Tag: Prizes

Pulitzer Prizes in journalism awarded to The New York Times, The Washington Post, AP and others

Shelia Pearson
Pulitzer Prizes in journalism awarded to The New York Times, The Washington Post, AP and others

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times and The Washington Post were awarded three Pulitzer Prizes apiece on Monday for work in 2023 that dealt with everything from the war in Gaza to gun violence, and The Associated Press won in the feature photography category for coverage of global migration to the U.S.

Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel and its aftermath produced work that resulted in two Pulitzers and a special citation. The Times won for text coverage that the Pulitzer board described as “wide-ranging and revelatory,” while the Reuters news service won for its photography. The citation went to journalists and other writers covering the war in Gaza.

The prestigious public service award went to ProPublica for reporting that “pierced the thick wall of secrecy” around the U.S. Supreme Court to show how billionaires gave expensive gifts to justices and paid for luxury travel. Reporters Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, Brett Murphy, Alex Mierjeski and Kirsten Berg were honored for their work.

The Pulitzers honored the best in journalism from 2023 in 15 categories, as well as eight arts categories focused on books, music and theater. The public service winner receives a gold medal. All other winners receive

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Princeton university student and alumna acquire 2022 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism

Shelia Pearson
Princeton university student and alumna acquire 2022 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism

Princeton-affiliated journalists Jennifer Senior ’91 and Marie-Rose Sheinerman ’23 have been awarded 2022 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism. The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, journal, on the net journalism, and literature and musical composition within just the United States.

Sheinerman is the Editor-in-Main of The Each day Princetonian.

Senior gained the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism in Characteristic Writing for her article in The Atlantic titled “What Bobby McIlvaine Still left Powering.” 

The subject of Senior’s piece, Bobby McIlvaine ’97, was her brother’s roommate whilst at Princeton, as perfectly as in 2001, when McIlvaine tragically died in the September 11 assaults on New York’s twin towers. In an job interview with the ‘Prince,’ Senior explained the difficulties involved with this kind of an personal matter. 

“We had been cozy with each other. I already understood a lot of the tales — I knew Bobby,” she stated. “I also just understood about the variety of soreness that [his parents have] been dealing with for 20 yrs.” 

“But it also intended that I felt vastly protective toward them and wanted to honor them and capture them completely. Which is generally difficult,” she continued. 

Senior stated that the notion for the

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