While American politics made headlines in 2024, the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes show that journalism with a global lens is as vital as ever.
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The New York Times led the way in international recognition, winning for its in-depth look at Sudan’s conflict, foreign interference, and the illicit gold trade fueling the violence. Their separate team also won the Explanatory Reporting prize for unpacking America’s missteps in Afghanistan.
Staff of Reuters received the Investigative Reporting award for its probe into the global fentanyl trade, revealing how weak regulation—both overseas and in the U.S.—has accelerated the drug’s deadly spread.
Reuters won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting for the seven-part series, "Fentanyl Express," exploring the international trade in the chemicals used to make fentanyl, and the ease at which the ingredients can be obtained.https://t.co/Ow06JggKld pic.twitter.com/eB2VQp6CFu
— Reuters News Agency (@ReutersAgency) May 6, 2025
On the visual front, Moises Saman was recognized for his haunting black-and-white photographs of Syria’s Sednaya prison, exposing the brutality of Assad’s torture regime.
Other standout winners include The New Yorker’s audio documentary on the Haditha massacre and Mosab Abu Toha’s evocative accounts from Gaza.
The New Yorker won three Pulitzer Prizes—the most ever awarded to a magazine in a single year—for its journalism on the effects of war throughout the Middle East.https://t.co/6L4Xg6a1Gt
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) May 5, 2025
