Ukrainian journalists awarded Pulitzer Prize: full list of laureates in 2022

Columbia University has named the winners of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Journalism in 2022. Ban.

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The Washington Post received the main award, The New York Times took several awards.

To celebrate the courage of the Ukrainian people in general and journalists in particular, a special nomination was founded.

All Ukrainian journalists were awarded the Pulitzer Prize in the Special Mention category for their devotion to truth and courage in covering the Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine.

Congratulations to the journalists of # Ukraine. #Pulitzer pic.twitter.com/jDP90egbgT

—The Pulitzer Prizes (@PulitzerPrizes) May 9, 2022

Special Mention: Ukrainian journalists

On May 9, 2022, the winners of the Pulitzer Prize, one of the most prestigious in the field of journalism, were announced.

The main awards in journalism were given in 15 categories, including reporting, investigations, columns, criticism, photography, etc., as well as in seven categories in the field of literature: poetry, history, fiction, drama, biographies, documentaries and even music.

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This year, because of the war in Ukraine, a Special Mention nomination was specially created. All Ukrainian media workers have been given an award for their courage, endurance and dedication to truthful coverage of events during Vladimir Putin's ruthless invasion.

“Despite the bombing, kidnapping, occupation and even death in their ranks, they have made an effort to create a clear picture of the terrible reality, which is an honor for Ukraine and for journalists from around the world,” the council noted.

Pulitzer Prize 2022 in journalism: who won and for what

The Washington Post won the main Public Service Award for its detailed timeline of the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021 by supporters of Donald Trump. However, The New York Times received the most awards.

Nomination winners in journalism:

• Breaking News: For its prompt coverage of the Surfside apartment building collapse - Miami Herald;
• investigation: For exposing serious hazards at a Florida battery recycling plant, prompting action to protect plant workers and nearby residents — Corey Johnson, Rebecca Wallington and Eli Murray of the Tampa Bay Times;
• science reporting: for material revealing the complexities of building the James Webb Space Telescope - Natalie Wolchever from Quanta;
• Local Reporting: Madison Hopkins of the Better Government Association and Cecilia Rees of the Chicago Tribune for a study of long-term neglect of construction safety rules in Chicago;
• national reporting: for evaluating the alarming pattern of deaths among drivers due to police stops on the roads, which showed that hundreds of deaths could have been avoided if law enforcement officers did not sometimes punish - The New York Times team;
• international reporting: for exposing the massive number of civilian casualties from US-led airstrikes in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan - The New York Times team;
• writing: Jennifer Senior of The Atlantic for a story about a family affected by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001;
• critical publications: on an article on the role of African Americans in art and popular culture, by Salamish Tillett of The New York Times;
• Columns: For stories demanding justice for the likely victims of a retired sexual assault detective, Melinda Henneberger of The Kansas City Star;
• Editorial Column: For Campaign That Exposed Electoral Fraud Tactics and Advocated for Smart Voting Reforms - Lisa Falkenberg, Michael Lindenberger, Joe Holley and Luis Carrasco of the Houston Chronicle;
  illustrations: for the use of graphics and comic book elements in highlighting the oppression of the Uyghurs in China - Fahmeed Azim, Anthony Del Cola, Josh Adams and Walt Hickey from Insider;
• news photography: For raw and urgent images of the US exit from Afghanistan, Marcus Yama of the Los Angeles Times;
• special photo: for photo reports on COVID-19 victims in India - Adnan Abid, Sanna Irshad Mattu, Amit Dave and the late Danish photographer Siddiqui of Reuters.

Books, drama and music: Pulitzer 2022 winners

• Fiction: Netanyahu: A Tale of a Small and Ultimately Even Unimportant Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family by Joshua Cohen (New York Review Books). A poignant, linguistically skillful historical novel about the ambiguities of the Jewish-American experience, presenting ideas and controversies as fickle as a convoluted plot.
• Drama: "Fat Ham", James Ijames. A funny, poignant play that deftly takes Hamlet to a family barbecue in the American South to deal with issues of identity, kinship, responsibility and honesty. Story: Covered in the Night by Nicole Eustace (Liveright/Norton). A fascinating tale of indigenous justice in early America and how the aftermath of a settler's murder led to the oldest recognized treaty in the United States.

  Cuba: An American History by Ada Ferrer (Scribner). An original and captivating story spanning five centuries, about an island that has become the obsession of many presidents and politicians and has changed the perception of the US in Latin America and Cuba in American society.

• Biography: Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of Jim Crow, the Late Winfred Rembert, Told by Erin E. Kelly (Bloomsburry). A searing, illustrated first-person account of the artist's life during the 1950s and 1960s in an unreconstructed corner of the Deep South - a tale of abuse, endurance, imagination, and aesthetic transformation.
• Poetry: "Frankly: Sonnets", Diane Seuss (Graywolf Press). A virtuoso collection that ingeniously expands on sonnet form to counter the jumbled contradictions of contemporary America, including the beauty and complexity of working-class life in the Rust Belt region.
• General Nonfiction: The Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in the American City, by Andrea Elliot (Random House). A startlingly insightful tale about a girl coming of age during New York's homeless crisis is a portrait of resilience amid institutional failure, successfully blending literary narrative with political analysis.
• Music: "Voiceless Mass", Raven Chacon. The premiere took place on November 21, 2021 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. An original work for organ and ensemble, captivating and reminiscent of the weight of history in a church setting, a concentrated and powerful musical expression with a stunning inner impact.

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The Pulitzer Prize was founded by Hungarian-American journalist and publisher Joseph Pulitzer. He ordered all the money to be given to Columbia University. Part of his legacy was used to create the Pulitzer Prize - it was first awarded in 1917. The Award Committee consists of 19 members, including leading journalists, media executives and academics.

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