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Ed Yong / @edyong209: I'll be splitting the prize money between everyone who worked on my pieces last year—every editor, copy editor, fact checker, artist, and more. Even when individuals win Pulitzers, their work depends on a community. I want to honor mine.
Ken Schwencke / @schwanksta: Just gonna say that the COVID Tracking Project definitely deserved...something!
Kristen Hare / @kristenhare: California Sunday Magazine closed last year. It just won a Pulitzer. https://www.poynter.org/... #PulitzerPrize https://twitter.com/...
Katie Robertson / New York Times: Pulitzer Winners Include The New York Times and Buzzfeed News
Stat / @statnews: We're honored that @statnews, @HelenBranswell, @DrewQJoseph, and @sxbegle have been named @PulitzerPrizes finalists in breaking news reporting for their Covid-19 coverage. https://www.pulitzer.org/...
James Rainey / Los Angeles Times: L.A. Times' Robert Greene awarded Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing
@tb_times: 🎉 @kmcgrory & @_neilbedi react to winning the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting with Executive Editor @markkatches, “Targeted” series editor @adamplayford and Times Chairman Paul Tash while @ZackSampson reports. 📷 : @cliftimestweet (photojournalist for “Targeted") https://twitter.com/...
Newmark J / @newmarkjschool: It's official. #NewmarkJ alum Lisa Hagen '11 is a Pulitzer Prize winner. Congrats to @TwitrHagen and colleagues Chris Haxel, Graham Smith, and Robert Little on their win for “No Compromise,” an @NPR podcast and investigative series. @PulitzerPrizes👇 https://newmarkj.io/... https://twitter.com/...
@nytimes: The staff of The New York Times has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of the pandemic. Here are the award-winning pieces. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Waqas / @worqas: With all due respect to Pulitzer, btw, I went thru all Pulitzers in Journalism category since 1919 - and not a single Pulitzer has been awarded for coverage related to Palestine. https://www.pulitzer.org/... This omission, for one of the greatest issues of our time, is a astounding.
John Reinan / @stribguy: We won a Pulitzer Prize, and then I wrote a news brief about dog poop in Caledonia.
Kim Severson / @kimseverson: Here's that feature that just won a Pulitizer. It's a master class. https://www.runnersworld.com/ ...
Shane Savitsky / @ssavitsky: Congrats on the well-deserved Pulitzers, @TB_Times (@kmcgrory and @_neilbedi) and @StarTribune! Local newspapers aren't going anywhere, and Axios Local is proud to amplify the essential work you do in Tampa Bay and the Twin Cities.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Coverage of America's Racial Reckoning and COVID-19 Lead 2021 Pulitzer Prize Class
Brooke Jarvis / @brookejarvis: Not to mention recently winning a MOLLY Prize and George Polk Award for @katieengelhart's impressive reporting on nursing homes. Would so love to see @CalSunday back doing its work. https://twitter.com/...
Ed Yong / @edyong209: I count around 300 sources who took time to share their expertise with me during a year when we all had little time to spare. I learned SO MUCH from you all and I'm grateful to you for helping our readers.
Parker / @pt: I earnestly think there should be a journalist appreciation day. We can crap on them the other 364, but where would we be without these folks? https://twitter.com/...
@ericaperel: I would add: I was 30ish when I learned about the Wilmington massacre, despite growing up in NC, where TWO years of curriculum are devoted to NC study. We spent time learning about Blackbeard the pirate, the Swamp Fox, the Meck Dec, every possible theory for the Lost Colony.
Ed Yong / @edyong209: Reporting on the pandemic was the most fulfilling &difficult challenge of my professional life. I did my best to give our readers a stable platform from which to make sense of a crisis that defied sense. I'm sad these stories were ever necessary but I hope they made a difference.
James Myers / @arsetechnica: Guess there wasn't anything worth satirizing last year https://twitter.com/...
Matthew T. Hall / @sduncovered: Big shout out to @robrtgreene at our sister paper the @latimes for being awarded for editorial writing in the 2021 @PulitzerPrizes. Amazing accomplishment. https://www.pulitzer.org/... His winning editorials on policing, bail reform, prisons and mental health: https://www.pulitzer.org/...
Gabe Rivera / @gaberivera: @pt every day is “journalist appreciation day” on twitter, and every day is “crap on journalists day” on twitter, depending on your follows!
Vanessa Swales / @vanessa_swales: **EXCITING NEWS** So incredibly proud to have been a small cog in the wheel in a huge effort to cover this pandemic. I learnt so much from all @NYTNational staff & other desks! This Pulitzer should go to all newsrooms that have fought to report on & survive during this this time. https://twitter.com/...
@poynter: Each industry has its way of celebrating practitioners and the remarkable work they produce. For the journalism world, it's the #Pulitzer Prizes. Here's an inside look into the most prestigious prize in journalism. https://www.poynter.org/...
Dan Diamond / @ddiamond: Congratulations to all the Pulitzer winners and finalists, with a special shout to @HelenBranswell — both a terrifying competitor on the beat and an ever-gracious human being. https://twitter.com/...
