NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize in public service journalism Monday for its coverage of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, an attack on democracy that was a shocking start to a tumultuous year that also saw the end of the United States’ longest war, in Afghanistan.
Highlights
- The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize in public service journalism for its coverage of the Jan.
- 6, 2021, riot at the U.S.
- Capitol.
- The New York Times won in the international reporting category for reporting challenging official accounts of civilian deaths from airstrikes in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
- The Miami Herald won the breaking news award for its work covering the deadly Surfside condo tower collapse.
- The Tampa Bay Times won the investigative reporting award for “Poisoned,” its in-depth look into a polluting lead factory.