The Washington Post won the Pulitzer for public service journalism for its coverage of Trump's efforts to reconstruct the US federal bureaucracy, according to multiple reports. The New York Times received the investigative reporting prize for a series exposing how Trump enriched his family and allies. Reuters won a Pulitzer for coverage of Trump's abuse of the presidency, major media reported.
The Associated Press was awarded the international reporting Pulitzer for its investigation into government surveillance in China and the involvement of US tech firms. The AP investigation also included a story about the US Border Patrol's expanded use of license plate surveillance. In other journalism categories, the Chicago Tribune was honored in local reporting for its coverage of federal immigration agents, according to major media.
The Minnesota Star Tribune won the breaking news Pulitzer for its coverage of a mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school. In books and arts, the fiction prize was awarded to Daniel Kraus for his novel 'Angel Down', a World War I narrative told in a single continuous sentence. Bess Wohl's play 'Liberation', exploring 1970s feminist consciousness-raising groups, won the drama prize.
Jill Lepore's 'We the People: A History of the US Constitution' won the history prize. Amanda Vaill's 'Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution' won the biography prize. Yiyun Li's 'Things in Nature Merely Grow', an account of her two sons' suicides, won the memoir-autobiography prize.
Brian Goldstone's 'There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America' won the general nonfiction prize. The poetry prize went to Juliana Spahr's 'Ars Poeticas'. The music award was given to Gabriela Lena Frank for 'Picaflor: A Future Myth', a symphonic work inspired by Andean legend and California wildfires.
Pulitzer Administrator Marjorie Miller made a statement about civil discourse and censorship, saying the organization stands for civil discourse and against censorship, and that this bears repeating as media access is restricted and free speech is challenged.