Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
{{Short description|American journalism award}}
{{Pulitzer}}
This Pulitzer Prize has been awarded since 1942 for a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs, including United Nations correspondence. In its first six years (1942–1947), it was called the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting – International.
List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting – International
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!1942 |{{sortname|Laurence Edmund|Allen}} |"for his reporting on the British Mediterranean Fleet, written as an accredited correspondent attached to the fleet." |
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!1943 |{{sortname|Ira|Wolfert}} |North American Newspaper Alliance |"for a series of three articles on the fifth battle of the Solomon Islands." |
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!1944 |{{sortname|Daniel|De Luce}} |"for his distinguished reporting during the year 1943." |
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!1945 |{{sortname|Mark S.|Watson}} |"for distinguished reporting during the year 1944 from Washington, London and the fronts in Sicily, Italy and France." |
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!1946 |{{sortname|Homer|Bigart}} |"for his distinguished reporting during the year 1945 from the Pacific war theatre." |
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!1947 |{{sortname|Eddy|Gilmore}} |"for his correspondence from Moscow in 1946." |
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List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
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!1948 |{{sortname|Paul W.|Ward}} |"for his series of articles published in 1947 on 'Life in the Soviet Union.'" |
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!1949 |{{sortname|Price|Day}} |"for his series of 12 articles entitled, 'Experiment in Freedom: India and Its First Year of Independence.'" |
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!1950 |{{sortname|Edmund|Stevens}} |The Christian Science Monitor |"for his series of 43 articles written over a three-year residence in Moscow entitled, 'This Is Russia Uncensored.'" |
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!rowspan=6 |1951 |{{sortname|Keyes|Beech}} |rowspan=2 |Chicago Daily News |rowspan=6 |"for their reporting of the Korean War." |
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|{{sortname|Fred|Sparks}} |
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|{{sortname|Homer|Bigart}} |rowspan=2 |New York Herald Tribune |
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|{{sortname|Marguerite|Higgins}} |
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|{{sortname|Relman|Morin}} |rowspan=2 |Associated Press |
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|{{sortname|Don|Whitehead}} |
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!1952 |{{sortname|John|Hightower|dab=journalist}} |"for the sustained quality of his coverage of news of international affairs during the year." |
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!1953 |{{sortname|Austin|Wehrwein}} |"for a series of articles on Canada." |
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!1954 |{{sortname|Jim G.|Lucas}} |"for his notable front-line human interest reporting of the Korean War, the cease-fire and the prisoner-of-war exchanges, climaxing 26 months of distinguished service as a war correspondent." |
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!1955 |{{sortname|Harrison|Salisbury}} |"for his distinguished series of articles, 'Russia Re-Viewed,' based on his six years as a Times correspondent in Russia. The perceptive and well-written Salisbury articles made a valuable contribution to American understanding of what is going on inside Russia. This was principally due to the writer's wide range of subject matter and depth of background plus a number of illuminating photographs which he took." |
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!rowspan=3 |1956 |{{sortname|Frank|Conniff|dab=journalist}} |rowspan=3 |International News Service |rowspan=3 |"for a series of exclusive interviews with the leaders of the Soviet Union." |
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|{{sortname|William Randolph|Hearst Jr.}} |
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|{{sortname|J.|Kingsbury-Smith}} |
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!1957 |{{sortname|Russell|Jones|dab=journalist}} |"for his excellent and sustained coverage of the Hungarian revolt against Communist domination, during which he worked at great personal risk within Russian-held Budapest and gave front-line eyewitness reports of the ruthless Soviet repression of the Hungarian people." |
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!1958 |Staff |"for its distinguished coverage of foreign news, which was characterized by admirable initiative, continuity and high quality during the year." |
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!rowspan=2 |1959 |{{sortname|Joseph|Martin|dab=reporter}} |rowspan=2 |New York Daily News |rowspan=2 |"for their exclusive series of articles disclosing the brutality of the Batista government in Cuba long before its downfall and forecasting the triumph of the Cuban revolution party led by Fidel Castro." |
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|{{sortname|Philip|Santora}} |