Noah Smith / @noahpinion: Ed Yong is the best. This is the attitude everyone should take toward winning prizes, including Nobels! https://twitter.com/...
Bina Venkataraman / @binajv: So proud to learn of the @PulitzerPrizes finalist recognition for a series penned by my @GlobeOpinion colleagues Alan Wirzbicki & Shelly Cohen, on the history of discriminatory housing laws + a local battle for housing that became a model for the nation/1 https://www.poynter.org/...
Jonathan Eisen / @phylogenomics: I love Ed Yong. https://twitter.com/...
Waqas / @worqas: In fact the only time the word Palestine ever appears in Pulitzer prize winners list (including descriptions) was when an American journalist from the city called Palestine in Texas won an award in 2020.
@ericaperel: But we never learned about Wilmington. I remember how betrayed I felt. This is why the current efforts to censor the teaching of history are so concerning.
David Gelles / @dgelles: Too many individuals to name. Incredibly proud of all my colleagues at the @nytimes and in newsrooms around the country. Thank you for doing the work.
Jessica Kwong / Metro.co.uk: Teen who filmed George Floyd's murder awarded Pulitzer Prize special citation
James Poniewozik / @poniewozik: Twice! And he deserves 20. Congrats, @Wesley_Morris https://twitter.com/...
@ap: A group of 10 @AP photographers won the breaking news Pulitzer for their work capturing the drama and raw emotion of protests that roiled U.S. cities after the May 2020 death of George Floyd. https://apne.ws/gPbPTtz
Antonio Regalado / @antonioregalado: Ed Yong wins Pulitzer for explanatory reporting on covid-19. I can't tell you how many times editors during pandemic asked me to write like Ed, think like Ed, b Ed. But there's only one Ed. His stories have just one byline. No one else went so big so often. He truly crushed it. https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Forsyth / @forsythjenn: The @WSJ is honored to be a finalist in National Reporting for our work on fatal decisions made at nursing homes, especially veterans homes, across the U.S. Reporters: @cdweaver @annawmathews @NoraEckert @JoelEastwood @djfroschWSJ @jon_kamp @elizabethrkoh https://www.pulitzer.org/...
@ericaperel: Congratulations to @dailytarheel and @UNCHussman alum @davidzucchino, now a two-time Pulitzer winner. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Heath / @alexeheath: reminds me of last year when a reporter from my hometown paper in Kentucky won a pulitzer while he was laid off due to covid https://twitter.com/...
@unchussman: Congrats to #UNCHussman alumnus @davidzucchino '73 on the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction for “Wilmington's Lie.” #Pulitzer https://www.pulitzer.org/...
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News: WSJ is a finalist in two Pulitzer categories
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: We don't deserve Ed tbh https://twitter.com/...
Allissa V. Richardson, Ph.D. / @drallirich: Congratulations to Darnella Frazier for winning one of today's @PulitzerPrizes. This is a watershed moment in the evolution of Black mobile journalism. https://www.pulitzer.org/...
Joseph Menn / @josephmenn: My Reuters colleagues have been awarded a Pulitzer in Explanatory Reporting for their pathbreaking work showing how the “limited immunity” concept has been twisted to shield brutal U.S. police from accountability. It is hard to imagine more vital work in the year of George Floyd.
Kathryn VanArendonk / @kvanaren: in which ed yong continues to be a legend https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Slobin / @sarahslo: thanks. making this very complex series human and making the data accessible was no small feat. https://twitter.com/...
Craig Silverman / @craigsilverman: Ed Yong remains undefeated as one of the best role models in journalism. https://twitter.com/...
@trishgreenhalgh: Again, he wins a prize - this time a Pulitzer. Again, he gives the money away and spreads the joy. https://twitter.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: savage https://twitter.com/...
Tatiana Prowell / @tmprowell: Just announced: The incredibly deserving @edyong209 of @TheAtlantic just won a #Pulitzer Prize!! I let out such a loud barbaric yawp of #joy that my dog ran down to check on me. Cheering for you with gusto from #Maryland, Ed! 👏👏👏👏 #COVID19 #pandemic #MedTwitter https://twitter.com/...
@ap: .@EmilioMorenatti, @AP's chief photographer in Spain, won the feature photography Pulitzer Prize. He patiently built trust with elderly people to document the toll of the pandemic. https://apne.ws/X67vMFz
Karen K. Ho / @karenkho: Pretty notable that two freelancers won @PulitzerPrizes this year for feature writing, but one of them was for a magazine that was shut down. Freelancing is often incredibly difficult to financially manage. I hope the award gives them the recognition and breathing room they need.
Kate Harding / @kateharding: If you didn't already love Ed's work, now is the day to start. https://twitter.com/...
Hannah Sampson / @hannahbsampson: Best Pulitzer tweet of the day. Congratulations to Susan the beagle and also her person @kmcgrory https://twitter.com/...
