2018 Pulitzer Prize 2018 Pulitzer Prize The 2018 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded by the Pulitzer Prize Board for work during the 2017 calendar year. Prize winners and nominated finalists were announced by Dana Canedy at 3:00 p.m. EST on April 16, 2018. "The New York Times" won the most awards of any newspaper, with three, bringing its total to one hundred and twenty-five Pulitzer Prizes. "The Washington Post" won Investigative Reporting and National Reporting, the latter of which was shared with the "New York Times". "The New York Times" and "The New Yorker" won the prize in public service, bringing their totals to
Pulitzer Prize 1950. Some critics of the Pulitzer Prize have accused the organization of favoring those who support liberal causes or oppose conservative causes. Syndicated columnist L. Brent Bozell said that the Pulitzer Prize has a "liberal legacy", particularly in its prize for commentary. He pointed to a 31-year period in which only five conservatives won prizes for commentary. The claim is also supported by a statement from the 2010 Pulitzer Prize winner for commentary, Kathleen Parker: "It's only because I'm a conservative basher that I'm now recognized." A 2012 academic study by journalism professor Yong Volz and Chinese University journalism professor