Benjamin Moser received the 2020 Prize in Biography for his thorough, empathetic exploration of the writer’s genius and humanity. Read on to discover how this work came together and why researching Sontag’s life felt like “standing in front of the Himalayas.”
This American Life, where Nadia Reiman is a staff member, received the 2020 Prize in Audio Reporting with Emily Green, and Molly O’Toole. Reiman discusses the story behind the episode she produced, ‘The Out Crowd.'
'I work in words, and I love them dearly, but they can really only go so far toward capturing what it is like to be in a de-facto refugee camp on the U.S.-Mexico border,' O'Toole said of her work on President Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy.
When two new 737 MAX planes built by multinational aerospace company Boeing crashed, killing 346 people, a Seattle Times reporting team based where the jets are built in Washington state launched an extensive investigation that won them a 2020 Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting. Learn more about how the team nailed down the facts of the story.
Jericho Brown received the 2020 Prize in Poetry for 'The Tradition,' a collection that 'combines delicacy with historic urgency.' Read on to discover his creation process and what it felt like to win a Pulitzer from his bedroom.
'Honestly, I've had the best luck just trying to construct a visual joke, without worrying too much about interpretation. I trust a good metaphor, and a genuine laugh.'
In 2020, the first Pulitzer in Audio Reporting recognized 'The Out Crowd,' which analyzed President Trump's immigration policy. Freelancer Emily Green of Vice News contributed to the project, which aired on 'This American Life.' Learn more about her reporting process — and how she learned she had won a Prize she didn't even know she had been nominated for.
'The jail’s corrections officers are not bad people. They go home, love their kids, probably give to a charity. But their indifference to a detainee’s death is what should strike everyone,' Gerritt said of his Prize-winning work on deaths of pre-trial detainees in Texas.
