Ann Telneas, who quit The Washington Post earlier this year after the publication rejected a cartoon depicting tech and media executives trying to curry favor with Donald Trump, was among the recipients of a Pulitzer Prize today.
Telneas was recognized for “delivering piercing commentary on powerful people and institutions with deftness, creativity – and a fearlessness that led to her departure from the news organization after 17 years.”
The Post also won a Pulitzer for breaking news reporting, for its coverage of the assassination attempt on the life of Trump last year.
At the time she left the Post, Telnaes wrote, “The cartoon that was killed criticizes the billionaire tech and media chief executives who have been doing their best to curry favor with incoming President-elect Trump.”
The New York Times won four Pulitzers, including in breaking news photography for Doug Mills for his photos of the assassination attempt. One image captured the bullet whizzing through the air. The New Yorker won three prizes, including for commentary for Mosab Abu Toha for essays on the canage in Gaza.
In the drama category, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins was recognized for Purpose. The judges wrote that the play, “about the complex dynamics and legacy of an upper middle class African-American family whose patriarch was a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement,” was “a skillful blend of drama and comedy that probes how different generations define heritage.”
Read the list of Pulitzer winners.
Meanwhile, a special citation was awarded to Chuck Stone for his work covering the civil rights movement and as the first Black columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News. Stone, who died in 2014, was co-founder of the National Association of Black Journalists.
