PUBLIC SERVICE
The New York Times
The Pulitzer committee honored The New York Times with the prestigious public service award for its “prescient and sweeping†coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly for filling “a data vacuum that helped local governments, health care providers, businesses and individuals to be better prepared and protected.†Read the coverage here.
Finalists ProPublica; The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Ky.
BREAKING NEWS
Staff of The Star Tribune of Minneapolis
The Star Tribune won the award for its “authoritative and nuanced†coverage of the murder of George Floyd.
Finalists Staff of The Courier-Journal, of Louisville, Ky.; Helen Branswell, Andrew Joseph and the late Sharon Begley of STAT, Boston
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Matt Rocheleau, Vernal Coleman, Laura Crimaldi, Evan Allen and Brendan McCarthy of The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe won the investigative reporting award for its extensive coverage of dangerous truck drivers and the failure of state governments to keep them off the road.
Finalists Dake Kang and the staff of The Associated Press; Margie Mason and Robin McDowell of The Associated Press
EXPLANATORY REPORTING
Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley, Andrea Januta, Jaimi Dowdell and Jackie Botts of Reuters; Ed Yong of The Atlantic
The Pulitzer committee honored a team of Reuters reporters for their coverage of an arcane legal doctrine that “shields police who use excessive force from prosecution.†The science reporter Ed Yong won the award for his coverage of the pandemic.
Finalists Megha Rajagopalan, Alison Killing and Christo Buschek of BuzzFeed News
LOCAL REPORTING
Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi of The Tampa Bay Times
Finalists Jack Dolan and Brittny Mejia of The Los Angeles Times; Staff of The Post and Courier of Charleston, S.C.
NATIONAL REPORTING
Staffs of The Marshall Project, AL.com of Birmingham, Ala., IndyStar of Indianapolis, and the Invisible Institute of Chicago
Finalists Staff of The New York Times; Staff of The Wall Street Journal
INTERNATIONAL REPORTING
Megha Rajagopalan, Alison Killing and Christo Buschek of BuzzFeed News
Finalists BuzzFeed News and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists; Staff of The New York Times; Staff of The Wall Street Journal
FEATURE WRITING
Nadja Drost of The California Sunday Magazine; Mitchell S. Jackson of Runner’s World
Finalists Greg Jaffe of The Washington Post
COMMENTARY
Michael Paul Williams of the Richmond Times Dispatch in Virginia
Finalists Roy S. Johnson of the Alabama Media Group; Melinda Henneberger of The Kansas City Star
CRITICISM
Wesley Morris of The New York Times
Finalists Mark Swed of The Los Angeles Times; Craig Jenkins of New York Magazine
Daily Business Briefing
EDITORIAL WRITING
Robert Greene of The Los Angeles Times
Finalists Lee Hockstader of The Washington Post; Alan Wirzbicki and Rachelle G. Cohen of The Boston Globe
EDITORIAL CARTOONING
No winner
Finalists Ken Fisher, drawing as Ruben Bolling, for “Tom the Dancing Bug,†Andrews McMeel Syndicate; Lalo Alcaraz of Andrews McMeel Syndicate; Marty Two Bulls Sr.
BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography staff of The Associated Press
Finalists Hassan Ammar, Hussein Malla and Felipe Dana of The Associated Press; Joshua Irwandi, a freelance photographer for National Geographic
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Emilio Morenatti of The Associated Press
Finalists Staff of Getty Images; Tyler Hicks of The New York Times
AUDIO REPORTING
Lisa Hagen, Chris Haxel, Graham Smith and Robert Little of National Public Radio
Finalists Staff of National Public Radio; Staffs of the Invisible Institute of Chicago, The Intercept and Topic Studios
FICTION
“The Night Watchman,†by Louise Erdrich
Finalists “A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth,†by Daniel Mason; “Telephone,†by Percival Everett
HISTORY
“Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America,†by Marcia Chatelain
Finalists “The Deviant’s War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America,†by Eric Cervini; “The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West,†by Megan Kate Nelson
biography
“The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X,†by the late Les Payne and Tamara Payne
Finalists “Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath,†by Heather Clark; “Stranger in the Shogun’s City: A Japanese Woman and Her World,†by Amy Stanley
poetry
“Postcolonial Love Poem,†by Natalie Diaz
Finalists “A Treatise on Stars,†by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge; “In the Lateness of the World,†by Carolyn Forché
GENERAL NONFICTION
“Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy,†by David Zucchino
Finalists “Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning,†by Cathy Park Hong; “Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman’s Search for Justice in Indian Country,†by Sierra Crane Murdoch
DRAMA
“The Hot Wing King†by Katori Hall
Finalists “Circle Jerk†by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley; “Stew†by Zora Howard
MUSIC
“Stride†by Tania León
Finalists “Place†by Ted Hearne; “Data Lords†by Maria Schneider
