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Megan Mulligan Mem72@Columbia.Edu 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 11, 2021 Media Contact: Megan Mulligan [email protected] 2021 PULITZER PRIZES Columbia University today announced the 2021 Pulitzer Prizes, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board. JOURNALISM Public Service -- The New York Times Breaking News Reporting -- Staff of the Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn. Investigative Reporting -- Matt Rocheleau, Vernal Coleman, Laura Crimaldi, Evan Allen and Brendan McCarthy of The Boston Globe Explanatory Reporting -- Ed Yong of The Atlantic and Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley, Andrea Januta, Jaimi Dowdell and Jackie Botts of Reuters Local Reporting -- Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi of the Tampa Bay Times National Reporting -- Staffs of The Marshall Project; AL.com, Birmingham; IndyStar, Indianapolis; and the Invisible Institute, Chicago International Reporting -- Megha Rajagopalan, Alison Killing and Christo Buschek of BuzzFeed News Feature Writing -- Nadja Drost, freelance contributor, The California Sunday Magazine and Mitchell S. Jackson, freelance contributor, Runner’s World Commentary -- Michael Paul Williams of the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch Criticism -- Wesley Morris of The New York Times Editorial Writing -- Robert Greene of the Los Angeles Times Editorial Cartooning -- No Award Breaking News Photography -- Photography Staff of Associated Press Feature Photography -- Emilio Morenatti of Associated Press Audio Reporting -- Lisa Hagen, Chris Haxel, Graham Smith and Robert Little of National Public Radio LETTERS AND DRAMA Fiction -- The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich (Harper) Drama -- The Hot Wing King by Katori Hall History -- Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America by Marcia Chatelain (Liveright/Norton) Biography -- The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by the late Les Payne and Tamara Payne (Liveright/Norton) Poetry -- Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz (Graywolf Press) General Nonfiction -- Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy by David Zucchino (Atlantic Monthly Press) MUSIC Stride by Tania León, premiered at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City on February 13, 2020 (Peermusic Classical) SPECIAL CITATION Darnella Frazier 6.11.21 .
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