
Post, Guardian share Pulitzers for NSA revelations
The awards, American journalism's highest honor, were announced Monday
The Washington Post and the Guardian have won Pulitzer Prizes in public service for revealing the massive U.S. government surveillance effort.
The awards, American journalism's highest honor, were announced Monday.
The newspapers' disclosures about the National Security Agency's spy programs show the government has collected information about millions of Americans' phone calls and emails based on its classified interpretations of laws passed after the Sept. 11 attacks.
The stories are based on thousands of documents handed over by NSA leaker Edward Snowden.
The Boston Globe has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize in breaking news, and The New York Times has won two Pulitzers in photography categories.
The 2014 Pulitzer Prize winners:
Journalism
Public Service: The Guardian US and The Washington Post
Breaking News Reporting: The Boston Globe staff
Investigative Reporting: Chris Hamby of The Center for Public Integrity, Washington, D.C.
Explanatory Reporting: Eli Saslow of The Washington Post
Local Reporting: Will Hobson and Michael LaForgia of the Tampa Bay Times
National Reporting: David Philipps of The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo.
International Reporting: Jason Szep and Andrew R.C. Marshall of Reuters
Feature Writing: No award
Commentary: Stephen Henderson of the Detroit Free Press
Criticism: Inga Saffron of The Philadelphia Inquirer
Editorial Writing: Editorial staff of The Oregonian, Portland
Editorial Cartooning: Kevin Siers of The Charlotte Observer
Breaking News Photography: Tyler Hicks of The New York Times
Feature Photography: Josh Haner of The New York Times
Letters and drama
Fiction: “The Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown)
Drama: “The Flick” by Annie Baker
History: “The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832” by Alan Taylor (W.W. Norton)
Biography: “Margaret Fuller: A New American Life” by Megan Marshall (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Poetry: “3 Sections” by Vijay Seshadri (Graywolf Press)
General Nonfiction: “Toms River”: A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin (Bantam Books)
Music
“Become Ocean” by John Luther Adams, premiered on June 20, 2013, by the Seattle Symphony (Taiga Press/Theodore Front Musical Literature)
-
Obama to propose ending NSA phone sweep
-
Footage released of The Guardian destroying Snowden hard drives
-
Snowden rebuffs Russian spy allegations
-
Report: NSA scoops up millions of text messages a day
-
Iran’s Fars News: U.S. is run by ‘secret alien regime’
-
Syrian Electronic Army says hacked into Skype’s social media accounts
-
Edward Snowden as the electronic age Santa Claus
-
Edward Snowden says his mission is already accomplished
-
Snowden in charm offensive in Brazil's press
-
Russia: U.S. ignored appeals for Syria chemical arms proof
-
British news staff may face terrorism charges over Snowden leaks
-
U.S. ‘won’t prosecute’ reporter tied to Snowden leaks
-
British MPs to quiz Guardian editor on Snowden leaks