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News May 4, 2020

Announcement of the 2020 Pulitzer Prizes

Columbia University today announces the 2020 Pulitzer Prizes, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board. The Board also announces the election of its two co-chairs: Stephen Engelberg, Editor-in-Chief, ProPublica, and Aminda Marqués Gonzalez, President, Publisher and Executive Editor, Miami Herald.

News April 30, 2020

Pulitzer Prize Board Postpones Announcement of 2020 Awards

The Pulitzer Prize Board has decided to postpone the 2020 award winners’ announcement. Originally scheduled for Monday, April 20, 2020, the Prizes in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music now will be announced on Monday, May 4, 2020 at 3 p.m., streamed at Pulitzer.org.

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Q&A: 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Music Ellen Reid

Reid's prize-winning opera "p r i s m" makes its digital debut today. She told the Pulitzers: "Through music we can experience things more deeply. It’s almost like the boundaries between us fall away, and the boundaries between the audience and the characters fall away, then we’re all a little closer to understanding lives that aren’t our own."