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!1960 |{{sortname|A. M.|Rosenthal}} |"for his perceptive and authoritative reporting from Poland. Mr. Rosenthal's subsequent expulsion from the country was attributed by Polish government spokesmen to the depth his reporting into Polish affairs, there being no accusation of false reporting." |
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!1961 |{{sortname|Lynn|Heinzerling}} |"for his reporting under extraordinarily difficult conditions of the early stages of the Congo Crisis and his keen analysis of events in other parts of Africa." |
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!1962 |{{sortname|Walter|Lippmann}} |New York Herald Tribune Syndicate |"for his 1961 interview with Soviet Premier Khrushchev, as illustrative of Lippmann's long and distinguished contribution to American journalism." |
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!1963 |{{sortname|Hal|Hendrix}} |"for his persistent reporting which revealed, at an early stage, that the Soviet Union was installing missile launching pads in Cuba and sending in large numbers of MIG-21 aircraft." |
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!rowspan=2 |1964 |{{sortname|Malcolm|Browne}} |rowspan=2 |"for their individual reporting of the Vietnam War and the overthrow of the Diem regime." |
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|{{sortname|David|Halberstam}} |
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!1965 |{{sortname|Joseph|Livingston}} |"for his reports on the growth of economic independence among Russia's Eastern European satellites and his analysis of their desire for a resumption of trade with the West." |
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!1966 |{{sortname|Peter|Arnett}} |"for his coverage of the war in Vietnam." |
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!1967 |{{sortname|John|Hughes|dab=editor}} |The Christian Science Monitor |"for his thorough reporting of the attempted Communist coup in Indonesia in 1965 and the purge that followed in 1965-66." |
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!1968 |{{sortname|Alfred|Friendly}} |"for his coverage of the Middle East War of 1967." |
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!1969 |{{sortname|William|Tuohy}} |"for his Vietnam War correspondence in 1968." |
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!1970 |{{sortname|Seymour|Hersh}} |"for his exclusive disclosure of the Vietnam War tragedy at the hamlet of My Lai." |
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!1971 |{{sortname|Jimmie Lee|Hoagland|Jim Hoagland}} |"for his coverage of the struggle against apartheid in the Republic of South Africa." |
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!1972 |{{sortname|Peter R.|Kann}} |"for his coverage of the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971." |
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!1973 |{{sortname|Max|Frankel}} |"for his coverage of President Nixon's visit to China in 1972." |
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!1974 |{{sortname|Hedrick|Smith}} |"for his coverage of the Soviet Union and its allies in Eastern Europe in 1973." |
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!rowspan=2 |1975 |{{sortname|Ovie|Carter}} (photographer) |rowspan=2 |Chicago Tribune |rowspan=2 |"for their coverage of famine in Africa and India." |
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|{{sortname|William|Mullen|dab=journalist}} (reporter) |
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!1976 |{{sortname|Sydney|Schanberg}} |"for his coverage of the Communist takeover in Cambodia, carried out at great risk when he elected to stay at his post after the fall of Phnom Penh." |
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!1978 |{{sortname|Henry|Kamm}} |"for his stories on the refugees, 'Vietnamese boat people,' from Indochina." |
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!1979 |{{sortname|Richard Ben|Cramer}} |"for reports from the Middle East." |
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!rowspan=5 |1980 |{{sortname|Joel|Brinkley}} (reporter) |rowspan=2 |Louisville Courier-Journal |rowspan=2 |"for stories from Cambodia." |
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|{{sortname|Jay|Mather}} (photographer) |
{{sortname|Peter|Arnett}}
|"for reporting on the world's homeless." |
{{sortname|Fox|Butterfield}}
|"for dispatches from China." |
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|"for coverage of Iran." |
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!rowspan=3 |1981 |{{sortname|Shirley|Christian}} |"for her dispatches from Central America." |
{{sortname|Richard Ben|Cramer}}
|"for his coverage of the Afghanistan rebellion." |
{{sortname|Randall|Richard}}
|The Providence Journal-Bulletin |"for his coverage of illegal drug activity in Colombia." |
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!rowspan=4 |1982 |{{sortname|John|Darnton}} |"for his reporting from Poland." |
{{sortname|Dan|Fisher|dab=journalist}}
|"for his reporting from Poland." |
{{sortname|Ray|Moseley}}
|"for his series on the problems of black Africa." |
{{sortname|Bob|Wyrick}}
|"for his series on the distribution abroad of American-made products in ways that would be held illegal or improper in the U.S. itself." |
