Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

This Pulitzer Prize has been awarded since 1942 for a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs, including United Nations correspondence. In its first six years (1942–1947), it was called the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting – International.

List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting – International

Year	Name(s)	Publication	Rationale
1942	Laurence Edmund Allen	Associated Press	"for his reporting on the British Mediterranean Fleet, written as an accredited correspondent attached to the fleet."
1943	Ira Wolfert	North American Newspaper Alliance	"for a series of three articles on the fifth battle of the Solomon Islands."
1944	Daniel De Luce	Associated Press	"for his distinguished reporting during the year 1943."
1945	Mark S. Watson	The Baltimore Sun	"for distinguished reporting during the year 1944 from Washington, London and the fronts in Sicily, Italy and France."
1946	Homer Bigart	New York Herald Tribune	"for his distinguished reporting during the year 1945 from the Pacific war theatre."
1947	Eddy Gilmore	Associated Press	"for his correspondence from Moscow in 1946."

List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

Year	Name(s)	Publication	Rationale
1948	Paul W. Ward	The Baltimore Sun	"for his series of articles published in 1947 on 'Life in the Soviet Union.'"
1949	Price Day	The Baltimore Sun	"for his series of 12 articles entitled, 'Experiment in Freedom: India and Its First Year of Independence.'"
1950	Edmund Stevens	The Christian Science Monitor	"for his series of 43 articles written over a three-year residence in Moscow entitled, 'This Is Russia Uncensored.'"
1951	Keyes Beech	Chicago Daily News	"for their reporting of the Korean War."
	Fred Sparks
	Homer Bigart	New York Herald Tribune
	Marguerite Higgins
	Relman Morin	Associated Press
	Don Whitehead
1952	John M. Hightower	Associated Press	"for the sustained quality of his coverage of news of international affairs during the year."
1953	Austin Wehrwein	Milwaukee Journal Sentinel	"for a series of articles on Canada."
1954	Jim G. Lucas	Scripps-Howard Newspapers	"for his notable front-line human interest reporting of the Korean War, the cease-fire and the prisoner-of-war exchanges, climaxing 26 months of distinguished service as a war correspondent."
1955	Harrison Salisbury	The New York Times	"for his distinguished series of articles, 'Russia Re-Viewed,' based on his six years as a Times correspondent in Russia. The perceptive and well-written Salisbury articles made a valuable contribution to American understanding of what is going on inside Russia. This was principally due to the writer's wide range of subject matter and depth of background plus a number of illuminating photographs which he took."
1956	Frank Conniff	International News Service	"for a series of exclusive interviews with the leaders of the Soviet Union."
	William Randolph Hearst Jr.
	J. Kingsbury-Smith
1957	Russell Jones	United Press	"for his excellent and sustained coverage of the Hungarian revolt against Communist domination, during which he worked at great personal risk within Russian-held Budapest and gave front-line eyewitness reports of the ruthless Soviet repression of the Hungarian people."
1958	Staff	The New York Times	"for its distinguished coverage of foreign news, which was characterized by admirable initiative, continuity and high quality during the year."
1959	Joseph Martin	New York Daily News	"for their exclusive series of articles disclosing the brutality of the Batista government in Cuba long before its downfall and forecasting the triumph of the Cuban revolution party led by Fidel Castro."
	Philip Santora
1960	A. M. Rosenthal	The New York Times	"for his perceptive and authoritative reporting from Poland. Mr. Rosenthal's subsequent expulsion from the country was attributed by Polish government spokesmen to the depth his reporting into Polish affairs, there being no accusation of false reporting."
1961	Lynn Heinzerling	Associated Press	"for his reporting under extraordinarily difficult conditions of the early stages of the Congo Crisis and his keen analysis of events in other parts of Africa."
1962	Walter Lippmann	New York Herald Tribune Syndicate	"for his 1961 interview with Soviet Premier Khrushchev, as illustrative of Lippmann's long and distinguished contribution to American journalism."
1963	Hal Hendrix	The Miami News	"for his persistent reporting which revealed, at an early stage, that the Soviet Union was installing missile launching pads in Cuba and sending in large numbers of MIG-21 aircraft."
1964	Malcolm Browne	Associated Press	"for their individual reporting of the Vietnam War and the overthrow of the Diem regime."
