The Guardian and The Washington Post win the Pulitzer Prize

The Guardian and The Washington Post on 14th April has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for their coverage of the National Security Agency, reporting which followed last year's bombshell disclosures from former contractor Edward Snowden.

The Pulitzer board's decision to honor NSA coverage, and specifically to single out the reporting as a public service, makes a strong statement about the importance of the worldwide surveillance revelations, especially given that Snowden has been charged under the Espionage Act for leaking the classified documents.

The Pulitzer committee praised the Post's "authoritative and insightful reports" as helping "the public understand how the disclosures fit into the larger framework of national security." The committee described the The Guardian US, the New York-based newsroom of the British newspaper and the one that was eligible for the prize, as having sparked "a debate about the relationship between the government and the public over issues of security and privacy."

Source: http://cablequest.org/news/international-news/item/4621-the-guardian-and-the-washington-post-win-the-pulitzer-prize.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/international-news/item/4621-the-guardian-and-the-washington-post-win-the-pulitzer-prize.html