The Pulitzer
The Pulitzer is a highly competitive annual award honoring excellence in journalism and the arts. It was created by Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911), the influential publisher who helped pioneer mass circulation newspapers.
Started in 1917 and administered by Columbia University, the Pulitzer recognizes individuals, groups of individuals and staffs of entire newspapers in categories such as news coverage, the literary arts, music and photography.
UT claims many Pulitzer winners, several of whom have won it multiple times. They include writers, photographers, editors, critics and historians who have graduated from UT and faculty members who have taught here.
Additionally, countless other UT alumni and faculty members not featured here have been recognized as finalists for the prize.
These award-winners have borne witness to the most pivotal events of our time — including civil wars, scientific breakthroughs, natural disasters, genocides and conflicts between nations — as well as the events central to Texas communities.
In the process, they have given voice to the voiceless and shaped how we perceive and experience the world.
For one university to claim so many Pulitzer winners is a great source of pride, a way of encouraging today’s students that they, too, can make lasting contributions to journalism and the arts.
Pulitzer Prize Winners
2020-Present

Jacqueline Jones: 2024
History
Ada Ferrer: 2022
History

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries: 2022
National Reporting
Joe Holley: 2022
Editorial Writing

Lisa Falkenberg: 2022
Editorial Writing - Photo
2000-2020
Michael Braga: 2016
Investigative Reporting

Lisa Falkenberg: 2015
Commentary
John Lewis Gaddis: 2012
Biography

William McKenzie: 2010
Editorial Writing
R.B Brenner: 2008
Breaking News Reporting
David M. Oshinksky: 2006
History

John Pope: 2006
Public Service And Breaking News Reporting

John Moore: 2005
Breaking News Photography

Carolyn Cole: 2004
Feature Photography

J. Lynn Lunsford: 2002
Breaking News Reporting

Gail Caldwell: 2001
Criticism

Lucian Perkins: 2000
Feature Photography
1980-2000 Winners

Jean-Marc Bouju: 1999
Spot News Photography

John McConnico: 1999
Spot News Photography
Ken Rodriguez: 1999
Investigative Reporting

Carolyn Cole: 1998
Breaking News Photography

Mark Dooley: 1997
Public Service

Ron Cortes: 1997
Explanatory Journalism

Jean-Marc Bouju: 1995
Feature Photography

Lucian Perkins: 1995
Explanatory Journalism

Eileen Welsome: 1994
National Reporting

Gayle Reaves: 1994
International Reporting

Judy Walgreen DeHass, Victoria Loe Hicks and Gaute Reeves: 1994
International Reporting

Victoria Loe Hicks: 1994
International Reporting

Dan Malone: 1992
Investigative Reporting

Glenn Frankel: 1989
International Reporting

Berke Breathed: 1987
Editorial Cartooning

Larry Price: 1985
Feature Photography

Karen Elliot House: 1984
International Reporting

Ben Sargent: 1982
Editorial Cartooning

Larry Price: 1981
Spot News Photography

Erin "Skeeter" Hagler: 1980
Feature Photography
1960-1980

Oscar Griffin Jr.: 1963
Local Reporting

William H. Goetzman: 1967
History
1940-1960

William S. White: 1955
Letters