Tom Gara / @tomgara: (And yes, @meghara won a Pulitzer for her amazing work in 2020, but this piece from 2017 was so far ahead of the curve on the most important story in the world https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...)
Joe Parkinson / @joewsj: 😃😃😃 to see two @WSJ Africa Bureau alumni recognised today by the Pulitzer committee. @drewhinshaw and @MatinaStevis, both finalists in International reporting. Very good journalists and very good people. https://www.pulitzer.org/...
@niemanfdn: Congratulations to Nieman alum @HelenBranswell and her @statnews colleagues for being named #Pulitzer finalists in breaking news. Their tireless coverage of COVID-19 has been outstanding — and crucial for all wishing to better understand the pandemic and its global impact. https://twitter.com/...
Fatima Tokhmafshan / @denovo_fatima: Not only is he a brilliant #ScienceWriter, he is complete class act! If you're wondering what #allyship means, it's acts like this: when given a position of power and privilege, one uses that position to elevate and empower others, because no one ever works in vacuum #SciComm https://twitter.com/...
Cliff Levy / @cliffordlevy: Here's the great @Wesley_Morris, the moment that the announcement went out that he had won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism. 👏👏👏 https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Nora Eckert / @noraeckert: Pulitzer Prize finalists. This is a tremendous honor. I'll never forget the dozens of calls @cdweaver and I made to families of Menlo Park residents who died. They courageously shared the stories of their lost loved ones through tears, frustration and disbelief. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Congratulations, Ed. I knew this was coming. And so did everyone else in journalism. You deserved to win the Pulitzer for explanatory reporting this year. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Gara / @tomgara: So well deserved, and just imagine the competition for an international reporting Pulitzer in *2020* https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Waqas is a student of mine at NYU and he has a point. Thread. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: One reason I like #PulitzerPrize day: it's a reminder to all Americans of what journalism & journalists are at their best, versus cable news punditry: investigative reporting, bearing witness, bringing facts & corruption to light, telling stories that enlighten, engage, & inspire
Casey Morell / @csymrl: there is something beautiful and tragic about this industry where a feature written for a now shuttered publication wins a pulitzer prize https://twitter.com/...
Non Fungible Tom Tomorrow / @tomtomorrow: to performatively give the prize to no one, rather than to one of the most brilliant people in this field, is a goddamn outrage.
Gordon Russell / @gordonrussell1: Shoutouts to all the Pulitzer winners today but especially to my old pals @bmccarthynews (of the Globe) and @1manueltorres (of Marshall Project) - both great journalists and all-around mensches. https://www.pulitzer.org/...
Gabriel Snyder / @gabrielsnyder: Congrats to all the winners of this year's Pulitzers! ... and there sure are a lot of them. The most prestigious award in journalism seems to have shifted from honoring individuals to institutions — and sometimes collaborations of multiple institutions https://www.pulitzer.org/...
Shirley Leung / @leung: So proud of my colleagues who just won the Pulitzer for investigative reporting. @EvanMAllen @lauracrimaldi @VernalColeman @bmccarthynews @mrochele https://www.pulitzer.org/...
Mike Elgan / @mikeelgan: And Trump's blog won the Noble Prize
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg / @theradr: MENSCH. This is how. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: The @newmarkjschool community is busting with pride and joy for one of our own: https://twitter.com/...
Annette Gordon-Reed / @agordonreed: Congratulations to all. Particular shout out to Bob Weil and Liveright for the History and Biography prizes. The 2021 Pulitzer Prize Announcement - The Pulitzer Prizes https://www.pulitzer.org/...
Kyle Clark / @kyleclark: Well-deserved Pulitzer for a journalist who helped us make sense of the pandemic in real time. And a class move here... https://twitter.com/...
Craig Pittman / @craigtimes: HUGE congrats to @kmcgrory & @_neilbedi of the @TB_Times for a richly deserved #Pulitzer for their investigation of a #Florida sheriff's secret “Minority Report” style pre-crime list of children his deputies hassled. https://www.poynter.org/...
Ed Yong / @edyong209: Years ago, my wife & best friend told me this would happen and I told them, stridently and at length, that it was completely and laughably beyond the realms of possibility. So: @lizneeley and @beck_smith are always right, and also I will *never* live this down.
Jess Zimmerman / @j_zimms: A mensch beyond the dreams of mensches https://twitter.com/...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: One will be hard pressed to find a classier, more humble journalist who's just won a Pulitzer than Yong. His extraordinary explanatory science journalism is worth the cost of subscribing to @TheAtlantic all on its own: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... Congratulations, all! https://twitter.com/...
Meryl Kornfield / @merylkornfield: it was a draw https://twitter.com/...
Peter Lattman / @peterlattman: The Atlantic has won its first Pulitzer! Congratulations to the entire staff for all of its brilliant work in 2020. And while @edyong209 gets the hardware, a special shout-out to his editors @slaskow and @andersen, and editor in chief @JeffreyGoldberg.
Amaris Castillo / @amariscastillo: Just spoke to newly minted Pulitzer Prize winner @MitchSJackson. “I am stunned,” he told me about his win. “It really feels surreal.” https://twitter.com/...
