Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

This Pulitzer Prize has been awarded since 1942 for a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs, including United Nations correspondence. In its first six years (1942–1947), it was called the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting - International.

List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting - International

*1942: Laurence Edmund Allen, Associated Press, "for reporting on the British Mediterranean Fleet."
*1943: Ira Wolfert, North American Newspaper Alliance, "for a series of articles on the battle of the Solomon Islands."
*1944: Daniel De Luce, Associated Press, "for his distinguished reporting during the year 1943."
*1945: Mark S. Watson, ''The Baltimore Sun'', "for distinguished reporting from Washington, London and the French and Italian fronts in 1944."
* 1946: Homer Bigart, '' New York Herald Tribune'', "for distinguished war reporting from the Pacific."
* 1947: Eddy Gilmore, Associated Press, "for his correspondence from Moscow in 1946."

List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

* 1948: Paul W. Ward, '' Baltimore Sun'', "for his series of articles published in 1947 on 'Life in the Soviet Union.'"
* 1949: Price Day, '' Baltimore Sun'', "for his series of 12 articles entitled, 'Experiment in Freedom: India and Its First Year of Independence.'"
*1950: Edmund Stevens, ''Christian Science Monitor'', "for his series of 43 articles written over a three-year residence in Moscow entitled, 'This Is Russia Uncensored.'"
*1951: Keyes Beech (''Chicago Daily News''); Homer Bigart ('' New York Herald Tribune''); Marguerite Higgins (''New York Herald Tribune''); Relman Morin (''Associated Press''); Fred Sparks (''Chicago Daily News''); and Don Whitehead (''Associated Press''), "for their reporting of the Korean War."
* 1952: John M. Hightower, Associated Press, "for the sustained quality of his coverage of news of international affairs during the year."
* 1953: Austin Wehrwein, ''Milwaukee Journal'', "for a series of articles on Canada."
* 1954: Jim G. Lucas, Scripps-Howard Newspapers, "for his notable front-line human interest reporting of the Korean War, the cease-fire and the prisoner-of-war exchanges, climaxing 26 months of distinguished service as a war correspondent."
* 1955: Harrison E. Salisbury, ''New York Times'', "for his distinguished series of articles, 'Russia Re-Viewed,' based on his six years as a Times correspondent in Russia. The perceptive and well-written Salisbury articles made a valuable contribution to American understanding of what is going on inside Russia. This was principally due to the writer's wide range of subject matter and depth of background plus a number of illuminating photographs which he took."
* 1956: William Randolph Hearst Jr., J. Kingsbury-Smith and Frank Conniff, International News Service, "for a series of exclusive interviews with the leaders of the Soviet Union."
* 1957: Russell Jones, United Press, "for his excellent and sustained coverage of the Hungarian revolt against Communist domination, during which he worked at great personal risk within Russian-held Budapest and gave front-line eyewitness reports of the ruthless Soviet repression of the Hungarian people."
* 1958: Staff of the ''New York Times'', "for its distinguished coverage of foreign news, which was characterized by admirable initiative, continuity and high quality during the year."
* 1959: Joseph Martin and Philip Santora, ''New York Daily News'', "for their exclusive series of articles disclosing the brutality of the Batista government in Cuba long before its downfall and forecasting the triumph of the Cuban revolution party led by Fidel Castro."
* 1960: A.M. Rosenthal, ''New York Times'', "for his perceptive and authoritative reporting from Poland. Mr. Rosenthal's subsequent expulsion from the country was attributed by Polish government spokesmen to the depth his reporting into Polish affairs, there being no accusation of false reporting."
* 1961: Lynn Heinzerling, Associated Press, "for his reporting under extraordinarily difficult conditions of the early stages of the Congo Crisis and his keen analysis of events in other parts of Africa."
* 1962: Walter Lippmann, ''New York Herald Tribune Syndicate'', "for his 1961 interview with Soviet Premier Khrushchev, as illustrative of Lippmann's long and distinguished contribution to American journalism."