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!rowspan=3 |1983 |{{sortname|Thomas L.|Friedman}} |rowspan=2 |"for their individual reporting of the Israeli invasion of Beirut and its tragic aftermath." |
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|{{sortname|Loren|Jenkins}} |
{{sortname|Rod|Nordland}}
|"for his coverage of the impact of war and famine on Cambodia, Vietnam and East Timor." |
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!rowspan=3 |1984 |{{sortname|Karen|Elliott House}} |"for her extraordinary series of interviews with Jordan's King Hussein which correctly anticipated the problems that would confront the Reagan administration's Middle East peace plan." |
{{sortname|David K.|Shipler}}
|"for his reporting from Israel which analyzed the mind of the nation." |
{{sortname|Morris|Thompson|dab=journalist}}
|"for his thorough, first-hand coverage of the island of Grenada before, during and after the U.S. invasion." |
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!rowspan=5 |1985 |{{sortname|Dennis|Bell|dab=journalist}} (reporter) |rowspan=3 |Newsday |rowspan=3 |"for their series on the plight of the hungry in Africa." |
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|{{sortname|Joshua|Friedman}} (reporter) |
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|{{sortname|Ozier|Muhammad}} (photographer) |
{{sortname|David|Zucchino}}
|"for his thorough and elegantly written dispatches from Lebanon." |
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|"for its comprehensive coverage of Indira Gandhi's assassination and its impact on India's future." |
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!rowspan=5 |1986 |{{sortname|Pete|Carey}} |rowspan=3 |San Jose Mercury News |rowspan=3 |"for their June 1985 series that documented massive transfers of wealth abroad by President Marcos and his associates and had a direct impact on subsequent political developments in the Philippines and the United States." |
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|{{sortname|Katherine|Ellison}} |
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|{{sortname|Lewis|Simons}} |
{{sortname|Jacqui|Banaszynski}}
|"for her personalized account of African famine victims in Sudan, 'The Trail of Tears.'" |
{{sortname|Robert|Rosenthal|Robert Jon Rosenthal}}
|"for his sustained and comprehensive reportage from South Africa." |
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!rowspan=3 |1987 |{{sortname|Michael|Parks|dab=reporter}} |"for his balanced and comprehensive coverage of South Africa." |
{{sortname|Phil|Bronstein}}
|"for his vivid and detailed coverage of the fall of the Marcos regime in the Philippines." |
{{sortname|Mark|Patinkin}}
|The Providence Journal-Bulletin |"for his skillful coverage of religious strife in Northern Ireland, India and Lebanon." |
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!rowspan=3 |1988 |{{sortname|Thomas L.|Friedman}} |"for balanced and informed coverage of Israel." |
{{sortname|Larry|Olmstead}}
|"for comprehensive reports from South Africa about the African National Congress." |
{{sortname|Randall|Richard}}
|The Providence Journal-Bulletin |"for his series 'The Baby Trade,' describing Americans eager to adopt Latin American children and the parents who choose to give them up." |
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!rowspan=3 |1989 |{{sortname|Glenn|Frankel}} |"for resourceful and detailed coverage of events in the U.S.S.R." |
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|{{sortname|Bill|Keller}} |"for sensitive and balanced reporting from Israel and the Middle East." |
{{sortname|David|Zucchino}}
|"for his richly compelling series, 'Being Black in South Africa.'"{{efn|Moved by the Pulitzer board from the Feature Writing category.}} |
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!rowspan=4 |1990 |{{sortname|Nicholas|Kristof}} |rowspan=2 |The New York Times |rowspan=2 |"for knowledgeable reporting from China on the mass movement for democracy and its subsequent suppression." |
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|{{sortname|Sheryl|WuDunn}} |
{{sortname|David|Remnick}}
|"for coverage of the dramatic changes in the Soviet Union and the communist bloc in the Gorbachev era." |
{{sortname|Serge|Schmemann}}
|"for penetrating reports on the momentous political changes in East Germany, West Germany and Eastern Europe." |
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!rowspan=3 |1991 |{{sortname|Caryle|Murphy}} |"for her dispatches from occupied Kuwait, some of which she filed while in hiding from Iraqi authorities." |
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|{{sortname|Serge|Schmemann}} |"for his coverage of the reunification of Germany." |
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|"for articles on the volatile Persian Gulf region, culminating in coverage of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and its aftermath." |
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!rowspan=3 |1992 |{{sortname|Patrick J.|Sloyan}} |"for his reporting on the Persian Gulf War, conducted after the war was over, which revealed new details of American battlefield tactics and friendly fire incidents." |
{{sortname|Dudley|Althaus}}
|"for his articles on the causes of the cholera epidemic in Peru and Mexico." |
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|"for its vivid and comprehensive coverage of the Soviet Union's collapse." |