Michael Brenner / @contentcontext1: Congrats to the team at @ReutersGraphics @Reuters @sarahslo and @fcage who put together an amazing piece on qualified immunity! Well deserved!!! ❤️❤️ ❤️ https://twitter.com/...
Alondra Nelson / @alondra: Congratulations to the great and righteous @edyong209 on his richly deserved 2021 Pulitzer Prize! His writing taught us that the lesson of the pandemic is how much our lives are deeply interdependent. With this beautiful gesture, he continues to remind us of the same today. https://twitter.com/...
Noah Kulwin / @nkulw: Garrison robbed https://twitter.com/...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: Looking forward to next year's investigative reporting Pulitzer on this mystery https://twitter.com/...
Mutale Nkonde / @mutalenkonde: So inspiring Nonprofit newsrooms team up with local media outlets to produce real-world impact...and win a #Pulitzer. Congratulations to @MarshallProj @aldotcom @indystar and @invinst for their remarkable investigation into police violence using dogs https://www.themarshallproject.org/ mauled
Doctora Malka Older / @m_older: look at this absolute class act. https://twitter.com/...
Rachel Gutman / @rachgutman: Ed is the whole damn package. The greatest reporter, the greatest colleague, the greatest friend, the greatest human. https://twitter.com/...
Jon Christian / @jon_christian: When u ask someone to prom and they say “no” and then go alone https://twitter.com/...
Kristen Hare / @kristenhare: It was one of more than 75 newsrooms that shut down during the pandemic https://www.poynter.org/...
Andrew Joseph / @drewqjoseph: This is wonderful, and I'm so grateful. But to me the coolest part is being recognized along with the legend @HelenBranswell, as well as Sharon, whom we miss so much. It is such a privilege and joy that I've had the chance to work with them, and to learn from them https://twitter.com/...
Non Fungible Tom Tomorrow / @tomtomorrow: an overlooked fun fact from last year is that the cartoon jury's three choices were rejected by the board in order to award the prize to someone employed by a prominent member of the board
Ed Yong / @edyong209: !!!!!!!! https://twitter.com/...
Kenneth Li / @kenli729: The Times coverage of the Pulitzers ignores Reuters' wins and Reuters coverage overlooks the Times's wins. Media 2021!
Jon Schleuss / The NewsGuild - CWA: Congrats, Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists!
Apoorva Mandavilli / @apoorva_nyc: I wonder if people realize what a phenomenal job these folks did to be a finalist in the category of breaking news, in competition while competing with HUGE newsrooms. https://twitter.com/...
@kellyannscott: What an unbelievable day. Congrats to our @aldotcom journalists @ChallenStephens, @aremkus1, @JoeSonger22 and our partners at @indystar, @MarshallProj and @invinst for winning the #PulitzerPrize in national reporting. Y'all are the best. Period. https://www.pulitzer.org/...
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Pulitzer board gives a special citation to Darnella Frazier, who filmed George Floyd's murder — New York (CNN Business)The Pulitzer Prizes recognize some of the year's most important journalism. This year, someone who isn't a professional journalist, but whose actions had as much impact as any, is among those being honored.
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Ren LaForme / Poynter: Here are the winners of the 2021 Pulitzer Prizes
Errin Haines / The 19th: Darnella Frazier, the teen who filmed George Floyd's murder, wins honorary Pulitzer
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Darnella Frazier, Teen Who Filmed George Floyd Murder, Honored With Pulitzer Citation
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post: Darnella Frazier, the teen who filmed George Floyd's murder, awarded a Pulitzer citation
Jelani Cobb / @jelani9: I cannot explain how important it is that the Pulitzer Prize Committee awarded its Special Citation to Darnella Frazier for the video she took of George Floyd's death at the hands of the murderer Derek Chauvin. https://www.poynter.org/...
David K. Li / NBC News: Pulitzer citation awarded to Minneapolis teenager who recorded George Floyd's death
John Johnson / Newser: Here Are This Year's Pulitzer Winners
Tiffani Ashley Bell / @tiffani: Been seeing people dunk on the idea of Darnella Frazier getting an honorary Pulitzer for filming George Floyd's murder. I don't think of it in the “prize for filming death” sense. I see it as a recognition for bravery and courage she shouldn't have been forced to display. 👇🏽 https://twitter.com/...
Rep Frederica Wilson / @repwilson: Darnella Frazier, the courageous young woman who recorded the brutal murder of #GeorgeFloyd has been awarded a Pulitzer citation! I am so proud of her and grateful for her bravery. She deserves this accolade and many more! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Cory Booker / @corybooker: Darnella Frazier is part of a proud tradition of truth tellers who helped open our nation's eyes to injustices that inspired movements for change. Grateful for her courage and strength. Congrats, Darnella, on such an incredible and well-deserved honor. https://twitter.com/...
Lyra Hale / The Mary Sue: Darnella Frazier Awarded Pulitzer Prize and Twitter Is Showing Her All the Love
CJ Ciaramella / @cjciaramella: Journalism is an act, not a club. https://twitter.com/...
