PUBLIC SERVICE
ProPublica
The Pulitzer committee honored ProPublica for the work of Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, Brett Murphy, Alex Mierjeski and Kirsten Berg, citing their “groundbreaking and ambitious reporting that pierced the thick wall of secrecy surrounding the Supreme Court.”
Finalists KFF Health News and Cox Media Group; The Washington Post
BREAKING NEWS
Staff of Lookout Santa Cruz
Lookout Santa Cruz won for “its detailed and nimble community-focused coverage, over a holiday weekend, of catastrophic flooding and mudslides that displaced thousands of residents and destroyed more than 1,000 homes and businesses.”
Finalists Staff of the Honolulu Civil Beat; Staff of the Los Angeles Times
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Hannah Dreier of The New York Times
Ms. Dreier was honored for “a deeply reported series of stories revealing the stunning reach of migrant child labor across the United States — and the corporate and governmental failures that perpetuate it.”
Finalists Staff of Bloomberg; Casey Ross and Robert Herman of Stat
EXPLANATORY REPORTING
Sarah Stillman of The New Yorker
Ms. Stillman’s work was a “searing indictment of our legal system’s reliance on the felony murder charge and its disparate consequences, often devastating for communities of color,” the committee said.
Finalists Staff of Bloomberg; Staffs of The Texas Tribune, ProPublica and Frontline
LOCAL REPORTING