Pulitzer Prize Board recognizes and supports student journalists covering college protests
Pars Today – The Pulitzer Prize Board issued a statement on Thursday (May, 02, 2024) praising student journalists across the country who have covered the campus protests at US colleges and universities.
According to a Mehr news agency report, Columbia University administers the Pulitzer Prize, which is considered the nation’s most prestigious award for achievement in journalism, and the Pulitzer Prize Board issued a statement recognizing and praising the “tireless efforts” of student journalists across the country.
The Pulitzer Prize Board in its statement added: “As we gather to consider the nation’s finest and most courageous journalism, the Pulitzer Prize Board would like to recognize the tireless efforts of student journalists across our nation’s college campuses, who are covering pro-Palestinian protests and unrest in the face of great personal and academic risk to themselves.”
The Board highlighted Columbia University student journalists’ coverage of unfolding events on Tuesday evening (April 30) in particular, as the New York Police Department (NYPD) moved onto campus to retake a building that had been seized by pro-Palestinian protesters.
“We would also like to acknowledge the extraordinary real-time reporting of student journalists at Columbia University, where the Pulitzer Prizes are housed, as the New York Police Department was called onto campus on Tuesday night,” the statement continued.
“In the spirit of press freedom, these students worked to document a major national news event under difficult and dangerous circumstances and at risk of arrest.”
In recent weeks, protests on college campuses and universities have grown across the country, and some university administrators have called on police officials to try to manage the situation.
This year the 108th Pulitzer Prize will be awarded and the names of the winners will be announced on Monday May 6, in two categories of journalism and literature.
Key words: American university protests, What is the Pulitzer Literary Prize? Columbia University news
MD/ME
