In his will, the Pulitzer Prize was established by Hungarian born Joseph Pulitzer to be administered by Columbia University in New York City, The first prizes in 21 categories were awarded in 1917. Today the 100th Pulitzer Prizes were announced via YouTube.
JOURNALISM
Public Service – Associated Press
Breaking News Reporting – Los Angeles Times Staff
Investigative Reporting – Leonora LaPeter Anton and Anthony Cormier of the Tampa Bay Times and Michael Braga of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Explanatory Reporting – T. Christian Miller of ProPublica and Ken Armstrong of The Marshall Project
Local Reporting – Michael LaForgia, Cara Fitzpatrick and Lisa Gartner of the Tampa Bay Times
National Reporting – The Washington Post Staff
International Reporting – Alissa J. Rubin of The New York Times
Feature Writing – Kathryn Schulz of The New Yorker
Commentary – Farah Stockman of The Boston Globe
Criticism – Emily Nussbaum of The New Yorker
Editorial Writing – John Hackworth of Sun Newspapers, Charlotte Harbor, FL
Editorial Cartooning – Jack Ohman The Sacramento Bee
Breaking News Photography – Mauricio Lima, Sergey Ponomarev, Tyler Hicks and Daniel Etter of The New York Times
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Photography Staff of Thomson Reuters
Feature Photography – Jessica Rinaldi of The Boston Globe
LETTERS DRAMA AND MUSIC
Fiction – The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Grove Press)
Drama – Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda
History – Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America by T.J. Stiles (Alfred A. Knopf)
Biography – Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan (Penguin Press)
Poetry – Ozone Journal by Peter Balakian (University of Chicago Press)
Nonfiction – Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS by Joby Warrick (Doubleday)
Music – In for a Penny, In for a Pound by Henry Threadgill (Pi Recordings)
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