	David Halberstam	The New York Times
1965	Joseph Livingston	Philadelphia Bulletin	"for his reports on the growth of economic independence among Russia's Eastern European satellites and his analysis of their desire for a resumption of trade with the West."
1966	Peter Arnett	Associated Press	"for his coverage of the war in Vietnam."
1967	John Hughes	The Christian Science Monitor	"for his thorough reporting of the attempted Communist coup in Indonesia in 1965 and the purge that followed in 1965-66."
1968	Alfred Friendly	The Washington Post	"for his coverage of the Middle East War of 1967."
1969	William Tuohy	Los Angeles Times	"for his Vietnam War correspondence in 1968."
1970	Seymour Hersh	Dispatch News Service	"for his exclusive disclosure of the Vietnam War tragedy at the hamlet of My Lai."
1971	Jimmie Lee Hoagland	The Washington Post	"for his coverage of the struggle against apartheid in the Republic of South Africa."
1972	Peter R. Kann	The Wall Street Journal	"for his coverage of the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971."
1973	Max Frankel	The New York Times	"for his coverage of President Nixon's visit to China in 1972."
1974	Hedrick Smith	The New York Times	"for his coverage of the Soviet Union and its allies in Eastern Europe in 1973."
1975	Ovie Carter (photographer)	Chicago Tribune	"for their coverage of famine in Africa and India."
	William Mullen (reporter)
1976	Sydney Schanberg	The New York Times	"for his coverage of the Communist takeover in Cambodia, carried out at great risk when he elected to stay at his post after the fall of Phnom Penh."
1977	None
1978	Henry Kamm	The New York Times	"for his stories on the refugees, 'Vietnamese boat people,' from Indochina."
1979	Richard Ben Cramer	The Philadelphia Inquirer	"for reports from the Middle East."
1980	Joel Brinkley (reporter)	Louisville Courier-Journal	"for stories from Cambodia."
	Jay Mather (photographer)
	Peter Arnett	Associated Press	"for reporting on the world's homeless."
	Fox Butterfield	The New York Times	"for dispatches from China."
	Staff	Los Angeles Times	"for coverage of Iran."
1981	Shirley Christian	Miami Herald	"for her dispatches from Central America."
	Richard Ben Cramer	The Philadelphia Inquirer	"for his coverage of the Afghanistan rebellion."
	Randall Richard	The Providence Journal-Bulletin	"for his coverage of illegal drug activity in Colombia."
1982	John Darnton	The New York Times	"for his reporting from Poland."
	Dan Fisher	Los Angeles Times	"for his reporting from Poland."
	Ray Moseley	Chicago Tribune	"for his series on the problems of black Africa."
	Bob Wyrick	Newsday	"for his series on the distribution abroad of American-made products in ways that would be held illegal or improper in the U.S. itself."
1983	Thomas L. Friedman	The New York Times	"for their individual reporting of the Israeli invasion of Beirut and its tragic aftermath."
	Loren Jenkins	The Washington Post
	Rod Nordland	The Philadelphia Inquirer	"for his coverage of the impact of war and famine on Cambodia, Vietnam and East Timor."
1984	Karen Elliott House	The Wall Street Journal	"for her extraordinary series of interviews with Jordan's King Hussein which correctly anticipated the problems that would confront the Reagan administration's Middle East peace plan."
	David K. Shipler	The New York Times	"for his reporting from Israel which analyzed the mind of the nation."
	Morris Thompson	Newsday	"for his thorough, first-hand coverage of the island of Grenada before, during and after the U.S. invasion."
1985	Dennis Bell (reporter)	Newsday	"for their series on the plight of the hungry in Africa."
	Joshua Friedman (reporter)
	Ozier Muhammad (photographer)
	David Zucchino	The Philadelphia Inquirer	"for his thorough and elegantly written dispatches from Lebanon."
	Staff	The New York Times	"for its comprehensive coverage of Indira Gandhi's assassination and its impact on India's future."
1986	Pete Carey	San Jose Mercury News	"for their June 1985 series that documented massive transfers of wealth abroad by President Marcos and his associates and had a direct impact on subsequent political developments in the Philippines and the United States."
	Katherine Ellison
	Lewis Simons
	Jacqui Banaszynski	St. Paul Pioneer Press	"for her personalized account of African famine victims in Sudan, 'The Trail of Tears.'"