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!rowspan=4 |1993 |{{sortname|John|Burns|John Fisher Burns}} |"for his courageous and thorough coverage of the destruction of Sarajevo and the barbarous killings in the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina." |
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|{{sortname|Roy|Gutman}} |"for his courageous and persistent reporting that disclosed atrocities and other human rights violations in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina." |
{{sortname|John-Thor|Dahlburg}}
|"for his probing accounts of widespread nuclear pollution in the former Soviet Union." |
{{sortname|Jane|Perlez}}
|"for her revealing reporting on the famine and suffering in Somalia." |
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!rowspan=3 |1994 |Staff |"for its series examining the epidemic of violence against women in many nations." |
{{sortname|Keith|Richburg}}
|"for his dispatches from Somalia." |
{{sortname|Carol|Williams|dab=journalist}}
|"for her reporting from the former Yugoslavia." |
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!rowspan=4 |1995 |{{sortname|Mark|Fritz}} |"for his reporting on the ethnic violence and slaughter in Rwanda." |
{{sortname|Barbara|Demick}}
|"for her reporting from Sarajevo, in which she describes the effects of war on a neighborhood." |
{{sortname|Lewis|Simons}}
|rowspan=2 |San Jose Mercury News |rowspan=2 |"for their series of stories on the growing economic and political influence of overseas Chinese on Asia." |
{{sortname|Michael|Zielenziger}} |
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!rowspan=3 |1996 |{{sortname|David|Rohde|David S. Rohde}} |The Christian Science Monitor |"for his persistent on-site reporting of the massacre of thousands of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica." |
{{sortname|Laurie|Garrett}}
|"for her courageous reporting from Zaire on the Ebola virus outbreak there." |
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|"for its coverage of the collapse of the Mexican peso and the resulting effect on world finance." |
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!rowspan=3 |1997 |{{sortname|John|Burns|John Fisher Burns}} |"for his courageous and insightful coverage of the harrowing regime imposed on Afghanistan by the Taliban." |
{{sortname|Tony|Freemantle}}
|"for his reporting from Rwanda, South Africa, El Salvador and Guatemala on why crimes against humanity go unstopped and unpunished." |
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|"for its global examination of overpopulation illustrated by struggling families who continue to bear children they cannot afford." |
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!rowspan=3 |1998 |Staff |"for its revealing series that profiled the corrosive effects of drug corruption in Mexico." |
{{sortname|Nicholas|Kristof}}
|"for his compelling comprehensive and compassionate reporting from Africa and Asia." |
{{sortname|John|Pomfret|dab=journalist}}
|"for his series, written under difficult conditions, on Laurent Kabila's brutal rise to power in Zaire." |
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!rowspan=3 |1999 |Staff |"for its in-depth, analytical coverage of the 1998 Russian financial crisis." |
{{sortname|David|Hoffman|David E. Hoffman}}
|"for his gripping stories on the dangerous legacy of chemical and nuclear weapons in post-communist Russia." |
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|"for its comprehensive coverage of the bombings of American embassies in Africa, which revealed crucial lapses in intelligence and security." |
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!rowspan=3 |2000 |{{sortname|Mark|Schoofs}} |"for his provocative and enlightening series on the AIDS crisis in Africa." |
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|"for its skillful and courageous coverage of the Russian attack on Chechnya." |
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|"for its compelling, in-depth coverage of the war in Kosovo." |
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!rowspan=3 |2001 |{{sortname|Ian|Johnson|dab=writer}} |"for his revealing stories about victims of the Chinese government's often brutal suppression of the Falun Gong movement and the implications of that campaign for the future." |
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|{{sortname|Paul|Salopek}} |"for his reporting on the political strife and disease epidemics ravaging Africa, witnessed firsthand as he traveled, sometimes by canoe, through rebel-controlled regions of the Congo." |
{{sortname|Maura|Reynolds}}
|"for her reporting, at considerable personal risk, of the volatile aftermath of the war in Chechnya and the uncertain future engagement of Russia with that republic." |
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!rowspan=3 |2002 |{{sortname|Barry|Bearak}} |"for his deeply affecting and illuminating coverage of daily life in war-torn Afghanistan." |
{{sortname|Dexter|Filkins}}
|"for his gracefully-written and revealing dispatches from the war in Afghanistan." |
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|"for its comprehensive and insightful coverage of the war in Afghanistan and the international Al-Qaeda terror network." |
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!rowspan=5 |2003 |{{sortname|Mary|Jordan|dab=journalist}} |rowspan=2 |The Washington Post |rowspan=2 |"for their exposure of horrific conditions in Mexico's criminal justice system and how they affect the daily lives of people.""2003 Pulitzer Prizes, Journalism." Columbia Univ., 2025. Retrieved Jun 19, 2025. |
