American news agency Associated Press wins two Pulitzer Prizes of this 2023 edition.
Including the one considered the most important of all, that of public service journalism: The work belongs to its Ukrainian journalists Mstyslav Chernov, Evgeniy Maloletka, Vasilisa Stepanenko and Lori Hinnantwho have documented the siege of the city of Mariupol. The other price is for the last minute photography and it was thanks to the agency's photographers in the first weeks of the conflict.
In the first case, the jury highlighted the “courageous” work aimed at reporting “the killing of civilians during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” from Mariupol. AP journalists were on site when the city was surrounded and shelled by Russian forces. The photography prize, however, recognizes “unique and urgent images” published by AP photographers at the start of the war, including those of the siege of Mariupol.
Just last month Evgeny Maloletka he also won the prize World Press Photo of the Year for the image that became a symbol of the bombing of Mariupol in the first days: rescuers carrying an injured pregnant woman through the ruins of a hospital.
Coverage of the war in Ukraine also won awards New York Timeswho won the Pulitzer for international informationfor an eight-month investigation into the killing of Ukrainian civilians in the town of Bucha, near kyiv.
Among the other American media rewarded by the jury, we find the Wall Street Journalfor an investigation into conflicts of interest in federal agencies.
Then the Washington Postfor covering the growing restrictions on abortion rights.
And the Los Angeles Times, for bringing to the light of public opinion a conversation between political leaders of the Californian metropolis, full of racist remarks.
THE Job wins an award for journalist Eli Salow's work on people affected by the pandemic, addictions and inequality, while the Los Angeles Times he also won another prize, in the photography section, for a report on a pregnant and homeless woman.
Among the winners, there are also AL.coman Alabama news site, which received two awards: one for chronicles on the history of the state from the Civil War to the present, another for a series of reports on bad practices of a local police force.
The local news award was shared with Anna Wolfe, the newspaper's reporter Mississippi today, for the corruption investigation of a former governor.