Celebrating excellence in journalism and the humanities, Pulitzer Prizes to be awarded Monday
NEW YORK — The Pulitzer Prizes are set to be introduced on Monday, historically probably the most anticipated day of the 12 months for these hoping to earn print journalism’s most prestigious honor.
Together with honoring winners and finalists in 15 journalism classes, the Pulitzer Board additionally acknowledges distinguished work in areas together with books, music and theater. The awards, which can honor work from 2023, are scheduled to be introduced through livestream at 3 p.m. Jap time.
Whereas forecasting potential winners is a guessing recreation, the Pulitzers typically go to protection of the 12 months’s largest tales. On this case, the Oct. 7 assault on Israel and subsequent struggle in Gaza is a chance and will engender controversy.
With the Committee to Defend Journalists estimating at the least 97 journalists and media staff have been killed in Gaza, many observers will likely be to see if the Pulitzers acknowledge work by Palestinian reporters. Final month a gaggle of journalism professors known as on The New York Occasions to deal with questions on an investigation into gender-based violence throughout the Hamas assault on Israel.
The prizes are administered by Columbia College in New York, which itself has been within the information for scholar demonstrations in opposition to the struggle in Gaza. The Pulitzer board met away from Columbia this previous weekend to deliberate on its winners.
The board issued an announcement Thursday saluting scholar journalists at Columbia and different universities throughout the nation for his or her work protecting the campus demonstrations.
For the primary time, the Pulitzers opened eligibility to broadcast and audio firms that additionally function digital information websites, reminiscent of CNN, NPR and the printed networks ABC, CBS and NBC. The work have to be primarily in digital journalism, nonetheless.
The Columbia Journalism College additionally administers the duPont-Columbia Awards, which acknowledge audio and visible journalism and are introduced within the winter.
The Pulitzers give out money awards and a medal for its prestigious public service prize, received final 12 months by The Related Press for its protection of the Russian siege of Mariupol in Ukraine.
The Pulitzers additionally introduced that 5 of the 45 finalists this 12 months used synthetic intelligence in analysis and reporting of their submissions. It was the primary time the board required candidates for the award to reveal use of AI.
The prizes had been established within the will of newspaper writer Joseph Pulitzer and first awarded in 1917.
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David Bauder writes about media for The Related Press. Comply with him at http://twitter.com/dbauder.
