Correct option is D
Recently, The 2024 Pulitzer Prizes, honoring the best in American journalism, literature, drama, and music, were announced on May 6 by Columbia University.
These prestigious awards recognize American achievements and were presented this year amidst campus protests concerning the Gaza War.
• Against a backdrop of heightened tensions, the 108th Pulitzer Prizes highlighted American achievements. The Pulitzer Board acknowledged the bravery of student journalists covering these protests.
Last year, twenty-three prizes were awarded, with most recipients receiving a cash prize of $15,000 and the news organization winning the Public Service Prize receiving a gold medal.
• This year twenty-four prizes were given.
• Here’s the complete list of winners:
● For Fiction: “Night Watch”, by Jayne Anne Phillips
● For Drama: “Primary Trust,” by Eboni Booth
● For History: “No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era,” by Jacqueline Jones
● For Biography: “King: A Life” by Jonathan Eig, and “Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey From Slavery to Freedom,” by Ilyon Woo
● For Memoir Or Autobiography: “Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice,” by Cristina Rivera Garza
● For Poetry: “Tripas: Poems,” by Brandon Som
● For General Non-Fiction: “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy,” by Nathan Thrall
● For Music: “Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith),” by Tyshawn Sorey
● For Special Citations: Greg Tate
● For Public Service; ProPublica
● For Breaking News: Staff of Lookout Santa Cruz
● For Investigative Reporting: Hannah Dreier of The New York Times
● For Explanatory Reporting: Sarah Stillman of The New Yorker
● For Local Reporting: Sarah Conway of City Bureau and Trina Reynolds-Tyler of the Invisible Institute
● For National Reporting: Staff of Reuters and Staff of The Washington Post
● For International Reporting: Staff of The New York Times
● For Feature Writing: Katie Engelhart, contributing writer, The New York Times
● For Commentary: Vladimir Kara-Murza, contributor, The Washington Post
● For Criticism: Justin Chang of The Los Angeles Times
● For Editorial Writing: David E. Hoffman of The Washington Post
● For Illustrated Reporting and Commentary: Medardela Cruz, contributor, The New Yorker
● For Breaking News Photography: Photography staff of Reuters
● For Feature Photography: Photography Staff of The Associated Press
● For Audio Reporting: Staffs of the Invisible Institute and USG Audio