AP, Washington Post, Reuters and Minnesota Star Tribune among Pulitzer winners for 2025 work

Source: AP

Updated 3:48 PM EDT, May 4, 2026


NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for scrutinizing the Trump administration’s sweeping, choppy cuts and changes to federal agencies, and The Associated Press won the award Monday for international reporting. The Post’s coverage illuminated the fast-moving, sometimes opaque particulars of President Donald Trump’s drive to reshape the national government, and judges credited the Post with detailing what the changes meant for individual Americans.

The Miami Herald’s Julie K. Brown was given a special citation for her reporting, nearly a decade ago, that drew attention to Jeffrey Epstein’s abuses. The New York Times won three of the coveted prizes, Reuters won two and smaller outlets ranging from The Connecticut Mirror to the podcast “Pablo Torre Finds Out” also were recognized in a challenging year for American journalism.

In the last few months, the Post cut a third of its staff, CBS News announced it would shutter its nearly century-old radio service, The Associated Press offered buyouts to over 120 journalists and some regional newspapers also publicly struggled. CBS parent Paramount’s acquisition of CNN has raised questions about what’s next for those networks. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump continued to bash, and sometimes sue, outlets whose coverage he finds objectionable.

“This is always a day of celebration in our communities, but perhaps never more so than today as we face tremendous” challenges, prize administrator Marjorie Miller said in a livestream announcing the awards.

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