The Pulitzer Prize winners for 2023 have been declared, with local news outlets receiving four of the sixteen awards for journalism that were distributed over fifteen categories. These awards, which are deemed the most esteemed recognition for journalists or organizations based in the United States, were declared by the Pulitzer Prizes administrator, Marjorie Miller. The Pulitzer Prize is awarded in 22 categories, with a $15,000 monetary prize and a certificate presented to the winners in 21 of them.
Pulitzer Prizes 2023 – Journalism
| Category | Winner | Description | Finalists |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Service | Associated Press, for the work of Mstyslav Chernov, Evgeniy Maloletka, Vasilisa Stepanenko and Lori Hinnant | Courageous reporting from the besieged city of Mariupol that bore witness to the slaughter of civilians in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. | Austin American-Statesman, in collaboration with the USA Today Network The Washington Post |
| Breaking News Reporting | Staff of the Los Angeles Times | For revealing a secretly recorded conversation among city officials that included racist comments, followed by coverage of the rapidly resulting turmoil and deeply reported pieces that delved further into the racial issues affecting local politics. | Josh Gerstein, Alex Ward, Peter S. Canellos, Hailey Fuchs and Heidi Przybyla of Politico Staff of The New York Times |
| Investigative Reporting | Staff of The Wall Street Journal | For sharp accountability reporting on financial conflicts of interest among officials at 50 federal agencies, revealing those who bought and sold stocks they regulated and other ethical violations by individuals charged with safeguarding the public’s interest. | Joaquin Palomino and Trisha Thadani of the San Francisco Chronicle Staff of the Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn. |
| Explanatory Reporting | Caitlin Dickerson of The Atlantic | For deeply reported and compelling accounting of the Trump administration policy that forcefully separated migrant children from their parents, resulting in abuses that have persisted under the current administration. | Duaa Eldeib of ProPublica Terrence McCoy of The Washington Post |
| Local Reporting | Anna Wolfe of Mississippi Today, Ridgeland, Miss. | For reporting that revealed how a former Mississippi governor used his office to steer millions of state welfare dollars to benefit his family and friends, including NFL quarterback Brett Favre. John Archibald, Ashley Remkus, Ramsey Archibald and Challen Stephens of AL.com, Birmingham For a series exposing how the police force in the town of Brookside preyed on residents to inflate revenue, coverage that prompted the resignation of the police chief, four new laws and a state audit. | Staff of the Los Angeles Times |
| National Reporting | Caroline Kitchener of The Washington Post | For unflinching reporting that captured the complex consequences of life after Roe v. Wade, including the story of a Texas teenager who gave birth to twins after new restrictions denied her an abortion. | Joshua Schneyer, Mica Rosenberg and Kristina Cooke of Reuters Stephania Taladrid, contributing writer, The New Yorker |
| International Reporting | Staff of The New York Times | For their unflinching coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including an eight-month investigation into Ukrainian deaths in the town of Bucha and the Russian unit responsible for the killings. | Paul Carsten, David Lewis, Reade Levinson and Libby George of Reuters Yaroslav Trofimov and James Marson of The Wall Street Journal |
| Feature Writing | Eli Saslow of The Washington Post | For evocative individual narratives about people struggling with the pandemic, homelessness, addiction and inequality that collectively form a sharply-observed portrait of contemporary America. | Elizabeth Bruenig of The Atlantic Janelle Nanos of The Boston Globe |
| Commentary | Kyle Whitmire of AL.com, Birmingham | For measured and persuasive columns that document how Alabama’s Confederate heritage still colors the present with racism and exclusion, told through tours of its first capital, its mansions and monuments–and through the history that has been omitted. | Monica Hesse of The Washington Post Xochitl Gonzalez of The Atlantic |
| Criticism | Andrea Long Chu of New York magazine | For book reviews that scrutinize authors as well as their works, using multiple cultural lenses to explore some of society’s most fraught topics. | Jason Farago of The New York Times Lyndsay C. Green of the Detroit Free Press |
| Editorial Writing | Nancy Ancrum, Amy Driscoll, Luisa Yanez, Isadora Rangel and Lauren Costantino of the Miami Herald | For a series of editorials on the failure of Florida public officials to deliver on many taxpayer-funded amenities and services promised to residents over decades. | Alex Kingsbury of The New York Times Lisa Falkenberg, Joe Holley, Nick Powell and the late Michael Lindenberger of the Houston Chronicle |
| Illustrated Reporting and Commentary | Mona Chalabi, contributor, The New York Times | For striking illustrations that combine statistical reporting with keen analysis to help readers understand the immense wealth and economic power of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. | Matt Davies of Newsday, Long Island, N.Y. Pia Guerra, contributor, The Washington Post |
| Breaking News Photography | Photography Staff of Associated Press | For unique and urgent images from the first weeks of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including the devastation of Mariupol after other news organizations left, victims of the targeting of civilian infrastructure and the resilience of the Ukrainian people who were able to flee. | Lynsey Addario of The New York Times Rafiq Maqbool and Eranga Jayawardena of Associated Press |
| Feature Photography | Christina House of the Los Angeles Times | For an intimate look into the life of a pregnant 22-year-old woman living on the street in a tent–images that show | Gabrielle Lurie and Stephen Lam of the San Francisco Chronicle Photography Staff of Associated Press |
