The New York Times and The Washington Post lead the 2024 Pulitzers with 3 awards each

The newspapers The New York Times It is Washington Post led the journalistic categories of the prestigious Pulitzer Prizes 2024 with three awards each header in an edition that was marked by war in Gaza.

The Board of these awards, belonging to the Columbia University (New York), made special mention of “courageous work”of Palestinian journalists covering the conflict in Gaza stripas well as his colleagues who died while working on the front lines of the war.

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Likewise, in the ‘international journalism‘, the recognition fell to the editors of the The New York Times for your “broad and revealing“roof”lethal attack”from a faction of the Islamic group Hamas in the south of Israel he October 7th and for his information on “the failures of the Israeli intelligence services and the deadly response of the Israeli army in Gaza”.

The renowned New York newspaper also won in the ‘Investigative journalism‘ thanks to a series of reports written by the journalist Hannah Dreier about it child labor in the USA It is “the government failures that perpetuate it”, according to the organization.

Katie Engelhartcontributor to The New York Times, won the award for best ‘Report‘for yours’impartial portrait” It is “sensitivity” at the “legal and emotional battle” of a family struggling with their mother’s dementia issues.

As for The Washington Post, you saw how your editorial team won in the ‘National Report‘ (USA) for an investigation into the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, often used in mass shootings in the United States. This award was shared with Reuters for a “revealing”Series of reports that accounted for the“automotive and aerospace business” in Elon Musk.

The Washington Post also prevailed in the ‘Opinion‘ through the columns of Vladimir Kara Murza“written at great personal risk in his cell, in which he warns about the consequences of dissent in Russia”. Is at ‘Editorial‘ for a series about how authoritarian regimes use new technologies to repress their opponents.

US Supreme Court Investigation, Public Service Award

One of the main categories of Pulitzer Prizes And the ‘Public service‘and there this year the medium triumphed ProPública for a report on US Supreme Court in which calls and attempts to bribe judges by a group of billionaires were documented.

During the presentation of these awards, the organization highlighted the “crucial“journalistic profession in”difficult times, in which 3,000 jobs were lost” It is “4,000 books were censored“last year.

Furthermore, Neil Brownone of the members of the Council, took the opportunity to wink at the university on which the Pulitzer Prizes depend, after two weeks of police repression at the university itself. Colombia by pro-Palestinian student protests.

“Journalism is threatened. On college campuses, in state capitals, and even on local school boards. Journalists are blocked to frustrate their independent reporting“, said Brown, who took advantage of his speech to call for the release of Evan Gershkovichcollaborator of Wall Street Journal arrested in Russia for alleged espionage.

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Among the other sections, the award for local media also stands out.Santa Cruz Lookout‘, from California, in ‘Last hour‘(‘breaking news’, in English) for coverage of some floods last year; or the Pulitzer for Sarah Stillman (The New Yorker) in ‘Explanatory Journalism‘ for a series about the legal consequences of the crime of homicide in the African-American population.

The New Yorker also won in the journalism with illustrations or cartoons category for a visual story by the contributor Medar da Cruz regarding the Rikers Island Prison (New York) with black and white drawings that “they humanized the prisoners”.

When it comes to photography, Reuters won the Pulitzer photos from ‘Last Hour’ for covering October 7th in Gaza and the first week of the Israeli counter-offensive; while Associated Press He did the same with a ‘photographic report’ to portray the path of Colombian emigration in its aim to reach the United States.

Source: Elcomercio

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