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|{{sortname|Kevin|Sullivan|dab=journalist}} |
{{sortname|Alix M.|Freedman}}
|rowspan=2 |The Wall Street Journal |rowspan=2 |"for their remarkable reports revealing little-known ways that Saddam Hussein profited from the United Nations sanctions meant to punish him." |
{{sortname|Steve|Stecklow}} |
{{sortname|R. C.|Longworth}}
|"for 'A Fraying Alliance,' his perceptive series on emerging tensions between the United States and Europe." |
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!rowspan=4 |2004 |{{sortname|Anthony|Shadid}} |"for his extraordinary ability to capture, at personal peril, the voices and emotions of Iraqis as their country was invaded, their leader toppled and their way of life upended." |
{{sortname|Scott|Kilman}}
|rowspan=2 |The Wall Street Journal |rowspan=2 |"for their haunting stories that shed new light on starvation in Africa and prompted international agencies to rethink their policies." |
{{sortname|Roger|Thurow}} |
{{sortname|David|Zucchino}}
|"for his resourceful, sweeping and valorous reports that gave readers a rare, close-up view of combat as American soldiers invaded Iraq." |
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!rowspan=3 |2005 |{{sortname|Kim|Murphy}} |"for her eloquent, wide ranging coverage of Russia's struggle to cope with terrorism, improve the economy and make democracy work." |
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|{{sortname|Dele|Olojede}} |"for his fresh, haunting look at Rwanda a decade after rape and genocidal slaughter had ravaged the Tutsi tribe." |
{{sortname|Borzou|Daragahi}}
|"for his vivid, deeply reported stories on the impact of the Iraq War on citizens and soldiers alike." |
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!rowspan=4 |2006 |{{sortname|Joseph|Kahn|dab=journalist}} |rowspan=2 |The New York Times |rowspan=2 |"for their ambitious stories on ragged justice in China as the booming nation's legal system evolves." |
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|{{sortname|Jim|Yardley}} |
{{sortname|Steve|Fainaru}}
|"for his powerful accounts of the deadly violence faced by ordinary American soldiers in Iraq as an insurgency intensified." |
{{sortname|Sebastian|Rotella}}
|"for his well crafted reports on restive Muslims in Europe that foretold riots in France." |
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!rowspan=3 |2007 |Staff |"for reports on the adverse impact of Chinese capitalism." |
{{sortname|Anthony|Shadid}}
|"for his vivid and insightful coverage of conflict in Lebanon that wove together frontline dispatches, personal history and analysis." |
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|"for its courageous chronicling of Iraq's descent into what the newspaper labeled 'civil war.'" |
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!rowspan=3 |2008 |{{sortname|Steve|Fainaru}} |"for his heavily reported series on private security contractors in Iraq that operate outside most of the laws governing American forces." |
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|"for its valorous and comprehensive coverage of America's military efforts to reduce sectarian violence in Iraq." |
Staff
|"for its in-depth reports on the dismantling of democracy in Russia under the leadership of Vladimir Putin." |
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!rowspan=3 |2009 |Staff |"for its masterful, groundbreaking coverage of America's deepening military and political challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan, reporting frequently done under perilous conditions."{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/business/media/2009-journalism-pulitzer.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=April 25, 2018 |title=2009 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism |date=April 20, 2009}}{{cite web |work=Reuters |title=2009 Pulitzer Prizes: Journalism |first=Robert |last=MacMillan |date=April 20, 2009 |access-date=April 25, 2018 |url=http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2009/04/20/2009-pulitzer-prizes-journalism |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424055853/http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2009/04/20/2009-pulitzer-prizes-journalism |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 24, 2009}} |
{{sortname|Rukmini|Callimachi}}
|"for her in-depth investigation of the exploitation of impoverished children in West and Central Africa who are often traded like animals by adults who prize their labor." |
Staff
|"for its sensitive and moving examination of how females in the developing world are often oppressed from birth to death, a reporting project marked by indelible portraits of women and girls and enhanced by multimedia presentations." |
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!rowspan=3 |2010 |{{sortname|Anthony|Shadid}} |"for his rich, beautifully written series on Iraq as the United States departs and its people and leaders struggle to deal with the legacy of war and to shape the nation's future." |
{{sortname|Borzou|Daragahi}}
|"for his coverage of the disputed election in Iran and its bloody aftermath, marked by firsthand knowledge and close-up portraits of individuals caught up in events." |
{{sortname|David|Rohde|David S. Rohde}}
