List of 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winners

The Pulitzer Prize is an annual award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in will of American-Hungarian newspaper publisher and master of yellow journalism Joseph Pulitzer. The award is administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in 21 categories. In 20 of the categories, each winner receives certificate and US$15,000 cash award. The winner in the public service category of the journalism is awarded a gold medal

The 2018 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded by Pulitzer Prize Board for work during 2017 calendar year. In Journalism, New York Times won most awards of any newspaper, with three, bringing its total to 125 Pulitzer Prizes. The New York Times and The New Yorker have jointly won the Pulitzer Prize, in the Public Service category for long-running Harvey Weinstein saga of sexual harassment and abuse in Hollywood. In Letters, Drama & Music, Andrew Sean Greer’s comic novel, less won best Fiction award.

• Pulitzer prize for public service: jointly awarded to The New York Times, for reporting led by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, and The New Yorker, for reporting by Ronan Farrow

• Pulitzer prize for breaking news reporting: staff of The Press Democrat

• Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting: staff of The Washington Post

• Pulitzer prize for explanatory reporting: jointly awarded to the staffs of The Arizona Republic and USA Today network

• Pulitzer prize for local reporting: staff of The Cincinnati Enquirer

• Pulitzer prize for national reporting: jointly awarded to the staffs of The New York Times and The Washington Post

• Pulitzer prize for international reporting: Clare Baldwin, Andrew R.C. Marshall, and Manuel Mogato of Reuters

• Pulitzer prize for feature writing: Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, freelancing for GQ

• Pulitzer prize for commentary: John Archibald, of the Alabama Media Group

• Pulitzer prize for criticism: Jerry Saltz of New York magazine

• Pulitzer prize for editorial writing: Andie Dominick of The Des Moines Register

• Pulitzer prize for editorial cartooning: Jake Helpern and Michael Sloan, freelancing for The New York Times

• Pulitzer prize for breaking news photography : Ryan Kelly of The Daily Progress

• Pulitzer prize for feature photography: photography staff of Reuters