Since ProPublica first started publishing in 2008, its journalism has been recognized by the Pulitzer Board with eight prizes for excellence in reporting, including three Pulitzer Gold Medals for public service, journalism’s highest honor. In addition, 12 other projects have been designated as finalists.
Winners
2026 — Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting — “On the Hook” (with Local Reporting Network partner The Connecticut Mirror)
2025 — Pulitzer Prize for Public Service — “Life of the Mother”
2024 — Pulitzer Prize for Public Service — “Friends of the Court”
2020 — Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting — “Disaster in the Pacific”
2019 — Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing — “Trapped in Gangland”
2017 — Pulitzer Prize for Public Service — “Nuisance Abatement” (with the New York Daily News)
2016 — Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting — “An Unbelievable Story of Rape” (with Ken Armstrong of The Marshall Project)
2011 — Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting — “The Wall Street Money Machine”
2010 — Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting — “The Deadly Choices at Memorial” (with The New York Times Magazine)
Note: In 2020, the Anchorage Daily News’ “Lawless” series won the Pulitzer Prize for public service with contributions from ProPublica.
Finalists
2026 — Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, Finalist — “Rx Roulette”
2026 — Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, Finalist — “The End of Aid”
2025 — Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, Finalist — “America’s Mental Barrier”
2024 — Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, Finalist — “‘Someone Tell Me What to Do’” (with The Texas Tribune and FRONTLINE)
2023 — Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, Finalist — “Stillbirths”
2022 — Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing, Finalist — “Juvenile Injustice, Tennessee” (with Local Reporting Network partner WPLN)
2022 — Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, Finalist — “Black Snow” (with Local Reporting Network partner The Palm Beach Post)
2021 — Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Finalist — “Coronavirus”
2019 — Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Finalist — “Zero Tolerance”
2018 — Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, Finalist — “Lost Mothers”
2018 — Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, Finalist — “The Tax Divide” (with the Chicago Tribune)
2017 — Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, Finalist — “Machine Bias”
2016 — Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, Finalist — “Killing the Colorado”
2010 — Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Finalist — “When Caregivers Harm” (with the Los Angeles Times)