Stephanie Farr / @farfarraway: I still have goosebumps. This is incredible and so well-deserved. https://twitter.com/...
Frank LoMonte / @franklomonte: If the Mahanoy school district convinces the Supreme Court that school disciplinary authority extends to off-campus speech, shooting this historic video becomes a punishable disciplinary offense if anyone at the school is offended by it. https://twitter.com/...
Mark Berman / @markberman: the text of the Pulitzer citation for Darnella Frazier, who at the age of 17 filmed the George Floyd video https://twitter.com/...
Versha Sharma / @versharma: Glad to see Darnella Frazier's incredible courage recognized. A reminder that we ask too much of her and young Black people everywhere, and that she never should have been put in such a tragic position in the first place. https://www.teenvogue.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tatiana Prowell / @tmprowell: This #Pulitzer Special Citation is a powerful recognition of Darnella Frazier, the teen who recorded #GeorgeFloyd's murder. Her courage led to #derekchauvin's conviction. But what does it mean when the US needs a child to witness that for #justice to occur? #Pulitzer #BLM 😞 https://twitter.com/...
Anne Barnard / @abarnardnyt: WOW. Thank you Darnella Frazier & Pulitzer Board. Regular people documenting life: From Syria to Minnesota, they play a key role in recording history and holding power accountable. https://twitter.com/...
Stacy-Marie Ishmael / @s_m_i: This is a recognition, as it should be, that newsrooms owe credit and recognition and professional gratitude to the people who do the legwork—not just the “credentialed” professional corps—on which so much of our work relies. https://twitter.com/...
Quinn Cummings / @quinncy: I don't know how you overcome having seen what she saw but her presence of mind, her unimaginable grace under fire, deserves nothing less than this accolade. https://twitter.com/...
Elahe Izadi / @elaheizadi: Pulitzer citation for Darnella Frazier, the teen who filmed George Floyd's murder: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... She has written that “behind this smile, behind these awards, behind the publicity, I'm a girl trying to heal from something I am reminded of every day.” https://twitter.com/...
Lisa Respers France / @lisafrancecnn: In tears. God bless #DarnellaFrazier and give her peace in the midst of the trauma. https://www.cnn.com/...
James Doleman / @jamesdoleman: A great reminder that journalism isn't just something a special class of people do, the best of it is often done by the ordinary citizen who records what they see. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: A special citation of Darnella Frazier by @PulitzerPrizes for recording the murder of George Floyd is a reminder how we all can bear witness in the 21st century https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... First Amendment rights to record & publish extend to all Americans, not just credentialed press
Brendan Morrow / theweek.com: Teenager who filmed George Floyd's killing receives Pulitzer Prize special citation
Paula Chertok / @paulachertok: This gave me chills. And hope. Darnella Frazier's humanity compelled her to act, to bear witness & record for history the torture & murder of George Floyd. This recognition by @PulitzerPrizes validates her & the transformative nature & necessity of bearing witness to atrocities. https://twitter.com/...
@19thnews: “Even though this was a traumatic life-changing experience for me, I'm proud of myself,” Frazier wrote in an Instagram post on the one-year anniversary of Floyd's murder. “If it weren't for my video, the world wouldn't have known the truth.” https://19thnews.org/...
Sara Pequeño / @sara__pequeno: “The act reflected many of the core tenets of journalism: Afflicting the comfortable, shining a light on wrongdoing, bearing witness on behalf of the marginalized, speaking truth to power. It was not her job, but Frazier described it as her duty.” https://twitter.com/...
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: Pulitzer Prize awards special citation to teen who filmed George Floyd's murder
Steve Cohen / @repcohen: Were it not for Darnella Frazier—the teenager who recorded George Floyd's murder—Floyd may have died like many others without law enforcement ever being held accountable. Her video helped bring justice for Floyd and spurred a movement seeking justice and protection for many more. https://twitter.com/...
Sherrilyn Ifill / @sifill_ldf: #DarnellaFrazier. How wonderful, extraordinary, and painful. Well done, Pulitzer Committee. One day our children will get to be children. Until then, reward their courage & contribution to truth-telling. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
ChuckModi / @chuckmodi1: “The act reflected many of the core tenets of journalism: Afflicting the comfortable, shining a light on wrongdoing, bearing witness on behalf of the marginalized, speaking truth to power. It was not her job, but Darnella Frazier described it as her duty” Well-deserved X 1000 https://twitter.com/...
Seung Min Kim / @seungminkim: Pulitzer board says Darnella Frazier “courageously report[ed] the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred protests against police brutality around the world, highlighting the crucial role of citizens in journalists' quest for truth and justice.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Adrienne Lawrence / @adriennelaw: Much deserved. https://twitter.com/...
LaT / @latxcvi: A teenager. I cannot IMAGINE being that young and having that kind of presence of mind. She couldn't intervene and keep herself safe. But she could bear witness and she did. 💚 https://twitter.com/...