|"for his riveting account of being held prisoner by the Taliban for seven months before his dramatic escape, using his eye for detail to depict memorably his militant captors." |
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!rowspan=4 |2011 |{{sortname|Ellen|Barry|dab=journalist}} |rowspan=2 |The New York Times |rowspan=2 |"for their dogged reporting that put a human face on the faltering justice system in Russia, remarkably influencing the discussion inside the country." |
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|{{sortname|Clifford J.|Levy}} |
{{sortname|Deborah|Sontag}}
|"for her coverage of the earthquake in Haiti, steadfastly telling poignant, wide-ranging stories with a lyrical touch and an impressive eye for detail." |
Staff
|"for its examination of the causes of Europe's debt crisis, taking readers behind closed doors to meet pivotal characters while illuminating the wider economic, political and social reverberations." |
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!rowspan=3 |2012 |{{sortname|Jeffrey|Gettleman}} |"for his vivid reports, often at personal peril, on famine and conflict in East Africa, a neglected but increasingly strategic part of the world." |
Staff
|"for its powerful exploration of serious mistakes concealed by authorities in Japan after a tsunami and earthquake devastated the nation, and caused a nuclear disaster." |
Staff
|"for its well-crafted reports on the momentous revolution in Libya that went beyond battlefield dispatches to tell the wider story of discontent, conflict and the role of outside powers." |
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!rowspan=3 |2013 |{{sortname|Jason|Szep}} |"for his striking exposure of corruption at high levels of the Chinese government." |
{{sortname|Richard|Marosi}}
|"for his provocative articles on the fate of thousands of illegal Mexican immigrants deported by the United States in recent years, many who are living desperate lives along the U.S.-Mexico border." |
Staff
|"for its brave portrayal of the chaotic civil war in Syria, using text stories as well as multimedia tools to provide on-the-ground accounts as well as wider context, often at personal peril to the journalists." |
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!rowspan=5 |2014 |{{sortname|David|Barboza}} |rowspan=2 |Reuters |rowspan=2 |"for their courageous reports on the violent persecution of the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in Myanmar that, in efforts to flee the country, often falls victim to predatory human-trafficking networks."{{cite web |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2014 |title=2014 Pulitzer Prizes |date=April 2014 |access-date=April 15, 2014 |publisher=The Pulitzer Prizes}} |
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|{{sortname|Andrew|Marshall|dab=Asia journalist}} |
{{sortname|Raja|Abdulrahim}}
|rowspan=2 |Los Angeles Times |rowspan=2 |"for their vivid coverage of the Syrian civil war, showing at grave personal risk how both sides of the conflict contribute to the bloodshed, fear and corruption that define daily life." |
{{sortname|Patrick|McDonnell|dab=journalist}} |
{{sortname|Rukmini|Callimachi}}
|"for her discovery and fearless exploration of internal documents that shattered myths and deepened understanding of the global terrorist network of Al-Qaeda." |
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!rowspan=5 |2015 |Staff |"for courageous front-line reporting and vivid human stories on Ebola in Africa, engaging the public with the scope and details of the outbreak while holding authorities accountable."{{cite web |title=2015 Pulitzer Prizes |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2015 |publisher=The Pulitzer Prizes |access-date=20 April 2015}} |
{{sortname|Don|Bartletti}}
|rowspan=2 |Los Angeles Times |rowspan=2 |"for reporting on the squalid conditions and brutal practices inside the multibillion dollar industry that supplies vegetables from Mexican fields to American supermarkets." |
{{sortname|Richard|Marosi}} |
{{sortname|Ned|Parker|dab=journalist}}
|rowspan=2 |Reuters |rowspan=2 |"for intrepid reports of the disintegration of Iraq and the rise of ISIS, linking the developing catastrophe to a legacy of sectarianism, corruption and violence seeded by the U.S. invasion." |
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!rowspan=7 |2016 |{{sortname|Alissa J.|Rubin}} |"for thoroughly reported and movingly written accounts giving voice to Afghan women who were forced to endure unspeakable cruelties."{{cite web |title=2016 Pulitzer Prizes |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2016 |publisher=The Pulitzer Prizes |access-date=19 April 2016}} |
{{sortname|Simon|Clark|dab=journalist}}
|rowspan=5 |The Wall Street Journal |rowspan=5 |"for masterful reporting that exposed corruption at the highest levels of a fragile democracy, leading to 'Malaysia's Watergate.'" |
{{sortname|James|Hookway}} |
{{sortname|Bradley|Hope|dab=journalist}} |
{{sortname|Mia|Lamar}} |
{{sortname|Tom|Wright|dab=journalist}} |
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|"for shocking stories told in text, video and photography that demystified the rapid rise and enduring strength of the Islamic State." |
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!rowspan=6 |2017 |Staff |"for agenda-setting reporting on Vladimir Putin's efforts to project Russia's power abroad, revealing techniques that included assassination, online harassment and the planting of incriminating evidence on opponents."{{cite web |title=2017 Pulitzer Prizes |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2017 |access-date=11 April 2017 |publisher=The Pulitzer Prizes}} |
