The award was presented in 21 nominations.
In new York the hundredth ceremony of the Pulitzer prizes. The winners received awards from the hands of University President Lee Bollinger.
The Pulitzer prize is awarded to outstanding achievements in journalism, including the best photographs, works of critics and writers.
The winners were announced in April of this year, but the ceremony took place in six months. So, the prize for public service received the Associated Press. Its journalists investigated the use of slave labor in the processing of seafood in Southeast Asia.
The editors of the New York Times received the award for national news. The newspaper created a special database which will tell about the 990 Americans killed by police in 2015. Worked on a project for 70 people.
Place news awards were given to three members of The Tampa Bay Times Michael Laforgia, Cara Fitzpatrick and Lisa Gartner. Their material was devoted to the problems of education in Florida, as schools in poor areas deprive children of the chance for success.
The prize for news photojournalism divided photographers of the Reuters news Agency and the staff of the New York Times Mauricio Lima, Sergey Ponomarev, Tyler Hicks and Daniel Etter. The award was given to a report about the refugees who reach Europe.
Kathryn Schulz The New Yorker won the prize for the best article. Her material was devoted to the seismic zone of Cascadia on the West coast of the USA and Canada.
Recognized as the best critic Emily Nussbaum from the same publication, as the best cartoonist Jack Oman with the Sacramento Bee.
The best drama is recognized as a musical “Hamilton,” which tells about the life and death of one of the most prominent figures of the era of the American revolution. The prize was awarded to Manuel Miranda, who wrote both the music and the text of the play.
Award for best work of fiction to be awarded the Viet tan Nguyen for his novel “Sympathetic”, the best poet was Peter Balakian the book “Ozone notebook”.
Prize for an outstanding example of journalism awarded the employees of online publications by ProPublica and The Marshal Project Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong for the article “the Incredible story of rape” how the police did not help the victim. Journalists conducted parallel investigations, but realizing that are one subject, decided to join forces.
SYNOPSIS: the Pulitzer prize is one of the most prestigious awards in literature, journalism, music and theater in the United States-based publisher of the “yellow press” of Pulitzer. Since 1917, the Award is given annually on the first Monday in may by Columbia University in new York. The prize is 10 thousand dollars.
