ICE raids overtook Chicago for months. Tribune reporters chased the story day and night The coverage, awarded a Pulitzer last week, relied on deep community trust as reporters tracked Chicago’s ICE raids in real time May 12, 2026 Nicole Slaughter Graham
Sensitive documents exposed a flawed algorithm harming California wildfire survivors. A Pulitzer-winning series followed. San Francisco Chronicle reporters uncovered how insurers rely on faulty software that keeps survivors from rebuilding their lives May 8, 2026 Nicole Slaughter Graham
Opinion | Pablo Torre left the worldwide leader in sports to start a podcast. It just won a Pulitzer. ‘Pablo Torre Finds Out’ earned the Audio Reporting prize for a deeply reported investigation into an NBA salary cap workaround May 5, 2026 Tom Jones
The Pulitzers name winners in two new categories, Beat Reporting and Opinion Writing The new opinion category combines Commentary and Editorial Writing, which has seen a steady decline in entries in recent years May 4, 2026 Angela Fu
Opinion | The Pulitzer winners offer a snapshot of journalism’s priorities and its changing power structure Winners highlight accountability and war coverage while pointing to a dominant New York Times and evolving Pulitzer categories May 4, 2026 Poynter Staff
Here are the winners of the 2026 Pulitzer Prizes Details and links to this year’s recipients of American journalism’s highest honor May 4, 2026 Ren LaForme
Opinion | She quit the paper in protest, and then won a Pulitzer Prize — and other highlights from journalism’s biggest awards Ann Telnaes left The Washington Post in protest. Now she’s a two-time Pulitzer winner. Here’s what else stood out on journalism’s biggest day. May 6, 2025 Tom Jones
Once again, for-profit metro papers are rare among the Pulitzer winners With the exception of the Houston Chronicle, this year’s Pulitzers largely left legacy metro papers behind May 5, 2025 Rick Edmonds
ProPublica is a back-to-back Public Service Pulitzer winner The Pulitzer board honored ProPublica for a second year running, this time for exposing the fatal consequences of vague abortion exceptions May 5, 2025 Amaris Castillo
The Baltimore Banner wins its first Pulitzer The winning series — produced as part of a New York Times local investigations fellowship — explores Baltimore’s fentanyl crisis May 5, 2025 Angela Fu
Here are the winners of the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes Details and links to this year’s recipients of journalism’s highest honor May 5, 2025 Ren LaForme
Opinion | The MLB just integrated its records. The Pulitzers should follow baseball’s lead. The Pulitzer Legacy Prizes would honor the work of those who were boxed out by the constraints and biases of earlier generations. June 5, 2024 Roy Peter Clark
The best Pulitzer leads (or ledes) in 2024 Longtime writing coach Roy Peter Clark gives this year’s award to a gripping narrative about two octogenarians who died in a hurricane May 20, 2024 Roy Peter Clark
Opinion | Some quick Pulitzer Prize arithmetic reflects atrophy among regional newspapers In a quarter century, the number of regional newspaper honorees went from 20 to 4. The winds don't look favorable. May 8, 2024 Roy Peter Clark
Hannah Dreier wins Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for investigative stories into migrant child labor Dreier’s stories ushered in waves of impact, which included congressional hearings, a White House crackdown, and reforms in multiple states May 7, 2024 Amaris Castillo
