Pulitzer Prizes in journalism, arts awarded by Columbia University

NEW YORK - Columbia University announced on Monday the winners of the 97th annual Pulitzer Prizes, among the most prestigious recognitions for achievement in US journalism and the arts. 

 

Following are the winners in each category:

 

JOURNALISM: PUBLIC SERVICE - Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida   

JOURNALISM: BREAKING NEWS REPORTING - Denver Post staff   

JOURNALISM: INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING - David Barstow and Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab of The New York Times   

JOURNALISM: EXPLANATORY REPORTING - The New York Times staff   

JOURNALISM: LOCAL REPORTING - Brad Schrade, Jeremy Olson and Glenn Howatt of the Star Tribune, Minneapolis   

JOURNALISM: NATIONAL REPORTING - Lisa Song, Elizabeth McGowan and David Hasemyer of Inside Climate News, Brooklyn, New York   

JOURNALISM: INTERNATIONAL REPORTING - David Barboza of The New York Times   

JOURNALISM: FEATURE WRITING - John Branch of The New York Times   

JOURNALISM:COMMENTARY - Bret Stephens of The Wall Street Journal   

JOURNALISM: CRITICISM - Philip Kennicott of TheWashington Post   

JOURNALISM: EDITORIAL WRITING - Tim Nickens and Daniel Ruth of the Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida   

JOURNALISM: EDITORIAL CARTOONING - Steve Sack of the Star Tribune, Minneapolis  

JOURNALISM: BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY - Rodrigo Abd, Manu Brabo, Narciso Contreras, Khalil Hamra and Muhammed Muheisen of the Associated Press   

JOURNALISM: FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY - Javier Manzano, freelance photographer, Agence France-Presse   

LETTERS: FICTION - "The Orphan Master's Son" by Adam Johnson (Random House)   

LETTERS: DRAMA - "Disgraced" by Ayad Akhtar   

LETTERS: HISTORY - "Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam" by Fredrik Logevall (Random House)   

LETTERS: BIOGRAPHY - "The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo" by Tom Reiss (Crown)   

LETTERS: POETRY - "Stag's Leap" by Sharon Olds (Alfred A. Knopf)   

LETTERS: GENERAL NONFICTION - "Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America" by Gilbert King (Harper)   

MUSIC - "Partita for 8 Voices" by Caroline Shaw (New Amsterdam Records) 

—Reuters