	Robert J. Rosenthal	The Philadelphia Inquirer	"for his sustained and comprehensive reportage from South Africa."
1987	Michael Parks	Los Angeles Times	"for his balanced and comprehensive coverage of South Africa."
	Phil Bronstein	San Francisco Examiner	"for his vivid and detailed coverage of the fall of the Marcos regime in the Philippines."
	Mark Patinkin	The Providence Journal-Bulletin	"for his skillful coverage of religious strife in Northern Ireland, India and Lebanon."
1988	Thomas L. Friedman	The New York Times	"for balanced and informed coverage of Israel."
	Larry Olmstead	Detroit Free Press	"for comprehensive reports from South Africa about the African National Congress."
	Randall Richard	The Providence Journal-Bulletin	"for his series 'The Baby Trade,' describing Americans eager to adopt Latin-American children and the parents who choose to give them up."
1989	Glenn Frankel	The New York Times	"for resourceful and detailed coverage of events in the U.S.S.R."
	Bill Keller	The Washington Post	"for sensitive and balanced reporting from Israel and the Middle East."
	David Zucchino	The Philadelphia Inquirer	"for his richly compelling series, 'Being Black in South Africa.'"
1990	Nicholas Kristof	The New York Times	"for knowledgeable reporting from China on the mass movement for democracy and its subsequent suppression."
	Sheryl WuDunn
	David Remnick	The Washington Post	"for coverage of the dramatic changes in the Soviet Union and the communist bloc in the Gorbachev era."
	Serge Schmemann	The New York Times	"for penetrating reports on the momentous political changes in East Germany, West Germany and Eastern Europe."
1991	Caryle Murphy	The Washington Post	"for her dispatches from occupied Kuwait, some of which she filed while in hiding from Iraqi authorities."
	Serge Schmemann	The New York Times	"for his coverage of the reunification of Germany."
	Staff	The Wall Street Journal	"for articles on the volatile Persian Gulf region, culminating in coverage of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and its aftermath."
1992	Patrick J. Sloyan	Newsday	"for his reporting on the Persian Gulf War, conducted after the war was over, which revealed new details of American battlefield tactics and friendly fire incidents."
	Dudley Althaus	Houston Chronicle	"for his articles on the causes of the cholera epidemic in Peru and Mexico."
	Staff	Los Angeles Times	"for its vivid and comprehensive coverage of the Soviet Union's collapse."
1993	John Burns	The New York Times	"for his courageous and thorough coverage of the destruction of Sarajevo and the barbarous killings in the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina."
	Roy Gutman	Newsday	"for his courageous and persistent reporting that disclosed atrocities and other human rights violations in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina."
	John-Thor Dahlburg	Los Angeles Times	"for his probing accounts of widespread nuclear pollution in the former Soviet Union."
	Jane Perlez	The New York Times	"for her revealing reporting on the famine and suffering in Somalia."
1994	Staff	The Dallas Morning News	"for its series examining the epidemic of violence against women in many nations."
	Keith Richburg	The Washington Post	"for his dispatches from Somalia."
	Carol J. Williams	Los Angeles Times	"for her reporting from the former Yugoslavia."
1995	Mark Fritz	Associated Press	"for his reporting on the ethnic violence and slaughter in Rwanda."
	Barbara Demick	The Philadelphia Inquirer	"for her reporting from Sarajevo, in which she describes the effects of war on a neighborhood."
	Lewis M. Simons	San Jose Mercury News	"for their series of stories on the growing economic and political influence of overseas Chinese on Asia."
	Michael Zielenziger
1996	David Rohde	The Christian Science Monitor	"for his persistent on-site reporting of the massacre of thousands of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica."
	Laurie Garrett	Newsday	"for her courageous reporting from Zaire on the Ebola virus outbreak there."
	Staff	The Wall Street Journal	"for its coverage of the collapse of the Mexican peso and the resulting effect on world finance."
1997	John Burns	The New York Times	"for his courageous and insightful coverage of the harrowing regime imposed on Afghanistan by the Taliban."
	Tony Freemantle	Houston Chronicle	"for his reporting from Rwanda, South Africa, El Salvador and Guatemala on why crimes against humanity go unstopped and unpunished."