@mspackyetti: “The act reflected many of the core tenets of journalism: Afflicting the comfortable, shining a light on wrongdoing, bearing witness on behalf of the marginalized, speaking truth to power. It was not her job, but Frazier described it as her duty...” @emarvelous. THAT'S the bar. https://twitter.com/...
Paul Walsh / Star Tribune: Pulitzer Board awards special citation to Darnella Frazier, who shot viral video of George Floyd's death
Emily Ramshaw / @eramshaw: HUGE: Darnella Frazier, who courageously shot the video of George Floyd's murder that rocked the nation, has won an honorary Pulitzer Prize https://19thnews.org/...
@kerrymflynn: Pulitzer Prize winner Darnella Frazier “for courageously recording the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred protests against police brutality around the world, highlighting the crucial role of citizens in journalists' quest for truth and justice” https://www.cnn.com/...
Dan Nguyen / @dancow: More than well-deserved. There's no reason Frazier shouldn't be considered for the actual prizes though, right? In 1996, a Pulitzer was awarded to a bank employee who worked near the Oklahoma City bombing. Frazier's actions were no less impressive https://www.sun-sentinel.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Joy-Ann / @joyannreid: I could not possibly love this more: congratulations Darnella Frazier on your well deserved honorary Pulitzer - what you did to expose the murder of George Floyd was brave, brilliant, and indeed, in the finest traditions of journalism 👏🏿👏🏿 👏🏿👏🏿 👏🏿👏🏿 ❤️ https://19thnews.org/...
David Mack / BuzzFeed News:
BuzzFeed News wins its first Pulitzer Prize for its series exposing China's mass detention of Muslims in the Xinjiang region — BuzzFeed News won a Pulitzer Prize on Friday for a series of innovative articles that used satellite images, 3D architectural models, and daring in-person interviews …
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@davidmackau, @meghara, @rmac18, @benyt, @micahflee, @lauraharth, @mckaycoppins, @jessicalessin, @rosiegray, Poynter, @bethanyallenebr, @dlind, @shonaghosh, @elamin88, @rosiegray, @walldo, @laurenonline, @deardara, @alisonkilling, @yaqiu, @joemfbrown, @tomnamako, @hinduamericans, @katherinemiller, @meghara, @andreapitzer, @mat, @edclowes, @hayesbrown, @zacharybasu, @oliviasolon, @rmac18 and @yaelwrites
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David Mack / @davidmackau: BUZZFEED NEWS JUST WON ITS FIRST PULITZER AND THE NEWSROOM HAS GONE OFFFFF https://twitter.com/...
Megha Rajagopalan / @meghara: Understated Indian dad reaction https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Mac🙃 / @rmac18: i love the internet https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: One quick story about @meghara: After Chinese government refused to renew her visa, @MiriamElder & I met with gov't officials. They said we were welcome to send literally any other reporter — just not Megha. Who exposed Uighur camps from the outside in, & just won a Pulitzer.
Micah / @micahflee: This is amazing news and very well deserved! @alisonkilling @meghara and Christo Buschek just won the Pulitzer for exposing China's Xinjiang concentration camps where hundreds of thousands of Muslims are detained https://twitter.com/...
Laura Harth / @lauraharth: Amazing to see @BuzzFeed win a @PulitzerPrizes over its investigation into China's mass repression in #Xinjiang ! A prize not just for BuzzFeed's reporters but also an award to the continuing courageous work of those shining a light on #UyghurGenocide ! https://twitter.com/...
McKay Coppins / @mckaycoppins: I keep thinking about BuzzFeed circa 2012, when I joined @benyt, @RosieGray, @KFILE & @ZekeJMiller to start reporting on politics for a (wonderful) website that wasn't known for journalism. So many great reporters/editors have spent time there since then. I'm in awe of their work https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: Congrats to all the @PulitzerPrizes winners and especially @BuzzFeedNews on its first. The journalistic rise of such a great digital news outlet has always been inspiring to me and remains so. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Rosie Gray / @rosiegray: I am verklempt https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Jaden Edison / Poynter: BuzzFeed News might have won the Pulitzer celebration contest with an empty newsroom. Here's the best of this year's commemorations.
B. Allen-Ebrahimian / @bethanyallenebr: SO THRILLED that @meghara @alisonkilling just won the PULITZER PRIZE for their incredible investigative series on mass internment camps in Xinjiang. I love it so much when the right people get the recognition they deserve. Congratulations!! https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Dara Lind / @dlind: Just extraordinary. https://twitter.com/...
Shona Ghosh / @shonaghosh: Reupping my view that writing columns should have an age limit. https://twitter.com/...
Elamin Abdelmahmoud / @elamin88: WE GOT A REALLY BIG TEAM, WE NEED SOME REALLY BIG RINGS https://twitter.com/...
Brandon Wall / @walldo: 2012-2015 my dream was to work for BuzzFeed, 2015-2021 my dream was to see this happen 🥺 https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl / @deardara: Extremely true record of newsroom office-culture in the wake of the pandemic: https://twitter.com/...
