The New York Times and other American media outlets have received Pulitzer Awards for reporting on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and protests against racism and police brutality following the death of African American George Floyd.
The “New York Times” won the “Public Service” award for its “courageous, forward-looking and comprehensive” reporting on the pandemic, as the organizers announced in New York on Friday.
The journalist Ed Yong from "The Atlantic" magazine and photographer Emilio Morenatti from the Associated Press (AP) news agency, who took a series of pictures about the effects of the pandemic on older people in Spain, were also honored for corona reporting would have.
The employees of the local newspaper "Star Tribune" and the photographers of the AP were honored for journalistic contributions about the death of the African American George Floyd in a brutal police operation in Minneapolis in May 2020 and the subsequent protests. In addition, Darnella Frazier, who was 17 years old at the time, who filmed the killing of Floyd with her cell phone and posted it on the Internet, thus gaining wide attention, received a special mention. She acted bravely and underlined the "crucial role of citizens in journalists' pursuit of truth and justice," the organizers said.
The Pulitzer Prizes are being awarded for the 105th time this year. The winners are determined by a jury based at New York's Columbia University. The winners should be able to receive their awards there in person in autumn.