Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting

The Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting is one of the Pulitzer Prizes for American journalism. It recognizes distinguished reporting on a radio program or podcast.

History

The award was announced in December 2019, and given for the first time in 2020.^[1]

List of winners

2020s

2020: Staff of This American Life with Molly O'Toole of the Los Angeles Times and Emily Green, freelancer, Vice News, for 'The Out Crowd,' revelatory, intimate journalism that illuminates the personal impact of the Trump Administration's 'Remain in Mexico' policy."^[2]^[3]
2021: Lisa Hagen and Chris Haxel, of NPR, for No Compromise, "an investigative series on 'no compromise' gun rights activists that illuminated the profound differences and deepening schism between American conservatives."^[4]
2022: Staffs of Futuro Media and PRX for Suave, "a brutally honest and immersive profile of a man reentering society after serving more than 30 years in prison."^[5]
2023: Staff of Gimlet Media, notably Connie Walker, whose investigation into her father’s troubled past revealed a larger story of abuse of hundreds of Indigenous children at an Indian residential school in Canada, including other members of Walker’s extended family, a personal search for answers expertly blended with rigorous investigative reporting.^[6]
2024: Staffs of the Invisible Institute and USG Audio, for You Didn't See Nothin, "a powerful series that revisits a Chicago hate crime from the 1990s, a fluid amalgam of memoir, community history and journalism."^[7]

References

^ "Pulitzer Prize Board Announces New Audio Reporting Category". The Pulitzer Prizes. December 5, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
^ "Audio Reporting". Pulitzer Prize Board. May 4, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
^ Hipes, Patrick (May 4, 2020). "'This American Life' Wins First Pulitzer Prize For Audio, Along With Los Angeles Times And Vice News". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
^ "Lisa Hagen of WABE, Atlanta, Chris Haxel of KCUR, Kansas City, Graham Smith and Robert Little of National Public Radio". The Pulitzer Prizes. September 8, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
^ "Staffs of Futuro Media, New York, N.Y. and PRX, Boston, Mass". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
^ "Staff of Gimlet Media, notably Connie Walker". The Pulitzer Prizes. May 9, 2023.
^ "The 2024 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Audio Reporting". The Pulitzer Prize. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-07.

[1] "Pulitzer Prize Board Announces New Audio Reporting Category". The Pulitzer Prizes. December 5, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2020.

[AR-2] "Audio Reporting". Pulitzer Prize Board. May 4, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2020.

[3] Hipes, Patrick (May 4, 2020). "'This American Life' Wins First Pulitzer Prize For Audio, Along With Los Angeles Times And Vice News". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 5, 2020.

[4] "Lisa Hagen of WABE, Atlanta, Chris Haxel of KCUR, Kansas City, Graham Smith and Robert Little of National Public Radio". The Pulitzer Prizes. September 8, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2021.

[5] "Staffs of Futuro Media, New York, N.Y. and PRX, Boston, Mass". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2022-07-25.

[6] "Staff of Gimlet Media, notably Connie Walker". The Pulitzer Prizes. May 9, 2023.

[7] "The 2024 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Audio Reporting". The Pulitzer Prize. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-07.

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