2025 Pulitzer Winners Include WaPo, NYT, Reuters

The Pulitzer Prizes for journalism, recognizing outstanding work from 2025, were announced Monday at Columbia University in New York, with The Washington Post, The New York Times and Reuters among the top winners.

The Washington Post received the prestigious public service award, a gold medal, for its reporting that detailed the Trump administration's overhaul of federal agencies, including staff cuts and their effects on individuals and the nation. Judges praised the work for piercing secrecy around the changes. The New York Times won three prizes, including investigative reporting for stories on administration conflicts of interest and how officials, their families and allies benefited financially from positions of power.

Reuters secured two awards. Its national reporting prize, credited to staff members including Ned Parker, Linda So, Peter Eisler and Mike Spector, covered the administration's use of government mechanisms and supporter influence to target political opponents. In beat reporting, Jeff Horwitz and Engen Tham exposed Meta's practices, using internal documents and test accounts to reveal how the company allowed AI chatbots to engage in inappropriate conversations...