The Pulitzer Prize, one of the most prestigious worldwide, was awarded to the New York Times and the Associated Press for their coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war dominated the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes, the most prestigious awards of the American press.
The New York Times, a top media globally, won in the international reporting category for its “unflinching” coverage of the conflict, including an eight-month investigation into Ukrainian deaths in the town of Bucha.
Bucha has become a symbol of Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine after the bodies of some 1400 civilians were found in the area north of Kiev following the withdrawal of Russian troops in March 2022.
The Associated Press grabbed the public service award — widely considered the top prize — for “courageous” reporting on the siege of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which Russian troops captured a year ago.
The agency also won the breaking news photography award for “unique and urgent images” from the first weeks of the conflict, launched by Russian troops in February 2022.
Elsewhere, the Los Angeles Times scooped the breaking news reporting prize for revealing a secretly recorded conversation between local council members that included racist comments.
Journalists at The Wall Street Journal won the investigative reporting award for stories about the financial conflicts of interest among federal officials at 50 government agencies.
