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87 of our alumni, students and faculty have won or shared in 58 Pulitzer Prizes.

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Recent Pulitzer Winners

Four OHIO alumni win Pulitzer Prizes for journalism and photojournalism

Four alumni won Pulitzer Prizes for their coverage of major news, including three for their efforts to cover the Jan. 6, 2021 riots at the U.S. Capitol building.

Drew Angerer, BSVC ’12

Angerer and a team of colleagues from Getty Images won in the Breaking News Photography category for “ of the attack on the U.S. Capitol.”

Amanda Voisard, BSVC ’02

Voisard captured photos inside the Capitol during the riots for the Washington Post's “.”

Marcus Yam

Yam of the Los Angeles Times won a Breaking News Photography Pulitzer for his “ of the U.S. departure from Afghanistan that capture the human cost of the historic change in the country.”

Matt Zapotosky, BSJ ’08

Zapotosky was part of the team that won the Pulitzer for “.”

OHIO Pulitzer Winners Since 1973

The below infographic was created by Scripps College of Communication graduate student Kwamina Edonu. Download Edodu's complete infographic, Pulitzer Prize Winning Scripps Alumni & Faculty of (PDF)

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