* 1963: Hal Hendrix, ''Miami News'', "for his persistent reporting which revealed, at an early stage, that the Soviet Union was installing missile launching pads in Cuba and sending in large numbers of MIG-21 aircraft."
* 1964: Malcolm W. Browne of the Associated Press and David Halberstam of the ''New York Times'', "for their individual reporting of the Vietnam War and the overthrow of the Diem regime."
* 1965: J. A. Livingston, '' Philadelphia Bulletin'', "for his reports on the growth of economic independence among Russia's Eastern European satellites and his analysis of their desire for a resumption of trade with the West."
* 1966: Peter Arnett, ''Associated Press'', "for his coverage of the war in Vietnam."
* 1967: R. John Hughes, ''Christian Science Monitor'', "for his thorough reporting of the attempted Communist coup in Indonesia in 1965 and the purge that followed in 1965-66."
* 1968: Alfred Friendly, ''Washington Post'', "for his coverage of the Middle East War of 1967."
* 1969: William Tuohy, ''Los Angeles Times'', "for his Vietnam War correspondence in 1968."
* 1970: Seymour M. Hersh, Dispatch News Service, "for his exclusive disclosure of the Vietnam War tragedy at the hamlet of My Lai."
* 1971: Jimmie Lee Hoagland, ''Washington Post'', "for his coverage of the struggle against apartheid in the Republic of South Africa."
* 1972: Peter R. Kann, ''Wall Street Journal'', "for his coverage of the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971."
* 1973: Max Frankel, ''New York Times'', "for his coverage of President Nixon's visit to China in 1972."
* 1974: Hedrick Smith, ''New York Times'', "for his coverage of the Soviet Union and its allies in Eastern Europe in 1973."
* 1975: William Mullen, reporter, and Ovie Carter, photographer, ''Chicago Tribune'', "for their coverage of famine in Africa and India."
*1976: Sydney H. Schanberg, ''New York Times'', "for his coverage of the Communist takeover in Cambodia, carried out at great risk when he elected to stay at his post after the fall of Phnom Penh."
* 1977: No award
* 1978: Henry Kamm, ''New York Times'', "for his stories on the refugees, 'Vietnamese boat people,' from Indochina."
* 1979: Richard Ben Cramer, ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', "for reports from the Middle East."
* 1980: Joel Brinkley, reporter and Jay Mather, photographer of ''Louisville Courier-Journal'', "for stories from Cambodia."
*1981 Pulitzer Prize, 1981: Shirley Christian, ''Miami Herald'', "for her dispatches from Central America."
*1982 Pulitzer Prize, 1982: John Darnton, ''New York Times'', "for his reporting from Poland."
*1983 Pulitzer Prize, 1983: Thomas L. Friedman and Loren Jenkins, ''New York Times'' and ''Washington Post'' respectively, "for their individual reporting of the 1982 Lebanon War, Israeli invasion of Beirut and its tragic aftermath."
*1984 Pulitzer Prize, 1984: Karen Elliott House, ''Wall Street Journal'', "for her extraordinary series of interviews with Jordan's King Hussein of Jordan, King Hussein which correctly anticipated the problems that would confront the Reagan administration's Middle East peace plan."
*1985 Pulitzer Prize, 1985: Joshua Friedman and Dennis Bell (journalist), Dennis Bell, reporters, and Ozier Muhammad, photographer, ''Newsday'', "for their series on the plight of the hungry in Africa."
*1986 Pulitzer Prize, 1986: Lewis M. Simons, Pete Carey and Katherine Ellison, ''San Jose Mercury News'', "for their June 1985 series that documented massive transfers of wealth abroad by President Ferdinand Marcos, Marcos and his associates and had a direct impact on subsequent political developments in the Philippines and the United States."
*1987 Pulitzer Prize, 1987: Michael Parks (reporter), Michael Parks, ''Los Angeles Times'', "for his balanced and comprehensive coverage of South Africa."
*1988 Pulitzer Prize, 1988: Thomas L. Friedman, ''New York Times'', "for balanced and informed coverage of Israel."
*1989 Pulitzer Prize, 1989: Bill Keller, ''New York Times'', "for resourceful and detailed coverage of events in the U.S.S.R."
*1989 Pulitzer Prize, 1989: Glenn Frankel, ''Washington Post'', "for sensitive and balanced reporting from Israel and the Middle East."
*1990 Pulitzer Prize, 1990: Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, ''New York Times'', "for knowledgeable reporting from China on the mass movement for democracy and its subsequent suppression."
