Overview
- The Pulitzer Prize Board announced the 2026 winners Monday in a livestream from Columbia University, recognizing 2025 work across journalism and the arts.
- The Washington Post won the Public Service award for revealing the Trump administration’s overhaul of federal agencies and detailing how the cuts affected people who rely on those services.
- The New York Times took Investigative Reporting for exposing Trump’s conflicts of interest that benefited his family and allies, while Reuters won National Reporting for documenting his push to expand executive power and Beat Reporting for uncovering how Meta exposed users, including children, to scams and AI manipulation.
- The Associated Press won International Reporting for a multi‑year investigation showing how U.S. companies helped build surveillance systems used by Chinese authorities, and the San Francisco Chronicle won Explanatory Reporting for showing insurers used algorithms that undervalued fire‑damaged homes and blocked families from rebuilding.
- The Minnesota Star Tribune won Breaking News for compassionate, thorough coverage of the Annunciation Catholic school shooting, Julie K. Brown received a Special Citation for her 2017–2018 Epstein reporting, and the arts prizes included Daniel Kraus for fiction and Bess Wohl for drama.