The Associated Press and Reuters agencies won "Pulitzer" journalism awards. at a ceremony held tonight in New York. Among the laureates are the "New York Times" and "Washington Post", BTA reported.
However, in the most prestigious category - that of journalism for the benefit of the public - the investigative media "ProPublica" for its revelations about gifts and trips that US Supreme Court justices, notably Justice Clarence Thomas, accepted from wealthy donors and failed to declare to authorities. Because of these revelations, the Supreme Court adopted a code of conduct.
Reuters won two awards. One was in the national reporting category for a series of journalistic investigations into Elon Musk's manufacturing empire, and the other was for breaking news photos for its footage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza. Among the photos that earned the Reuters team the award was a shot taken in October by photojournalist Mohammed Salem showing a Palestinian woman clutching the lifeless body of her 5-year-old niece in Gaza. This photo has already won the prestigious "World Press Photo" award. for shot of the year.
Reuters's investigation into Musk's manufacturing empire, which won another Pulitzer Prize; - this one for national reporting - revealed cases of on-the-job injuries to workers and one fatality of a worker at the billionaire's SpaceX rocket company, as well as cases of animal abuse at his implant chip company in the brain "Neuralink". In addition, Reuters investigations showed the head of electric car company "Tesla" concealed dangerous defects, tampered with cars and shared sensitive images recorded by the "smart" vehicles without the knowledge of their drivers. The series of Reuters reports have sparked investigations in the US and Europe and calls for action by US lawmakers.
The award for national reporting was shared by Reuters with the Washington Post, which won it for a detailed analysis of the AR-15 assault rifle and its role in gun violence in the United States. The Washington edition received honors in two more categories.
"The New York Times" won in the national reporting category for its coverage of the conflict in the Gaza Strip. And the publication's journalist Hannah Dreyer won the award for investigative journalism for her revelations about the use of migrant child labor in the US. The publication also won in one more category.
Local digital-only media outlet Lookout Santa Cruz won in the breaking news category for its coverage of California's catastrophic flooding in January 2023
The Associated Press won the award for photo reporting for its coverage of migration flows through Latin America to the United States.
The "Pulitzer" in journalism are awarded by Columbia University in New York and are named for the publisher Joseph Pulitzer, who died in 1911 and left money to establish the honor and establish a journalism school at the university. The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded in 1917.
"Pulitzer" honor the best in journalism in 15 categories. In addition, there are also awards in 8 non-journalistic categories, such as literature, music and theater.
The Public Service Journalism Award carries a gold medal for the laureate. While the other categories bring their awardees $15,000
each
This year, the Columbia University board that awards the prize asked applicants to disclose whether they have used artificial intelligence in their profession, and tonight announced that five of the 45 finalists had done so for the reporting and investigations they applied for. for the distinction.