NEW YORK: The New York Times won two prestigious Pulitzer prizes yesterday for coverage of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, described by the Pulitzer board as courageous and vivid journalism that engaged the public and held authorities accountable.
The Pulitzer for Public Service, announced at Columbia University, went to Charleston, South Carolina’s Post and Courier for its series on domestic violence.
The Pulitzers honour extraordinary work in US journalism, literature, drama and other areas and bring recognition to newspapers and websites.
For its Ebola coverage, The New York Times staff won the prize for international reporting and freelancer Daniel Berehulak won for feature photography. Reuters
