.
Full list of winners in journalism and descriptions of their awards -
Public Service - The Washington Post for its account of the assault on Washington on January 6th 2021
Breaking News Reporting - The staff of the Miami Herald for its coverage of the collapse of the Seaside apartment towers in Florida
Investigative Reporting - Corey G Johnson, Rebecca Woolington and Eli Murray of the Tampa Bay Times for an expose of highly toxic hazards inside Florida's only battery recycling plant that forced the implementation of safety measures to adequately protect workers and nearby residents
Explanatory Reporting - Staff of Quanta Magazine, notably Natalie Wolchover, for reporting on how the Webb Space Telescope works
Local Reporting - Madison Hopkins of the Better Government Association and Cecilia Reyes of the Chicago Tribune for an examination of Chicago's long history of failed building and fire safety code enforcement
National Reporting - The staff of The New York Times for a project that quantified a disturbing pattern of fatal traffic stops by police
International Reporting - The staff of The New York Times for reporting that exposed the vast civilian tolls of US-led airstrikes, challenging official accounts of American military engagements in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan
Feature Writing - Jennifer Senior of The Atlantic for a portrayal of a family's reckoning of loss in the 20 years since 9/11
Commentary - Melinda Henneberger of the Kansas City Star for persuasive columns demanding justice for alleged victims of a retired police detective accused of being a sexual predator
Criticism - Salamishah Tillet, contributing critic at large for The New York Times, for writing about Black stories in art and popular culture
Editorial Writing - Lisa Falkenberg, Michael Lindenberger, Joe Holley and Luis Carrasco of the Houston Chronicle for a campaign that, with original reporting, revealed voter suppression tactics, rejected the myth of widespread voter fraud and argued for sensible voting reforms
Illustrated Reporting and Commentary - Fahmida Azim, Anthony Del Col, Josh Adams and Walt Hickey of Insider for a comic on an Uyghur internment camp
Breaking News Photography - Marcus Yam of the Los Angeles Times for raw and urgent images of the US departure from Afghanistan. Winners include Win McNamee, Drew Angerer, Spencer Platt, Samuel Corum and Jon Cherry of Getty Images for comprehensive and consistently riveting photos of the attack on the US capitol
Feature Photography - Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, Amit Dave and the late Danish Siddiqui of Reuters for images of COVID's toll in India
Audio Reporting - Staffs of Futuro Media and PRX for "Suave" -- an immersive profile of a man re-entering society after more than 30 years in prison
While the list for Books, Drama and Music included
Fiction - The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family, by Joshua Cohen
Drama - Fat Ham, by James Ijames
History - Covered with Night, by Nicole Eustace and Cuba: An American History, by Ada Ferrer
Biography - Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South, by the late Winfred Rembert as told to Erin I. Kelly
Poetry. Winners include frank: sonnets, by Diane Seuss
General Nonfiction - Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City, by Andrea Elliott Music. Winners include Voiceless Mass, by Raven Chacon
The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature and musical composition within the United States.
It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher, and is administered by Columbia University.
(With inputs from ANI)