*1991 Pulitzer Prize, 1991: Caryle Murphy, ''Washington Post'', "for her dispatches from Invasion of Kuwait, occupied Kuwait, some of which she filed while in hiding from Iraqi authorities."
*1991 Pulitzer Prize, 1991: Serge Schmemann, ''New York Times'', "for his coverage of the German reunification, reunification of Germany."
*1992 Pulitzer Prize, 1992: Patrick J. Sloyan, ''Newsday'', "for his reporting on the Gulf War, Persian Gulf War, conducted after the war was over, which revealed new details of American battlefield tactics and friendly fire incidents."
*1993 Pulitzer Prize, 1993: John F. Burns, ''New York Times'', "for his courageous and thorough coverage of the Siege of Sarajevo, destruction of Sarajevo and the barbarous killings in the Bosnian War, war in Bosnia-Herzegovina."
*1993 Pulitzer Prize, 1993: Roy Gutman, ''Newsday'', "for his courageous and persistent reporting that disclosed atrocities and other human rights violations in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia-Herzegovina."
*1994 Pulitzer Prize, 1994: Staff of ''The Dallas Morning News'', "for its series examining the epidemic of violence against women in many nations."
*1995 Pulitzer Prize, 1995: Mark Fritz, ''Associated Press'', "for his reporting on the ethnic violence and Rwandan genocide, slaughter in Rwanda."
*1996 Pulitzer Prize, 1996: David Rohde, ''Christian Science Monitor'', "for his persistent on-site reporting of the Srebrenica massacre, massacre of thousands of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica."
*1997 Pulitzer Prize, 1997: John F. Burns, ''New York Times'', "for his courageous and insightful coverage of the harrowing regime imposed on Afghanistan by the Taliban."
*1998 Pulitzer Prize, 1998: Staff of the ''New York Times'', "for its revealing series that profiled the corrosive effects of drug corruption in Mexico."
*1999 Pulitzer Prize, 1999: Staff of the ''Wall Street Journal'', "for its in-depth, analytical coverage of the 1998 Russian financial crisis."
*2000 Pulitzer Prize, 2000: Mark Schoofs, ''Village Voice'', "for his provocative and enlightening series on the HIV/AIDS in Africa, AIDS crisis in Africa."
*2001 Pulitzer Prize, 2001: Ian Denis Johnson, ''Wall Street Journal'', "for his revealing stories about victims of the Chinese government's often brutal Persecution of Falun Gong, suppression of the Falun Gong movement and the implications of that campaign for the future."
*2001 Pulitzer Prize, 2001: Paul Salopek, ''Chicago Tribune'', "for his reporting on the political strife and disease epidemics ravaging Africa, witnessed firsthand as he traveled, sometimes by canoe, through rebel-controlled regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo."
*2002 Pulitzer Prize, 2002: Barry Bearak, ''New York Times'', "for his deeply affecting and illuminating coverage of daily life in war-torn Afghanistan."
*2003 Pulitzer Prize, 2003: Kevin Sullivan (journalist), Kevin Sullivan and Mary Jordan (journalist), Mary Jordan, ''Washington Post'', "for their exposure of horrific conditions in Mexico's criminal justice system and how they affect the daily lives of people."
*2004 Pulitzer Prize, 2004: Anthony Shadid, ''Washington Post'', for his extraordinary ability to capture, at personal peril, the voices and emotions of Iraqis as their country 2003 invasion of Iraq, was invaded, Saddam Hussein, their leader toppled and their way of life upended.
*2005 Pulitzer Prize, 2005: Kim Murphy (journalist), Kim Murphy of ''Los Angeles Times'', "for her eloquent, wide ranging coverage of Russia's struggle to cope with terrorism, improve the economy and make democracy work."
*2005 Pulitzer Prize, 2005: Dele Olojede of ''Newsday'', Long Island, "for his fresh, haunting look at Rwanda a decade after rape and genocidal slaughter had ravaged the Tutsi tribe."
*2006 Pulitzer Prize, 2006: Joseph Kahn (journalist), Joseph Kahn and Jim Yardley of the ''New York Times'', "for their ambitious stories on ragged justice in People's Republic of China, China as the booming nation's Law of the People's Republic of China, legal system evolves."
*2007 Pulitzer Prize, 2007: Staff of ''The Wall Street Journal'', "for reports on the adverse impact of Chinese capitalism."
*2008 Pulitzer Prize, 2008: Steve Fainaru of ''The Washington Post'', "For his heavily reported series on Private military company, private security contractors in Iraq that operate outside most of the laws governing American forces."
