For the editorial writing category, Lisa Falkenberg, Michael Lindenberger, Joe Holley and Luis Carrasco of the Houston Chronicle were awarded for “The Big Lie,” a series on voter suppression that examined claims of voter fraud.
Insider, the website formerly known as Business Insider, won its first Pulitzer Prize. Fahmida Azim, Anthony Del Col, Josh Adams and Walt Hickey won the illustrated reporting and commentary prize for using comics to tell the story of China’s oppression of the Uyghur ethnic minority.
The 2022 Pulitzer Prizes
Breaking News: Staff of The Miami Herald. The Herald won the award for its “urgent yet sweeping” coverage of the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium complex in Surfside, Fla.
Investigative Reporting: Corey G. Johnson, Rebecca Woolington and Eli Murray of The Tampa Bay Times. A multipart investigation of toxic hazards inside Florida’s only battery recycling plant was a “compelling exposé,” the committee said, and it led to safety measures to protect workers and residents.
Explanatory Reporting: Staff of Quanta Magazine, notably Natalie Wolchover. Quanta’s coverage of the James Webb Space Telescope showed how it would facilitate groundbreaking astronomical research.
National Reporting: Staff of The New York Times. An investigation by The Times examined why police traffic stops can escalate into fatal encounters and how hidden financial incentives increase the risks.
Feature Writing: Jennifer Senior of The Atlantic. Ms. Senior’s portrait of a family’s reckoning with loss in the two decades since the Sept. 11 terror attacks won for “masterfully braiding the author’s personal connection to the story with sensitive reporting that reveals the long reach of grief.”
Commentary: Melinda Henneberger of The Kansas City Star. For “persuasive columns demanding justice” for those who accused a retired police detective of being a sexual predator.
Criticism: Salamishah Tillet, contributing critic at large, The New York Times. For “learned and stylish writing about Black stories in art and popular culture.” Read the essays here.
The full list. See all of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists here.
The breaking news photography award was given jointly to Marcus Yam of the Los Angeles Times, for his work in Afghanistan, and staff from Getty Images for their images of the Jan. 6 insurrection. The features photography award was given to Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, Amit Dave and Danish Siddiqui of Reuters for their coverage of the pandemic’s toll in India.
The award for audio reporting, a category that was introduced in 2020, was given to the staffs of Futuro Media and PRX for their podcast “Suave,” which follows a man’s life after he is released from prison after more 30 years.
The Pulitzer board also announced a special citation awarded to journalists of Ukraine for their reporting during the Russian invasion and President Vladimir V. Putin’s attempts to mislead the public on its realities.
“These are challenging and dangerous days for journalists around the world,” John Daniszewski, co-chair of the Pulitzer Prizes board, said in a livestream on Monday, citing the 12 journalists who have died in the war on Ukraine and eight Mexican journalists who have been murdered this year.
He said the threat to independent journalism meant it was “essential that journalists at every level keep doing the difficult and sometimes courageous work to bring the public true and revelatory stories.”
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