{{sortname|Chris|Hamby}}
|"for an exposé of a dispute-settlement process used by multinational corporations to undermine domestic regulations and gut environmental laws at the expense of poorer nations." |
Staff
|International Consortium of Investigative Journalists |rowspan=3 |"for the Panama Papers, a series of stories using a collaboration of more than 300 reporters on six continents to expose the hidden infrastructure and global scale of offshore tax havens."{{efn|Moved by the Pulitzer board from the Explanatory Reporting category.}} |
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|"for clear and persistent coverage that shaped the world's understanding of dramatic events in Turkey as that nation careened from a promising democracy to a near-autocracy." |
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!rowspan=5 |2018 |{{sortname|Clare|Baldwin}} |rowspan=3 |Reuters |rowspan=3 |"for relentless reporting that exposed the brutal killing campaign behind Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs." |
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|{{sortname|Andrew|Marshall|dab=Asia journalist}} |
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|{{sortname|Manuel|Mogato}} |
Staff
|"for a devastating series that vividly showed that the human cost of the U.S.-led defeat of the Islamic State in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul was far greater than acknowledged." |
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|"for a stunning probe across two continents that proved that operatives with apparent ties to Vladimir Putin have engaged in a targeted killing campaign against his perceived enemies on British and American soil." |
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!rowspan=7 |2019 |{{sortname|Maad|al-Zikry}} |rowspan=3 |Associated Press |rowspan=3 |"for a revelatory yearlong series detailing the atrocities of the war in Yemen, including theft of food aid, deployment of child soldiers and torture of prisoners." |
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|{{sortname|Nariman|El-Mofty}} |
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|{{sortname|Maggie|Michael|dab=journalist}} |
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|{{sortname|Wa|Lone}} |rowspan=3 |Reuters |rowspan=3 |"for expertly exposing the military units and Buddhist villagers responsible for the systematic expulsion and murder of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, courageous coverage that landed its reporters in prison."{{cite web |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/news/announcement-2019-pulitzer-prize-winners |title=Announcement of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winners |date=15 April 2019 |publisher=The Pulitzer Prizes |access-date=18 April 2019}} |
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|{{sortname|Kyaw Soe|Oo}} |
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|Staff |
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!rowspan=3 |2020 |Staff |"for a set of enthralling stories, reported at great risk, exposing the predations of Vladimir Putin's regime."{{cite web |last=Limbong |first=Andrew |title=2020 Pulitzer Prize Winners Include 'This American Life' — See A Full List |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/05/04/849991957/2020-pulitzer-prize-winners-include-this-american-life-see-a-full-list |website=NPR |date=4 May 2020}} |
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|"for gripping accounts that disclosed China's top-secret efforts to repress millions of Muslims through a system of labor camps, brutality and surveillance." |
Staff
|"for a series of deeply-reported, original dispatches from the Hong Kong protests, a battleground between democracy and autocracy that detailed China's grip behind the scenes and offered valuable insights into the forces that will shape the next century." |
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!rowspan=7 |2021 |{{sortname|Christo|Buschek}} |rowspan=3 |BuzzFeed News |rowspan=3 |"for a series of clear and compelling stories that used satellite imagery and architectural expertise, as well as interviews with two dozen former prisoners, to identify a vast new infrastructure built by the Chinese government for the mass detention of Muslims."{{cite web |title=2021 Pulitzer Prizes |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2021 |publisher=The Pulitzer Prizes |access-date=11 June 2021}} |
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|{{sortname|Alison|Killing}} |
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|{{sortname|Megha|Rajagopalan}} |
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|rowspan=2 |"for a massive reporting project that yielded sweeping revelations about the ongoing role of some of the world's biggest banks in facilitating international money laundering and the trafficking of goods and people, corruption that continues to frustrate regulators across the world." |
Staff |
Staff
|"for a masterful synthesis of stellar writing, powerful images and engaging interactives that illustrated how the world was unprepared for a fast-moving global pandemic—and failed to contain it." |
Staff
