A joyous celebration

Centennial

A slideshow of images from our Centennial Kickoff events at Newseum and The Washington Post headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Pulitzer winners at the Pulitzer Prize Centennial party pose for the largest-ever Pulitzer Winner Group Photo in the Great Hall of News at the Newseum. Photo by Maria Bryk.

In Washington, D.C., this past week the Pulitzer Prize Board hosted prize-winners and their guests for two days of events at the Newseum, The Washington Post and the Library of Congress.

Below is a slideshow from the events.

Jeffrey Herbst, chairman of the Newseum, and Paul Gigot, a Pulitzer Prize winner and chair of the Pulitzer Prize Board, pose with John Singer Sargent portrait of Joseph Pulitzer at the Newseum. Photo by Maria Bryk.

Jo Becker of The New York Times (left) leads a discussion of President Obama’s legacy. To her left are Bob Woodward and David Maraniss, both of The Washington Post. Professor Danielle Allen of Harvard has her back to the camera. Panelist Paul Gigot of the Wall Street Journal is not pictured. Photo by Teripix.com.

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographers Nick Ut and John H. White after a panel discussion at the Newseum. Photo by Teripix.com.

Marty Baron, executive editor of The Washington Post, welcomes the crowd to the Friday gathering at the Post. Photo by Teripix.com.

Pulitzer-winning photographers take selfies, too. Irwin Thompson (right) was a member of the Dallas Morning News staff that won a 2006 prize for photos of Hurricane Katrina. Stephan Savoia (left) has been on two Pulitzer-winning AP teams. Photo by Maria Bryk.

Panelist Rita Dove, who won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Photo by Maria Bryk.

A discussion of fiction, fact and truth featured these Pulitzer winners: Hank Klibanoff, Rita Dove, Ayad Akhtar, Jane Smiley and Annette Gordon-Reed. Photo by Maria Bryk.