*2009 Pulitzer Prize, 2009: ''The New York Times'' staff, "for its masterful, groundbreaking coverage of America’s deepening military and political challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan, reporting frequently done under perilous conditions."
*2010 Pulitzer Prize, 2010: Anthony Shadid of ''The Washington Post'', "for his rich, beautifully written series on Iraq as the United States departs and its people and leaders struggle to deal with the legacy of war and to shape the nation’s future."
*2011 Pulitzer Prize, 2011: Clifford J. Levy and Ellen Barry (Journalist), Ellen Barry of ''The New York Times'', "for their dogged reporting that put a human face on the faltering justice system in Russia, remarkably influencing the discussion inside the country."
*2012 Pulitzer Prize, 2012: Jeffrey Gettleman of ''The New York Times'', "for his vivid reports, often at personal peril, on famine and conflict in East Africa, a neglected but increasingly strategic part of the world."
*2013 Pulitzer Prize, 2013: David Barboza of ''The New York Times'', "For his striking exposure of corruption at high levels of the Chinese government."
*2014 Pulitzer Prize, 2014: Jason Szep and Andrew R. C. Marshall of Reuters "for their courageous reports on the violent persecution of the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in Myanmar that, in efforts to flee the country, often falls victim to predatory human-trafficking networks."
*2015 Pulitzer Prize, 2015: ''The New York Times'' staff "for courageous front-line reporting and vivid human stories on Ebola in Africa, engaging the public with the scope and details of Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, the outbreak while holding authorities accountable."
*2016 Pulitzer Prize, 2016: Alissa J. Rubin of ''The New York Times'', "For thoroughly reported and movingly written accounts giving voice to Afghan women who were forced to endure unspeakable cruelties."
*2017 Pulitzer Prize, 2017: ''The New York Times'' staff, "for agenda-setting reporting on Vladimir Putin’s efforts to project Russia’s power abroad, revealing techniques that included assassination, online harassment and the planting of incriminating evidence on opponents."
*2018 Pulitzer Prize, 2018: Clare Baldwin, Andrew R.C. Marshall and Manuel Mogato of Reuters, "For relentless reporting that exposed the brutal killing campaign behind Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs."
*2019 Pulitzer Prize, 2019: (two winners) Maggie Michael (journalist), Maggie Michael, Maad al-Zikry and Nariman El-Mofty of Associated Press, "For a revelatory yearlong series detailing the atrocities of the Yemeni Civil War (2015-present), war in Yemen, including theft of food aid, deployment of child soldiers and torture of prisoners."; Staff of Reuters, with notable contributions from Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, "For expertly exposing the military units and Buddhist villagers responsible for the systematic expulsion and murder of Rohingya people, Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, courageous coverage that landed its reporters in prison."
*2020 Pulitzer Prize, 2020: The staff of ''The New York Times'' "for a set of enthralling stories, reported at great risk, exposing the predations of Russia under Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Putin’s regime."
*2021 Pulitzer Prize, 2021: Megha Rajagopalan, Alison Killing and Christo Buschek of ''BuzzFeed News'', "for a series of clear and compelling stories that used satellite imagery and architectural expertise, as well as interviews with two dozen former prisoners, to identify a vast new infrastructure built by the Chinese government for the Xinjiang internment camps, mass detention of Muslims.".

*2022 Pulitzer Prize, 2022: Staff of ''The New York Times'', notably Azmat Khan, contributing writer, "For courageous and relentless reporting that exposed the vast civilian toll of U.S.-led airstrikes, challenging official accounts of American military engagements in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan."

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Telegraphic Reporting (International) – Winners and Finalists - Past Prize CategoriesInternational Reporting – Winners and Finalists

Pulitzer Prizes by category, International Reporting
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