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The Pulitzer Prize honored the best in journalism.

The Pulitzer Prize committee honored journalists for their coverage of conflict, the crisis in the United States, and the fight for free speech.
This year’s Pulitzer Prizes, traditionally awarded for outstanding achievements in American journalism, brought the most victories to The New York Times and The New Yorker.

In total, these publications won seven awards: four to The New York Times, three to The New Yorker.

The most resonant works touched on such topics as the fentanyl crisis in the United States, the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, and the illegal gold trade amid the conflict in Sudan. NYT reporter Declan Walsh received the award for international reporting from Sudan. In the Commentary category, Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha won for his reflections on the horrors of life in Gaza, published in the New Yorker.

A Washington Post journalist received a separate award for her urgent coverage of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump during a rally in July 2024. And cartoonist Anne Telnes, who left The Washington Post after her satirical work was censored, won the award for courage and integrity.

At the same time, the Pulitzer Committee recognized the Pro Publica project for its in-depth investigation of the consequences of the abortion ban in the United States. The Wall Street Journal received an honorable mention in the National Reporting category.

During the ceremony at Columbia University, the administrator of the award, Marjorie Miller, emphasized the serious challenges facing journalism today: financial difficulties, shrinking editorial staff and the deterioration of free speech – all of which threaten democracy in the United States. Miller noted that in times of global wars and political instability, independent journalism is crucial.

It was previously reported that the Georgy Gongadze Prize announced the 2023 laureate.