	Staff	Chicago Tribune	"for its global examination of overpopulation illustrated by struggling families who continue to bear children they cannot afford."
1998	Staff	The New York Times	"for its revealing series that profiled the corrosive effects of drug corruption in Mexico."
	Nicholas Kristof	The New York Times	"for his compelling comprehensive and compassionate reporting from Africa and Asia."
	John Pomfret	The Washington Post	"for his series, written under difficult conditions, on Laurent Kabila's brutal rise to power in Zaire."
1999	Staff	The Wall Street Journal	"for its in-depth, analytical coverage of the 1998 Russian financial crisis."
	David Hoffman	The Washington Post	"for his gripping stories on the dangerous legacy of chemical and nuclear weapons in post-communist Russia."
	Staff	The New York Times	"for its comprehensive coverage of the bombings of American embassies in Africa, which revealed crucial lapses in intelligence and security."
2000	Mark Schoofs	The Village Voice	"for his provocative and enlightening series on the AIDS crisis in Africa."
	Staff	Associated Press	"for its skillful and courageous coverage of the Russian attack on Chechnya."
	Staff	The Washington Post	"for its compelling, in-depth coverage of the war in Kosovo."
2001	Ian Johnson	The Wall Street Journal	"for his revealing stories about victims of the Chinese government's often brutal suppression of the Falun Gong movement and the implications of that campaign for the future."
	Paul Salopek	Chicago Tribune	"for his reporting on the political strife and disease epidemics ravaging Africa, witnessed firsthand as he traveled, sometimes by canoe, through rebel-controlled regions of the Congo."
	Maura Reynolds	Los Angeles Times	"for her reporting, at considerable personal risk, of the volatile aftermath of the war in Chechnya and the uncertain future engagement of Russia with that republic."
2002	Barry Bearak	The New York Times	"for his deeply affecting and illuminating coverage of daily life in war-torn Afghanistan."
	Dexter Filkins	The New York Times	"for his gracefully-written and revealing dispatches from the war in Afghanistan."
	Staff	The Washington Post	"for its comprehensive and insightful coverage of the war in Afghanistan and the international al Qaeda terror network."
2003	Mary Jordan	The Washington Post	"for their exposure of horrific conditions in Mexico's criminal justice system and how they affect the daily lives of people."
	Kevin Sullivan
	Alix M. Freedman	The Wall Street Journal	"for their remarkable reports revealing little-known ways that Saddam Hussein profited from the United Nations sanctions meant to punish him."
	Steve Stecklow
	R. C. Longworth	Chicago Tribune	"for 'A Fraying Alliance,' his perceptive series on emerging tensions between the United States and Europe."
2004	Anthony Shadid	The Washington Post	"for his extraordinary ability to capture, at personal peril, the voices and emotions of Iraqis as their country was invaded, their leader toppled and their way of life upended."
	Scott Kilman	The Wall Street Journal	"for their haunting stories that shed new light on starvation in Africa and prompted international agencies to rethink their policies."
	Roger Thurow
	David Zucchino	Los Angeles Times	"for his resourceful, sweeping and valorous reports that gave readers a rare, close-up view of combat as American soldiers invaded Iraq."
2005	Kim Murphy	Los Angeles Times	"for her eloquent, wide ranging coverage of Russia's struggle to cope with terrorism, improve the economy and make democracy work."
	Dele Olojede	Newsday	"for his fresh, haunting look at Rwanda a decade after rape and genocidal slaughter had ravaged the Tutsi tribe."
	Borzou Daragahi	The Star-Ledger	"for his vivid, deeply reported stories on the impact of the Iraq war on citizens and soldiers alike."
2006	Joseph Kahn	The New York Times	"for their ambitious stories on ragged justice in China as the booming nation's legal system evolves."
	Jim Yardley
	Steve Fainaru	The Washington Post	"for his powerful accounts of the deadly violence faced by ordinary American soldiers in Iraq as an insurgency intensified."
	Sebastian Rotella	Los Angeles Times	"for his well crafted reports on restive Muslims in Europe that foretold riots in France."
2007	Staff	The Wall Street Journal	"for reports on the adverse impact of Chinese capitalism."
	Anthony Shadid	The Washington Post	"for his vivid and insightful coverage of conflict in Lebanon that wove together frontline dispatches, personal history and analysis."
