This year’s honorees contributed to landmark investigations on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the global spread of fentanyl driven by regulatory failures, Elon Musk’s political pivot and more.
Columbia Journalism School honorees include:
- Jonathan Baran, ‘11 M.S., Beth Reinhard, ‘91 M.S., Emmanuel Felton, ‘13 M.S., as part of the staff of The Washington Post.
- Fumika Inoue, ‘11 M.S., Aleksandra Michalska, ‘08 M.S., as part of the staff of Reuters.
- Adjunct Professor Nick Thieme as part of The Baltimore Banner.
- Thomas Grove, ‘05 M.S., Khadeeja Safdar, ‘13 M.A. Business, and Aruna Viswanatha, ‘06 M.S., as part of the staff of The Wall Street Journal.
“I was a statistician before I was a journalist, and I'm proud to see the field of journalism recognize the utility of inferential statistical methods for producing journalism,” said Thieme. “This award is even more meaningful knowing that our ongoing recognition pressures [Baltimore] City to answer public questions about its crisis.”
In addition, the staff of Associated Press was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting for work supported by the Lipman Center’s Initiative in Reporting on Race and Criminal Justice.
Across categories, this “courageous reporting and impactful storytelling from unbowed newsrooms” continues the Journalism School’s ongoing commitment to press freedom and the public’s right to know. That commitment extends to additional prizes administered by the School, including the J. Anthony Lukas Prizes for nonfiction. This year, both the winner and finalist of the Mark Lynton History Prize also earned Pulitzer Prizes: Kathleen DuVal for "Native Nations: A Millennium in North America" and Edda L. Fields-Black for "COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War."
The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded in 1917 by Columbia Journalism School. Columbia University now confers the honor on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board.
For more information on this year’s Prize winners and finalists in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music, please visit the Prize Winner section of Pulitzer.org to find biographical information and read winning & nominated work in Journalism.
Last updated on Tuesday, May 6, 2025.
