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Affected by the new crown epidemic, the Pulitzer Prize for the United States, which was generally announced at the Columbia University School of Journalism in April, was postponed until May 4 (Monday). The president of the jury, Dana Canedi (Dana)
Canedy) read the list of winners through a home video.Carnedy noted: “Ironically, the first Pulitzer Prize was awarded in June 1917, less than a year before the outbreak of the 1918 pandemic.” “This season is full of unprecedented uncertainty. But what is certain is that journalism has never stopped.”
The Pulitzer Prize is widely regarded as the highest award in the American press, and the most important award is the Public Service Award. This year’s highest honor was earned by the Alaska “Anchorage Daily” media, assisted by the ProPublica investigative media. The series of reports revealed that a third of Alaska’s villages lacked police protection, accused authorities of negligence for decades, and subsequently stimulated funding and legislative reforms.
The New York Times, which had previously won 127 Pulitzer Prizes, has included the Critics Award, International Report Award, and Investigative Report Award this year. At the Investigative Reporting Award, reporter Brian M. Rosenthal exposed the murky industry in the New York City taxi industry and revealed how loan lenders can profit by exploiting disadvantaged drivers. These loans triggered investigations by New York State and the federal government.
The Washington Post won the Explanatory Report Award for scientifically showing the effects of extreme earth temperatures on climate change. The Associated Press journalist won the close-up photo award and paid attention to the lives of Kashmiri residents when communication was interrupted.
The two groups of National Reporting Award winners came from the Seattle Times and ProPublica, with the first revealing the design flaws of the Boeing 737Max aircraft. These defects caused two major accidents and errors exposed in government oversight; the latter investigated the US Seventh Fleet. USA After a series of fatal naval accidents in the Pacific.
The first audio report award went to “This American Life,” “Los Angeles Times” reporter Molly O’Toole and Vice President Emily Green. Her work “The Out Crowd” focuses on the people affected by the Trump administration’s “stay in Mexico” policy.
“New Yorker” author Ben Taub (Ben Taub) won the feature film writing award. He described the tragic experience of a man held in the Guantanamo Bay detention center for more than ten years, after being kidnapped, tortured and deprived of liberty. The jury said this report combines field reports and lyrical narratives to provide a meticulous perspective on American anti-terrorism.
Barry Blitt, the magazine cartoonist, also won the editorial comic award and criticized Trump’s personality and White House policies with deceptively sweet watercolor styles and seemingly smooth comics.
The editorial writing award belongs to Jeffery Gerritt of the Texas Herald. His editorial exposed the deaths of pretrial detainees in a small county prison in Texas, reflecting the upward trend in the state of play, criticizing local judicial and security institutions for trying to hide these unnecessary tragedies.
Additionally, the Kentucky Courier Daily received the Sudden Report Award for timely reporting hundreds of pardons when the governor resigned. It is not transparent and there are racial differences and violations. The Baltimore Sun discovered that there was an undisclosed financial gainful relationship between the city mayor and the public hospital system, and won a regional reporting award. The Los Angeles Times won a literary critic award, and author Christopher Knight used his experience to criticize the proposed major reform of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and its impact on the agency’s mission.