|"for an authoritative and deeply reported portrait of China's nationalist leader Xi Jinping and his increasingly authoritarian control of the state, its economy, and politics, conducted even after the news organization was expelled from the country." |
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!rowspan=6 |2022 |{{sortname|Azmat|Khan}} |rowspan=2 |The New York Times |rowspan=2 |"for courageous and relentless reporting that exposed the vast civilian toll of U.S.-led airstrikes, challenging official accounts of American military engagements in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan."{{cite web |title=Pulitzer Prize Winner International Reporting |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/staff-new-york-times-notably-azmat-khan-contributing-writer |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=www.pulitzer.org |language=en}} |
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|Staff |
{{sortname|Yaroslav|Trofimov}}
|rowspan=2 |The Wall Street Journal |rowspan=2 |"for probing, deeply reported stories on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, including exclusive interviews conducted before the Taliban's return, casting new light on what happened in the country and what might come next." |
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|"for richly immersive coverage of the sudden, chaotic fall of the Afghan government and the return of the Taliban, highlighting the experience of Afghans as well as the reporters themselves." |
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|"for a stunning investigation of the assassination of Haiti's president that uncovered pervasive corruption across government, security forces and business elites, including a likely motive for the murder: a secret dossier the president was compiling of powerful arms and drug traffickers." |
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!rowspan=7 |2023 |Staff |"for their unflinching coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including an eight-month investigation into Ukrainian deaths in the town of Bucha and the Russian unit responsible for the killings."{{cite web |title=The 2023 Pulitzer Prize Winner in International Reporting |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/staff-new-york-times-0 |access-date=15 May 2023 |website=Pulitzer Prize |language=en}} |
{{sortname|James|Marson|dab=journalist}}
|rowspan=2 |The Wall Street Journal |rowspan=2 |"for prescient on-the-ground reporting from the shifting front lines of the war in Ukraine that presaged the Russian assault on Kyiv and chronicled the tenacious resistance of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians amidst so much devastation." |
{{sortname|Yaroslav|Trofimov}} |
{{sortname|Paul|Carsten}}
|rowspan=4 |Reuters |rowspan=4 |"for their reporting of Nigeria's campaign of lethal violence carried out by the military over a decade in which they forced thousands of women to undergo abortions after being freed from sexual captivity by Boko Haram rebels and also slaughtered dozens of their living children." |
{{sortname|Libby|George}} |
{{sortname|Reade|Levinson}} |
{{sortname|David|Lewis|dab=journalist}} |
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!rowspan=4 |2024 |Staff |"for its wide-ranging and revelatory coverage of Hamas' lethal attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7, Israel's intelligence failures and the Israeli military's sweeping, deadly response in Gaza."{{cite web |url=https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2024/2024-pulitzer-prize-winners |title=Here are the winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes |website=Poynter |accessdate=May 6, 2023}} |
{{sortname|Federico|Rios}}
|rowspan=2 |The New York Times |rowspan=2 |"for their immersive and ambitious coverage of 'migration purgatory' in the Darién Gap between Colombia and Panama." |
{{sortname|Julie|Turkewitz}} |
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|"for a sweeping on-the-ground investigation in India that exposed the methodical undermining of the world's largest democracy by Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist allies, who have deployed social media to foment hate and pressure American tech giants to bend to government power." |
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!rowspan=4 |2025 |{{sortname|Declan|Walsh|dab=journalist}} |rowspan=2 |The New York Times |rowspan=2 |"for their revelatory investigation of the conflict in Sudan, including reporting on foreign influence and the lucrative gold trade fueling it, and chilling forensic accounts of the Sudanese forces responsible for atrocities and famine." |
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|"for courageous, cool-headed reporting by imprisoned journalist Evan Gershkovich and his colleagues that revealed a previously unknown Russian intelligence agency, and for gripping work on the workings of Russia’s secret services." |
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|"for haunting accountability journalism that documented Israeli atrocities in the Gaza Strip and investigated the killings of Palestinian journalists, paramedics and a 6-year-old girl whose recorded pleas for help touched a nerve around the world." |
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External links
- [http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/276 Telegraphic Reporting (International) – Winners and Finalists - Past Prize Categories]
- [http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/210 International Reporting – Winners and Finalists]