Washington Post, NY Times win Pulitzers

The Pulitzer Prizes honoured The Washington Post for hard-hitting reporting on Trump

The Pulitzer Prizes on Monday honoured The Washington Post for hard-hitting reporting on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and The New York Times for revealing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s covert power grab, praising their probing of powerful people despite a hostile climate for the news media. The Daily News of New York and ProPublica, a web-based platform specialising in investigative journalism, won the prize for public service journalism for coverage of New York police abuses that forced mostly poor minorities from their homes.

Here is a look at this year’s winners:

Journalism

Public Service

New York Daily