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Tuesday 5 May 2020
Coverage of Alaska policing, Kashmir crackdown win Pulitzers

By JENNIFER PELTZ gion of 7 million people.
Associated Press AP photographers Dar
NEW YORK (AP) — The An- Yasin, Mukhtar Khan and
chorage Daily News and Channi Anand snaked
ProPublica won the Pulitzer around roadblocks, some-
Prize in public service Mon- times took cover in strang-
day for illuminating public ers’ homes and hid cam-
safety gaps in Alaska, re- eras in vegetable bags to
vealing that a third of vil- capture images of protests,
lages had no police pro- police and paramilitary ac-
tection. tion and daily life. Then they
The “riveting” series spurred headed to an airport to
legislative changes and persuade travelers to car-
an influx of spending, the ry the photo files out with
judges noted in an an- them and get them to the
nouncement postponed AP’s office in New Delhi.
several weeks because of Reuters won the breaking
the coronavirus pandemic. news photography award
The New York Times won for its coverage of protests
the investigative reporting that shook Hong Kong.
prize for an expose of pred- In the arts categories, Mi-
atory lending in the New chael R. Jackson’s musical
York City taxi industry and “A Strange Loop,” about a
also took the international Six-year-old Muneefa Nazir, a Kashmiri girl whose right eye was hit by a marble ball shot allegedly man trying to write a musi-
reporting award for what by Indian Paramilitary soldiers on Aug. 12, stands outside her home in Srinagar, Indian controlled cal, won the drama prize.
Kashmir, Sept. 17, 2019.
the judges called “enthrall- Associated Press. And Colson Whitehead’s
ing stories, reported at “The Nickel Boys” won the
great risk,” about Russian fiction prize; he also won in
President Vladimir Putin’s Bay, Cuba, with judges 2017 for “The Underground
government. saying the story offered “a Railroad.” The initial Pulit-
The Times also was award- nuanced perspective on zer ceremony, which had
ed the commentary prize America’s wider war on ter- been scheduled for April
for an essay that Nikole ror.” New Yorker contributor 20, was pushed to give Pu-
Hannah-Jones wrote as Barry Blitt got the editorial litzer Board members who
part of the paper’s ambi- cartooning award for work were busy covering the
tious 1619 Project, a wide- that “skewers the person- pandemic more time to
ranging examination that alities and policies emanat- evaluate the finalists.
followed the throughlines ing from the Trump White The awards luncheon that is
of slavery in American life House,” as the judges saw traditionally held at Colum-
to this day. The Washing- it. The Associated Press won bia University in May will be
ton Post’s work on the en- the feature photography postponed, as well. Details
vironmental effects of ex- prize for images made dur- of a fall celebration will be
treme temperatures was Six-year-old Muneefa Nazir, a Kashmiri girl whose right eye ing India’s clampdown on announced at a later date,
recognized for explanatory was hit by a marble ball shot allegedly by Indian Paramilitary Kashmir, where a sweeping the Pulitzer Board said.
reporting. soldiers on Aug. 12, stands outside her home in Srinagar, Indian curfew and shutdowns of The Pulitzer Prizes in journal-
controlled Kashmir, Sept. 17, 2019.
In a development that rec- Associated Press. phone and internet service ism were first awarded in
ognized how podcasting added to the challenges 1917 and are considered
has brought new atten- tucky, took the breaking detainee at the U.S. mili- of showing the world what the field’s most prestigious
tion to reporting aimed at news reporting award for tary base at Guantanamo was happening in the re- honor in the U.S.q
listeners rather than read- unpacking racial disparities
ers or viewers, a first-ever and other issues in a spate
award for audio reporting of governor’s pardons.
went to “This American Two different projects —
Life,” the Los Angeles Times ProPublica’s look at deadly
and Vice News for “The Out accidents in the U.S. Navy
Crowd,” an examination of and The Seattle Times’ ex-
the Trump administration’s amination of design flaws
“remain in Mexico” immi- in the troubled Boeing 737
gration policy. The judges MAX jet — won the nation-
called the reports “revela- al reporting award.
tory, intimate journalism.” The local reporting award
In another prize for the Los went to The Baltimore Sun
Angeles Times, Christopher for shedding light on a lu-
Knight won the criticism crative and previously un-
award for what the judges disclosed financial relation-
called “extraordinary com- ship between the mayor
munity service by a critic” and the public hospital
in examining a proposal to system, which she helped
overhaul of the L.A. County oversee. An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard as Kashmiri Muslims offer Friday prayers on a street
Museum of Art. The New Yorker took the outside a local mosque during curfew like restrictions in Srinagar, India, Aug. 16, 2019. The image
The staff of The Courier- feature reporting prize was part of a series of photographs by Associated Press photographers which won the 2020 Pulitzer
Prize for Feature Photography.
Journal of Louisville, Ken- for Ben Taub’s piece on a Associated Press.