The Pulitzers, the most prestigious honors in American journalism, have been awarded since 1917
A Syrian refugee holds onto his children as he struggles to walk off a dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing a part of the Aegean Sea from Turkey, in September 24, 2015. Reuters and The New York Times shared the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for images of the migrant crisis in Europe and West Asia.AT A GLANCEThe Associated PressPulitzer Prize for public serviceSeafood From Slaves series exposed slavery and vicious abuse in the Southeast Asia fishing trade, leading to the release of 2,000 captives and broad reforms in the United StatesStaff of The Washington PostNational reporting, for its revelatory database detailing fatal shootings by police officers nationwide, idetifying 990 fatal shootings nationwide in 2015, far more than ever recorded by the federal government.Kathryn Schulz,The New YorkerFeature Writing, "The Really Big One," about the potential for a major earthquake in the Pacific NorthwestAlissa J Rubin,Paris bureau chief of The New York Times,I