Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting

The Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting is one of the Pulitzer Prizes for American journalism. It recognizes distinguished reporting on a radio program or podcast.

History

The award was announced in December 2019, and given for the first time in 2020.^[1]

List of winners

2020s

Year	Name(s)	Publication	Rationale
2020	Emily Green	Vice News	"for The Out Crowd, revelatory, intimate journalism that illuminates the personal impact of the Trump Administration's 'Remain in Mexico' policy."[2][3]
	Molly O'Toole	Los Angeles Times
	Staff	This American Life
	Nicole Beemsterboer	National Public Radio	"for White Lies, a riveting seven-episode podcast that doggedly reinvestigated one of the most infamous murders of the Civil Rights era."
	Chip Brantley
	Andrew Beck Grace
	Robert Little
	Graham Smith
	Nigel Poor	Ear Hustle	"for Ear Hustle, a consistently surprising and beautifully crafted series on life behind bars produced by inmates of San Quentin State Prison."
	Rahsaan Thomas
	Earlonne Woods
2021	Lisa Hagen	WABE	"for an investigative series on 'no compromise' gun rights activists that illuminated the profound differences and deepening schism between American conservatives."[4]
	Chris Haxel	KCUR
	Robert Little	National Public Radio
	Graham Smith
	Staff	The Intercept	"for Somebody, a dogged and searing investigation of the murder of a young Black man in Chicago and the institutional indifference surrounding it."
	Staff	Invisible Institute
	Staff	Topic Studios
	Staff	National Public Radio	"for courageous on-the-ground reporting on the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani and its implications around the globe."
2022	Staff	Futuro Media	"for Suave, a brutally honest and immersive profile of a man reentering society after serving more than 30 years in prison.[5]
	Staff	Public Radio Exchange
	Alsanosi Adam	National Public Radio	"for their compelling, accessible and empathetic stories on the complicated war and threats to democracy in East Africa, an area of the world that rarely gets sustained coverage."
	Halima Athumani
	Solomon Fisseha
	Eyder Peralta
	Reid Cherlin	NBC News	"for Southlake, a riveting and insightful account of an anti-critical race theory movement in a Texas community, a phenomenon that has reverberated through school districts across the country."
	Mike Hixenbaugh
	Antonia Hylton
	Frannie Kelley
	Julie Shapiro
2023	Connie Walker	Gimlet Media	"Whose investigation into her father's troubled past revealed a larger story of abuse of hundreds of Indigenous children at an Indian residential school in Canada, including other members of Walker's extended family, a personal search for answers expertly blended with rigorous investigative reporting."[6]
	Staff
	Jenn Abelson	The Washington Post	"for Broken Doors, a powerful examination of the human toll of no-knock warrants across the country, using the voices of police, judges and the victims of the surprise raids, reporting that led to policy changes and, in one case, to prosecutors dropping a death penalty request."
	Nicole Dungca
	Reena Flores
	Linah Mohammad
	Sabby Robinson
	Sarah Hulett	Michigan Radio	"for a visceral documentary recorded behind the closed doors of an abortion clinic, allowing listeners to hear conversations between practitioners and patients, and the controversial procedure itself."
	Paulette Parker
	Lindsey Smith
	Laura Weber-Davis
	Kate Wells
2024	Staff	Invisible Institute	"for a powerful series that revisits a Chicago hate crime from the 1990s, a fluid amalgam of memoir, community history and journalism."[7]
	Staff	USG Audio
	Daniel Barrick	New Hampshire Public Radio	"for their gripping and extensively reported investigation of corruption and sexual abuse within the lucrative recovery industry that sought accountability despite legal pressure."
	Lauren Chooljian
	Katie Colaneri
	Alison MacAdam
	Jason Moon
	Dan Slepian	NBC News	"for their relentless 20-year investigation that resulted in a wrongfully-convicted man finally receiving clemency."
	Preeti Varathan
2025	Staff	The New Yorker	"for their In the Dark podcast, a combination of compelling storytelling and relentless reporting in the face of obstacles from the U.S. military, a four-year investigation into one of the most high-profile crimes of the Iraq War—the murder of 25 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha."
	Morgan Jones	Wondery	"for Hysterical, a fascinating series that traced the outbreak of a mysterious and apparently contagious nerve disorder in Upstate New York that largely affected young women, and the frustrating efforts to identify it."
	Marshall Lewy
	Henry Molofsky	Pineapple Street Studios
	Dan Taberski
	Staff	Gothamist	"for their revelatory investigation into decades of sexual assault of female inmates on Rikers Island."
	Staff	WNYC