	Staff	Los Angeles Times	"for its courageous chronicling of Iraq's descent into what the newspaper labeled 'civil war.'"
2008	Steve Fainaru	The Washington Post	"for his heavily reported series on private security contractors in Iraq that operate outside most of the laws governing American forces."
	Staff	The New York Times	"for its valorous and comprehensive coverage of America's military efforts to reduce sectarian violence in Iraq.'"
	Staff	The Wall Street Journal	"for its in-depth reports on the dismantling of democracy in Russia under the leadership of Vladimir Putin."
2009	Staff	The New York Times	"for its masterful, groundbreaking coverage of America’s deepening military and political challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan, reporting frequently done under perilous conditions."
	Rukmini Callimachi	Associated Press	"for her in-depth investigation of the exploitation of impoverished children in West and Central Africa who are often traded like animals by adults who prize their labor."
	Staff	The Washington Post	"for its sensitive and moving examination of how females in the developing world are often oppressed from birth to death, a reporting project marked by indelible portraits of women and girls and enhanced by multimedia presentations."
2010	Anthony Shadid	The Washington Post	"for his rich, beautifully written series on Iraq as the United States departs and its people and leaders struggle to deal with the legacy of war and to shape the nation’s future."
2011	Ellen Barry	The New York Times	"for their dogged reporting that put a human face on the faltering justice system in Russia, remarkably influencing the discussion inside the country."
	Clifford J. Levy
2012	Jeffrey Gettleman	The New York Times	"for his vivid reports, often at personal peril, on famine and conflict in East Africa, a neglected but increasingly strategic part of the world."
2013	Jason Szep	The New York Times	"for his striking exposure of corruption at high levels of the Chinese government."
2014	David Barboza	Reuters	"for their courageous reports on the violent persecution of the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in Myanmar that, in efforts to flee the country, often falls victim to predatory human-trafficking networks."
	Andrew Marshall
2015	Staff	The New York Times	"for courageous front-line reporting and vivid human stories on Ebola in Africa, engaging the public with the scope and details of the outbreak while holding authorities accountable."
2016	Alissa J. Rubin	The New York Times	"for thoroughly reported and movingly written accounts giving voice to Afghan women who were forced to endure unspeakable cruelties."
2017	Staff	The New York Times	"for agenda-setting reporting on Vladimir Putin’s efforts to project Russia’s power abroad, revealing techniques that included assassination, online harassment and the planting of incriminating evidence on opponents."
2018	Clare Baldwin	Reuters	"for relentless reporting that exposed the brutal killing campaign behind Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs."
	Andrew Marshall
	Manuel Mogato
2019	Maad al-Zikry	Associated Press	"for a revelatory yearlong series detailing the atrocities of the war in Yemen, including theft of food aid, deployment of child soldiers and torture of prisoners."
	Nariman El-Mofty
	Maggie Michael
	Wa Lone	Reuters	"for expertly exposing the military units and Buddhist villagers responsible for the systematic expulsion and murder of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, courageous coverage that landed its reporters in prison."
	Kyaw Soe Oo
	Staff
2020	Staff	The New York Times	"for a set of enthralling stories, reported at great risk, exposing the predations of Vladimir Putin’s regime."
2021	Christo Buschek	BuzzFeed News	"for a series of clear and compelling stories that used satellite imagery and architectural expertise, as well as interviews with two dozen former prisoners, to identify a vast new infrastructure built by the Chinese government for the mass detention of Muslims."
	Alison Killing
	Megha Rajagopalan
2020	Azmat Khan	The New York Times	"for courageous and relentless reporting that exposed the vast civilian toll of U.S.-led airstrikes, challenging official accounts of American military engagements in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan."
	Staff
2023	Staff	The New York Times	"for their unflinching coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including an eight-month investigation into Ukrainian deaths in the town of Bucha and the Russian unit responsible for the killings."
2024	Staff	The New York Times	"for its wide-ranging and revelatory coverage of Hamas’ lethal attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7, Israel’s intelligence failures and the Israeli military’s sweeping, deadly response in Gaza."

External links

• Telegraphic Reporting (International) – Winners and Finalists - Past Prize Categories
• International Reporting – Winners and Finalists