2020 Pulitzer Prize winners announced
Ida B. Wells, an African American investigative journalist, received a post-humous Pulitzer Prize honor. This year's award for investigative journalism went to Brian RosenthalJournalists have been recognized with the prestigious award since 1917. Winners are selected by a board that serves for 3 years. This year's winners were announced The 2020 Pulitzer Prize winners in 15 Journalism and seven Book, Drama and Music categories were announced on Monday, May 4 at 3 p.m. Eastern. A Special Citation was also awarded. The 2020 Prize winners are: Journalism Breaking News Reporting Staff of The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky. For its rapid coverage of hundreds of last-minute pardons by Kentucky’s governor, showing how the process was marked by opacity, racial disparities and violations of legal norms. (Moved by the jury from Local Reporting, where it was originally entered.) Investigative Reporting Brian M. Rosenthal of The New York Times Fo...