Video: Kendrick Lamar and Ryan Kelly on Their Pulitzers

News June 4, 2018

Kendrick Lamar accepts the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)

As part of our Facebook Live coverage of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize ceremony, Music winner Kendrick Lamar and Breaking News Photography winner Ryan Kelly spoke to Sree Sreenivasan about their epochal Prizes. Watch exclusive video from the livestream below.

Following a chat with CBS anchor Gayle King and a selfie with CNN's Don Lemon, Lamar reflected on his historic achievement.

After being forced to leave journalism as a full-time profession, Kelly was enthused to engage with his peers. "Meeting all the people I've been able to meet [...] is incredible," he said.

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