For a distinguished example of audio journalism that serves the public interest, characterized by revelatory reporting and illuminating storytelling, Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).
Staff of Gimlet Media, notably Connie Walker
Whose investigation into her father’s troubled past revealed a larger story of abuse of hundreds of Indigenous children at an Indian residential school in Canada, including other members of Walker’s extended family, a personal search for answers expertly blended with rigorous investigative reporting.
Connie Walker (second from left) and members of the podcast staff (to the right of Walker: Betty Ann Adam, Chantelle Bellrichard, Ellen Frankman, Anya Schultz, Max Green, Devon Taylor and Heather Evans) accept the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting from Columbia University President Emeritus Lee Bollinger. (Diane Bondareff/The Pulitzer Prizes)
Winning Work
May 17, 2022
Biography
Connie Walker: Journalist. Host of Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's @gimletmedia #FindingCleo. Nehiyaw from Okanese www.instagram.com/_connie_walker/?hl=en
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Audio Reporting in 2023:
Jenn Abelson, Nicole Dungca, Reena Flores, Sabby Robinson and Linah Mohammad of The Washington Post
For “Broken Doors,” a powerful examination of the human toll of no-knock warrants across the country, using the voices of police, judges and the victims of the surprise raids, reporting that led to policy changes and, in one case, to prosecutors dropping a death penalty request.
Kate Wells, Sarah Hulett, Lindsey Smith, Laura Weber-Davis and Paulette Parker of Michigan Radio
For a visceral documentary recorded behind the closed doors of an abortion clinic, allowing listeners to hear conversations between practitioners and patients, and the controversial procedure itself.
The Jury
The Jury
Antonia Hylton(Chair)
Correspondent, NBC News
Deborah Amos
Senior Vice President, National Public Radio
Andrew Bowers
Chief Creative Officer/Co-Founder, Spooler Media, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Renita Jablonski
Director, Audio, The Washington Post
Sitara Nieves
Vice President, Teaching & Organizational Strategy, Poynter Institute
Hanna Rosin
Editorial Director, Audio, New York magazine
Christina M. Tapper
Executive Producer, Spotify, Los Angeles, Calif.
Winners in Audio Reporting
Staffs of Futuro Media, New York, N.Y. and PRX, Boston, Mass.
For “Suave,” a brutally honest and immersive profile of a man reentering society after serving more than 30 years in prison.
Lisa Hagen of WABE, Atlanta, Chris Haxel of KCUR, Kansas City, Graham Smith and Robert Little of National Public Radio
For an investigative series on “no compromise” gun rights activists that illuminated the profound differences and deepening schism between American conservatives.
Staff of This American Life with Molly O'Toole of the Los Angeles Times and Emily Green, freelancer, Vice News
For “The Out Crowd,” revelatory, intimate journalism that illuminates the personal impact of the Trump Administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy.
2023 Prize Winners
Miami Herald Editorial Board, for a series written by Amy Driscoll
Editorials on the failure of Florida public officials to deliver on many taxpayer-funded amenities and services promised to residents over decades.
Andrea Long Chu of New York Magazine
For book reviews that scrutinize authors as well as their works, using multiple cultural lenses to explore some of society’s most fraught topics.
Kyle Whitmire of AL.com, Birmingham
For measured and persuasive columns that document how Alabama's Confederate heritage still colors the present with racism and exclusion, told through tours of its first capital, its mansions and monuments–and through the history that has been omitted.
Staff of The Wall Street Journal
For sharp accountability reporting on financial conflicts of interest among officials at 50 federal agencies, revealing those who bought and sold stocks they regulated and other ethical violations by individuals charged with safeguarding the public’s interest.