The Pulitzer Prize winners for 2022 were announced on Monday. The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, and literature within the United States. The award categories include American internet journalism, literature, newspapers, poetry, and photography. This year, the Pulitzer Committee awarded a special commendation to Ukrainian journalists, for their bravery and truthful reporting on the war.
Prize administrator Marjorie Miller said, “The Pulitzer Prize board is pleased to award a special citation to the journalists of Ukraine for their courage, endurance, and commitment to truthful reporting during Vladimir Putin’s ruthless invasion of their country and his propaganda war in Russia. Despite bombardment abductions, occupation, and even deaths in their ranks, they have persisted in their effort to provide an accurate picture of a terrible reality, doing honor to Ukraine and to journalists around the world.”
Reuters photographers Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, and Amit Dave won the prestigious honor for their photographs depicting the COVID-19 situation in India. Late Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui, who lost his life while reporting an encounter between Afghan special forces and Taliban terrorists, was also honored with the award. The New York Times took home the majority of the news awards. Here’s the complete list of winners.
Pulitzer Prize: 2022 Winners List
- Public Service – The Washington Post
- Breaking News Reporting – Staff of the Miami Herald
- Investigative Reporting – Corey G. Johnson, Rebecca Woolington, and Eli Murray of the Tampa Bay Times
- Explanatory Reporting – Staff of Quanta Magazine, New York, N.Y., notably Natalie Wolchover
- Local Reporting – Madison Hopkins of the Better Government Association and Cecilia Reyes of the Chicago Tribune
- National Reporting – Staff of The New York Times
- International Reporting – Staff of The New York Times
- Feature Writing – Jennifer Senior of The Atlantic
- Commentary – Melinda Henneberger of The Kansas City Star
- Criticism – Salamishah Tillet, contributing critic at large, The New York Times
- Editorial Writing – Lisa Falkenberg, Michael Lindenberger, Joe Holley and Luis Carrasco of the Houston Chronicle
- Illustrated Reporting and Commentary – Fahmida Azim, Anthony Del Col, Josh Adams, and Walt Hickey of Insider, New York, N.Y.
- Breaking News Photography – Marcus Yam of the Los Angeles Times; Win McNamee, Drew Angerer, Spencer Platt, Samuel Corum, and Jon Cherry of Getty Images
- Feature Photography – Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, Amit Dave, and the late Danish Siddiqui of Reuters
- Audio Reporting – Staffs of Futuro Media, New York, N.Y. and PRX, Boston, Mass.
- Special Awards and Citations – The Journalists of Ukraine
