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 for Explanatory Reporting Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting The Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting has been presented since 1998, for a distinguished example of explanatory reporting that illuminates a significant and complex subject, demonstrating mastery of the subject, lucid writing and clear presentation. From 1985 to 1997, it was known as the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism. The Pulitzer Prize Board announced the new category in November 1984, citing a series of explanatory articles that seven months earlier had won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. The series, "Making It Fly" by Peter Rinearson of "The Seattle Times", was a 29,000-word account of