Pulitzer Prizes 2026 Honor Gaza War Images and Probes of Trump and Meta

Overview

• Columbia University named 23 Pulitzer winners, with top awards recognizing frontline coverage of Gaza and investigations into power in politics and tech.
• Saher Alghorra won Breaking News Photography for New York Times images that showed famine, the May 9, 2025 strike on Gaza City’s Torre Mushtaha, Ramadan meals in a burned home, and long lines for free food under tight aid limits.
• The New York Times earned four prizes, including an investigation into President Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest, opinion columns by Masha Gessen on authoritarianism, and a Pablo Torre Finds Out podcast episode from The Athletic.
• Reuters took two honors for revealing how Meta exposed users, including children, to unsafe AI chatbots and high-volume ads that the reporting said made up about 10% of annual revenue, and for coverage of Trump’s political retaliation drive.
• The Washington Post was recognized for reporting on Trump-era government restructuring, and reporter Hannah Natanson’s prize-winning work drew added attention after the FBI searched her home in a leak probe earlier this year.