The Washington Post wins two Pulitzer Prizes in breaking news reporting and illustrated reporting and commentary. Post reporters were also finalists in three categories, including national and international reporting as well as commentary. wapo.st/4mkkGkT
Post
The Washington Post’s staff won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting for the comprehensive coverage of the July 13 attempt to assassinate Donald Trump in Butler, Pa.
This included coverage from photographer Jabin Botsford, who was just a few feet from Trump near the stage and remained in his position through the chaos. In addition to feeding back compelling photographs, he also recorded live video.
The same night, The Post published a gripping dispatch by reporter Isaac Arnsdorf and Botsford describing the chaos at the fairground, a more vivid and detailed description than other news organizations at that hour.
Other outstanding work honored in the category included in-depth visual forensics around security failures and audio investigations that elevated new details from the event.
The Pulitzer Prize for illustrated reporting and commentary goes to @anntelnaes.bsky.social, for various works that appeared in The Washington Post. This is her third Pulitzer recognition.
101 reposts518 likes
The Post’s staff also received a Pulitzer finalist nod in national reporting for coverage that helped awaken the nation to the disaster of Hurricane Helene, revealing the scale of the destruction and human toll for the climate-fueled weather calamity.
For coverage of Israeli tactics in Gaza and their human toll, The Post was named a Pulitzer finalist for international reporting. The coverage included new investigative methods and a series of accountability-driven stories.
The Post’s @jerrybrewer.bsky.social was named a Pulitzer finalist in Commentary for for his set of four reported essays tracing how sports, once a unifying American connector, have instead become a platform for grievance, debate and division.
Yeah, and @anntelnaes.bsky.social won it in spite of you. You all are a cartoon of yourselves.
@washingtonpost.com Ann Telnaes WAS a cartoonist for you. WAS She’s not there anymore. Why is that? And now you’re crowing about HER award. Trashy.
Errrrm didn’t you refuse to print those very same cartoons? anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Fuck you and Bezos. bsky.app/profile/nycs...
You forgot to mention she resigned in protest in January after you killed her cartoon about your plutocrat owner.
It's offensive to claim credit for the work of @anntelnaes.bsky.social when she left the WP because of your lack of editorial integrity.
Any recent work of hers for the @postopinions.bsky.social you can share? Oh that’s right - she left after your oligarch owner didn’t like her (accurate) portrayal of him kissing the ring 🙄🙄🙄
Hmmm, with respect, it takes an extraordinary amount of “brass neck” to crow about @anntelnaes.bsky.social brilliant work after she was effectively forced to resign because of your boss’ attitude and actions. Yes, she definitely deserves the Pulitzer, but the credit is all hers, not yours.
Well, not really, but I get why you think that. I'm sure there are any number of staff cartoonists who have had submissions rejected for one reason or another, but kept working. Do I agree that she left because of the editorial environment? Absolutely. But saying she was fired undermines her agency.
Pulitzer Prize for fat lot of nerve you've got goes to @washingtonpost.com. You suppressed Telnaes' cartoons to the point where she quit and now you're trumpeting this as your win?
That's the @anntelnaes.bsky.social you don't have any more because you censored her, right?
Too bad your MAGA right wing republican / ex Fox editor & publisher, along with the owner, ruined the newspaper & @anntelnaes.bsky.social left. I left as a reader, too. @washingtonpost.com how shameless can you be to gloat about this win
I've been supporting her substack with some of the money I saved by cancelling my @washingtonpost.com subscription.