@yaqiu: Chinese govt kicked out @meghara and then she won a Pulitzer for China reporting from outside. This is encouraging in the sense that I hope journalists and researchers don't feel that if they get expelled they can no longer do exceptional work. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Joe Brown / @joemfbrown: Throwin' it back to when we were all like, ‘wait, BEN from POLITICO is going to @BuzzFeed to start up a news operation?’ LMFAO. Congrats to @mat, your team, and everyone at @BuzzFeedNews. Save a beer for @benyt? https://twitter.com/...
Tom Namako / @tomnamako: BuzzFeed News won its first Pulitzer Prize for its innovative series exposing China's mass detention of Muslims. Congrats to @meghara @alisonkilling and Christo Buschek https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... First installment here: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Indian-Americans / @hinduamericans: Congrats! Well deserved prize that shows China's brutality. https://twitter.com/...
Katherine Miller / @katherinemiller: “In response, the (Chinese) gov't tried to silence Megha Rajagopalan, revoking her visa and ejecting her from the country...From London, Rajagopalan partnered with two contributors, Alison Killing, a licensed architect... and Christo Buschek, a programmer” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Megha Rajagopalan / @meghara: Am so grateful to our team, to @BuzzFeedNews, @alexcampbell & the organizations that supported us. Most of all I'm grateful to ex-detainees who told us what happened to them inside Xinjiang's camps. The public owes much to their courage. Still much more work to be done. https://twitter.com/...
Andrea Pitzer / @andreapitzer: Congratulations! I hope this will keep the world's attention on Chinese policies of detention, forced labor, and physical abuse against the Uyghur population in Xinjiang. https://twitter.com/...
Mat Honan / @mat: Massive congratulations to @meghara @alisonkilling & Christo Buchek! https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Ed Clowes / @edclowes: This account is now being repurposed as a permanent @meghara fan page sorry not sorry https://twitter.com/...
Hayes Brown / @hayesbrown: OH MY GOD CONGRATS!!! https://twitter.com/...
Zach Basu / @zacharybasu: Much deserved. BuzzFeed wins its first Pulitzer for a series that used “satellite images, 3D architectural models, and daring in-person interviews to expose China's vast infrastructure for detaining hundreds of thousands of Muslims in Xinjiang.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Jaden Edison / Poynter:
An inside look at the awards process of the Pulitzer Prizes: interviews with a former judge, a board member, a finalist, and a winner — A Pulitzer Prize judge, board member, finalist and winner pull the curtain back on the prestigious award process — When Cynthia Tucker was named …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety: Katori Hall Wins Pulitzer Prize for Drama, George Floyd Videographer Darnella Frazier Receives Special Citation
Alex Barker / Financial Times:
NewsCorp subsidiary News Group Newspapers reports loss of £201M for FY 2020, forcing it to write down The Sun by £84M, as pandemic hits circulation and ads — Pandemic hits circulation and advertising at tabloid newspaper that helped build media baron's empire
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@chassnews, Bloomberg, @thattimwalker, @themichaelmoran, @stefgotrebooted, @alanferrier, The Guardian, @bgrueskin, @janinegibson, @bondhack, Telegraph, @michaelsocolow and The Wrap
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Anne-Sylvaine Chassany / @chassnews: Rupert Murdoch has written down the value of The Sun newspapers to zero, acknowledging the UK tabloid brand that helped build his global media empire has become a worthless asset. https://www.ft.com/... via @financialtimes @alexebarker
Thomas Pfeiffer / Bloomberg: Murdoch's Sun, U.K.'s Biggest Paper for Decades, Now Worth Zero
Tim Walker / @thattimwalker: The Sun has always been worthless. And it's landed us with a worthless prime minister and worthless politicss. https://www.ft.com/...
Michael Moran / @themichaelmoran: This isn't even half dodgy. https://www.ft.com/...
@stefgotrebooted: When journos try to wash their hands of the influence the media has over public opinion, they never have an answer as to why a ruthless businessman like Rupert Murdoch would tolerate subsidising an asset like this on his books if it weren't for that influence. https://twitter.com/...
Alan Ferrier / @alanferrier: There's a wee factoid in the middle of this article that goes some way towards explaining the bin fire in which we all now find ourselves: “After 42 years as the UK's best-selling newspaper, The Sun lost its title to the Daily Mail last year.” https://www.ft.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: “Other one-off charges included £80m of legal costs relating to the phone hacking scandal, including £52m of fees and damages paid to civil claimants.” https://twitter.com/...
Janine Gibson / @janinegibson: Well now https://twitter.com/...
Robert Smith / @bondhack: The Sun isn't worth the paper its printed on, per the latest from @alexebarker https://www.ft.com/...
