The 2022 class of Pulitzer Prize winners gathered at Columbia University's Low Library on October 20 for a dinner ceremony celebrating their awards. Columbia President Lee C. Bollinger, 2021-2022 Pulitzer Prize Board Co-Chair John Daniszewski and Pulitzer Prize Administrator Marjorie Miller presided.
In her opening remarks, Miller singled out ongoing threats to democracy, while Daniszewski noted the conspicuous absence of 2022 Feature Photography winner Sanna Irshad Mattoo, who was stopped from traveling to New York to receive her award by immigration authorities in New Delhi. He characterized the decision as "petty, highly discriminatory [...] and emblematic of the challenges journalists face around the world." One of Mattoo's teammates, 2018 Feature Photography contributor Danish Siddiqui, died in crossfire between Taliban and Afghan security forces in July 2021, leaving his children to accept the posthumous award on his behalf.
Amid these challenges, President Bollinger — who will step down from the role at the end of the 2022-2023 academic year after more than two decades of concurrent service on the Pulitzer Board — offered a sanguine reflection on his tenure. "Throughout this entire time, this experience has been a joy," he said. "It has been a window into the world at its most hopeful."
A full list of winners is available here, while a gallery of photos from the ceremony and reception may be found below. Acceptance photos (contingent on availability) may be accessed on each relevant winner page.
Pulitzer Prize award certificates positioned for disbursement on stage. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)
The rotunda is set. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)
Guests begin to mingle. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)
Pulitzer Administrator Marjorie Miller offers welcoming remarks. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)
2021-2022 Pulitzer Board Co-Chair John Daniszewski reflects on his service and the state of contemporary journalism. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)
Columbia University President Lee Bollinger reflects on his Pulitzer Board service as Administrator Marjorie Miller looks on. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)
2022 Investigative Reporting winners Corey G. Johnson (left), Rebecca Woolington (center) and Eli Murray (right) perform a homage to midcentury New York's song-and-dance spectacles as they accept their award. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)
Reuters photojournalists Adnan Abidi (center) and Amit Dave (right) — along with Yunus (center foreground) and Sarah Siddiqui, children of the late Reuters photojournalist Danish Siddiqui — prepare to accept the 2022 Feature Photography Prize from Columbia University President Lee Bollinger. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)
Abidi, Dave and the Siddiqui children accept the Pulitzer Prize from President Bollinger. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)
2022 Local Reporting winners Madison Hopkins and Cecilia Reyes pose with the Pulitzer banner. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)
2022 Criticism winner Salamishah Tillet poses with her award certificate and the Pulitzer banner. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)
Luis "Suave" Gonzalez (far left) and staff members from the 2022 Audio Reporting Prize-winning "Suave" pose with the Pulitzer banner. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)
Staff members from The Washington Post's 2022 Public Service Prize-winning coverage of the January 6 United States Capitol attack pose in front of the Pulitzer banner with their award certificate and the Public Service gold medal. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)
2016 Fiction winner and incumbent Pulitzer Board member Viet Thanh Nguyen mingles. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)
Various guests mingle. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)
Staff contributors to the Miami Herald's 2022 Breaking News Reporting Prize-winning coverage of the Champlain Towers South condominium complex pose near the stage. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)
2022 Music winner Raven Chacon poses with his guests. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)
2022 General Nonfiction winner Andrea Elliott embraces retired Pulitzer Administrator Sig Gissler. Elliott studied under Gissler at the Columbia Journalism School, where she received her M.S. degree in 1999. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)
As per tradition, the 2022 Pulitzer Prize winners pose with Columbia University President Lee Bollinger. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)