What: Pulitzer Prize
Why: Journalism
Where: USA
- Public Service: The New York Times and The New Yorker have jointly won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize, in the Public Service category for Weinstein exposé.
- Both the newspapers had uncovered the Harvey Weinstein saga of sexual harassment and abuse in Hollywood.
- Investigative reporting prize: The Washington Post won the investigative reporting prize for revealing decades-old allegations of sexual misconduct against Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama.
- The New York Times also shared a second prize with The Washington Post for coverage of Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 US presidential election.
- In the music category, Rapper Kendrick Lamar created history by being the first non-classical or jazz artist to win Pulitzer Prize for his album ‘D.A.M.N.’. The 30-year-old artist is known to have had a deep impact on a racially fraught America and has emerged as the bona fide King of Rap.
- Pulitzer in Fiction: Andrew Sean Greer took home the Pulitzer in Fiction for his comic queer novel “Less”.
- Letters and Drama category: Caroline Fraser’s Prairie Fires won the prestigious award for Biography and Martyna Majok’s acclaimed off-Broadway play ‘Cost of Living’ won the Pulitzer for Drama.
- Pulitzer Prizes, the most prestigious honour in American journalism, are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In 20 of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a 15,000 US Dollar cash award.