| Audio Reporting | Staff of Gimlet Media, notably Connie Walker | Whose investigation into her father’s troubled past revealed a larger story of abuse of hundreds of Indigenous children at an Indian residential school in Canada, including other members of Walker’s extended family, a personal search for answers expertly blended with rigorous investigative reporting. | Jenn Abelson, Nicole Dungca, Reena Flores, Sabby Robinson and Linah Mohammad of The Washington Post Kate Wells, Sarah Hulett, Lindsey Smith, Laura Weber-Davis and Paulette Parker of Michigan Radio |
Pulitzer Prizes 2023 – Books, Drama & Music
| Category | Title and Author | Finalists |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction | “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper) | The Immortal King Rao, by Vauhini Vara (W. W. Norton & Company) |
| Fiction | “Trust” by Hernan Diaz (Riverhead Books) | The Immortal King Rao, by Vauhini Vara (W. W. Norton & Company) |
| Drama | “English” by Sanaz Toossi | On Sugarland, by Aleshea Harris The Far Country, by Lloyd Suh |
| History | “Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power” by Jefferson Cowie (Basic Books) | Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America, by Michael John Witgen (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture/University of North Carolina Press) Watergate: A New History, by Garrett M. Graff (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster) |
| Biography | “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century” by Beverly Gage (Viking) | His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice, by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa (Viking) Mr. B: George Balanchine’s 20th Century, by Jennifer Homans (Random House) |
| Memoir or Autobiography | “Stay True” by Hua Hsu (Doubleday) | Easy Beauty: A Memoir, by Chloé Cooper Jones (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster) The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir, by Ingrid Rojas Contreras (Doubleday) |
| Poetry | “Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020” by Carl Phillips (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) | Blood Snow, by dg nanouk okpik (Wave Books) Still Life, by the late Jay Hopler (McSweeney’s) |
| General Nonfiction | “His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice” by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa (Viking) (Moved by the Board from the Biography category.) | Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern, by Jing Tsu (Riverhead Books) Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution’s Creativity, and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction, by David George Haskell (Viking) Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation, by Linda Villarosa (Doubleday) |
| Music | “Omar” by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels | Monochromatic Light (Afterlife), by Tyshawn Sorey Perspective, by Jerrilynn Patton |
Pulitzer Prizes 2023 – History
Since 1917, the Pulitzer Prizes have been the most prestigious awards in American journalism. They are named after the late newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, who died in 1911. Pulitzer left money in his will to fund the awards and a journalism school at Columbia University. The following is a brief history of the Pulitzer Prizes.
| Year | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | Journalism | The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded in the categories of journalism, literature, and music. The journalism prizes were for public service, editorial writing, and reporting. |
| 1918 | Drama | A fourth category, drama, was added to the Pulitzer Prizes. |
| 1922 | Biography | The biography category was added. |
| 1926 | History | The history category was added. |
| 1930 | Novel | The novel category was added. |
| 1942 | Music | The music category was expanded to include any American music composition. |
| 1948 | Poetry | The poetry category was added. |
| 1950 | International Reporting | The international reporting category was added. |
| 1962 | General Non-Fiction | The general non-fiction category was added. |
| 1968 | Feature Photography | The feature photography category was added. |
| 1979 | National Reporting | The national reporting category was added. |
| 1980 | Explanatory Journalism | The explanatory journalism category was added. |
| 1991 | Spot News Photography | The spot news photography category was added. |
| 1992 | Commentary | The commentary category was added. |
| 2000 | Investigative Reporting | The investigative reporting category was added. |
| 2007 | Local Reporting | The local reporting category was split into two categories, for newspapers with circulations below and above 50,000. |
| 2010 | Audio Reporting | The audio reporting category was added, for radio and online podcasts. |
| 2017 | Criticism | The criticism category was added. |
| 2020 | Audio Reporting | The audio reporting category was expanded to include audio books and other forms of spoken-word entertainment. |
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Pulitzer Prizes 2023 – FAQs
Q1: Which news outlet won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in the Pulitzer Prizes 2023?
Ans: The Associated Press, for the work of Mstyslav Chernov, Evgeniy Maloletka, Vasilisa Stepanenko and Lori Hinnant won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in the Pulitzer Prizes 2023.
Q2: Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in the Pulitzer Prizes 2023?
Ans: The staff of The Wall Street Journal won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in the Pulitzer Prizes 2023.
Q3: Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography in the Pulitzer Prizes 2023?
Ans: The Photography Staff of Associated Press won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography in the Pulitzer Prizes 2023.
