#2026pulitzerprizes

The coverage, awarded a Pulitzer last week, relied on deep community trust as reporters tracked Chicago’s ICE raids in real time

Stumbling upon sensitive documents led the San Francisco Chronicle into a yearlong reporting project that would win journalism's top award.

The 2026 Pulitzer Prizes celebrated stylistic audacity and forgotten histories, awarding Daniel Kraus for his punctuation-free war novel Angel Down and Jill Lepore for her deep dive into the US Constitution

The Texas Monthly editor’s deeply personal story about a deadly flood and his family’s survival was recognized with journalism’s top honor

‘Pablo Torre Finds Out’ earned the Audio Reporting prize for a deeply reported investigation into an NBA salary cap workaround

Reporters with deep ties to the community moved quickly and stayed on the story, producing coverage marked by urgency, depth and compassion

The new opinion category combines Commentary and Editorial Writing, which has seen a steady decline in entries in recent years

Winners highlight accountability and war coverage while pointing to a dominant New York Times and evolving Pulitzer categories

Details and links to this year’s recipients of American journalism’s highest honor