Michael Socolow / @michaelsocolow: Writing down the value of media assets is just classic accounting fiction. For example: NBC claimed it *lost* money on NBC News when the “Huntley-Brinkley Report” was earning the most advertising of any show on U.S. television ($27 million in 1966). https://content.time.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Rupert Murdoch's The Sun Now Worth Less Than a Copy of the UK Tabloid
Josh Kosman / New York Post:
Sources: Sinclair is raising $250M for a sports streaming service set to launch next year, aiming to charge $23/month in markets where it owns broadcast rights — Sinclair Broadcast Group is quietly raising money for a new service that would stream games by the St. Louis Cardinals …
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TV Grim Reaper / @tvgrimreaper: Interesting info on the potential economics of direct to consumer regional sports. Sinclair hopes to charge $23/mo to local subscribers for their RSNs. Comcast San Francisco (not a Sinclair market) charges $12/mo for local RSNs in my bundle. https://nypost.com/...
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: Sinclair Seeking $250M For Sports Streaming Service: Report
Jess Barnes / Cord Cutters News: Sinclair Aiming for $23/Month Streaming Plan for Bally Sports in 2022
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Bally Sports streaming service could cost $23 a month
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sources: Spotify is in talks with Alexandra Cooper for an exclusive licensing deal for her podcast, Call Her Daddy, produced by Barstool Sports, for around $20M — Spotify is on the hunt for another big-name podcaster: The company is in advanced talks with Alexandra Cooper to bring raunchy talk show …
Washington Post:
New reporting on the possible origins of the coronavirus has led to news outlets amending headlines and stories from last year with softer language — Early last year, New York Times science writer Donald G. McNeil Jr. reported on a controversial theory about the coronavirus that had begun …
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First Draft, New York Post, @matthewkeyslive, @joshtpm, Fox News, National Review, @billhanage, @ryanchittum, @alexanderrusso, Media Nation and The Federalist
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Esther Chan / First Draft: The unproven lab leak theory, Wuhan lab and virus origin: Reporting best practices
Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post: China official insists COVID lab-leak theory ‘absurd’ in Blinken call
Matthew Keys / @matthewkeyslive: News outlets are changing headlines on year-old stories regarding the purported origins of COVID-19 in order to “soften” their tone https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Josh Marshall / @joshtpm: press orgs keep getting this wrong. downplays how initial claims were transparently political and based on close to zero evidence. also ignores that we still don't know how the virus originated. liars r better able to work journos that scientists https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brian Flood / Fox News: Critics slam Pulitzer Prize after NY Times honored for coronavirus coverage: ‘Award has lost all meaning’
Bill Hanage / @billhanage: “....There are secrets, and there are mysteries. Secrets can be learned, but mysteries may never be solved”. Great line, and worth remembering the distinction https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Ryan Chittum / @ryanchittum: a rare instance of the news org's tweet being better than the story, which downplays the press's abysmal performance https://twitter.com/...
Alexander / @alexanderrusso: If mainstream news can re-examine the media's 2020 lab leak coverage, does that mean we can re-examine the media's 2020 school shutdown coverage? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
In the last 90 days, Newsmax has spent around $1.5M on Facebook ads, even as on-air hosts label the platform “liberal” and condemn “censorship” by Big Tech — New York (CNN Business)If you were to judge Newsmax's views about Facebook (FB) by what its hosts say on-air …
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Dawn Gilbertson / USA Today:
American Airlines to retire its in-flight magazine with the June issue, as travelers entertainment tastes move to electronic devices — In the first issue of American Airlines' in-flight magazine, flight attendants were called stewardesses and business travelers were pitched family fares offering half-price tickets for “your wife.”
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@ndhapple, @harrymccracken, One Mile at a Time, @dawngilbertson, @harrymccracken and @wanderlust13
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Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken: In 1991, during a magazine-industry slump, American Airlines' American Way was a profitable, high-quality editorial product. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dawn Gilbertson / @dawngilbertson: The move leaves @united as the only airline among the big 4 U.S. airlines to still stuff a magazine into the seatback pockets. https://www.usatoday.com/...
The Guardian:
Dominic Cummings, former top adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, launches a Substack newsletter, promising some info for free, and more for £10/mo — PM's former top aide to offer some Substack posts for free and charge for access to extra features such as Q&A sessions
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Henry Dyer / Insider: Boris Johnson's former chief aide Dominic Cummings' promise to reveal all on his new Substack could break government rules and open him up to legal action
Lloyd Cole / @lloyd_cole: I sell basement concerts, song histories, memorabilia. He sells what seems to me to be state secrets. How wrong is this? https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Scott Frey / Sub Pub: Will You Subscribe to Dominic Cummings' Substack?
Elizabeth Shilpa / WAN-IFRA:
NPR, which hosts seven of the top 20 podcasts in the US, says its podcasts now reach 21M+ people every month, with the most popular shows getting 5M+ listeners — From 2015 to 2019 US-based National Public Radio (NPR) saw its podcasting revenue grow ten-fold.
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Patrick Cooper / @btrpkc: Proud of all my National Public Media and Digital Media colleagues at @NPR - especially my NPM partner @eosher and DM product partner @staceygoers - who have lifted our podcast business with hard work, innovation and great care for audience and journalism. https://wan-ifra.org/...