Washington Post, Guardian Win Pulitzers for NSA Reporting [View all]

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Source: Bloomberg

The Washington Post and the Guardian won Pulitzer Prizes for public service for their coverage of the surveillance tactics of the U.S. National Security Agency.

The Post, acquired last year by Amazon.com Inc. Chairman Jeff Bezos, also won for explanatory reporting. The New York Times garnered two awards, both for photography, while the Boston Globe got the prize for breaking-news reporting for its coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings.

Using classified information provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the Post and the Guardian reported that the agency had collected data on U.S. residents’ phone calls and foreign nationals’ Internet activity. The revelations hurt U.S. relations with allies such as Germany and led President Barack Obama to propose limits to global surveillance.

The 98th annual Pulitzer Prizes for excellence in reporting and the arts were announced today by Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in New York.

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