Pulitzer News

Professor Díaz to resume full board duties

'Our mission as journalists is to seek truth and to inform, educate and empower our communities,' said the USA Today editor in chief.

The online entry form and payment mechanism closed at the deadline. Hard copies of books that accompany otherwise complete entries will be accepted until October 15.

Read the legendary sportswriter's winning portfolio for the first time on pulitzer.org

The first African American to receive the Music Prize, Walker created an inimitable wellspring of American music.

Before earning the 1991 Drama Prize, the playwright, screenwriter and television pioneer was the comedic voice of his generation on Broadway.

The influential editors discussed the Trump administration's anti-press freedom rhetoric with former White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod.

Newspapers across the country articulate why they chose to participate in — or in some cases, declined to paricipate in — today's editorial campaign.

Read classic reportage by Woodward and Bernstein, David Broder, William Raspberry and more.

"I look at some of the things that have been positive, like the fact that I'm the first person of color to run the Pulitzer Prizes, and so there is progress. But we have a long way to go, and everybody has to help."