US EditionStar Tribune Wins Pulitzer for Breaking Coverage of Annunciation Catholic School Shooting
Judges praised the paper’s thorough and compassionate reporting on a school shooting that killed 2 children and injured 21 others.
- On Monday, The Minnesota Star Tribune won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news, recognized for its coverage of the mass shooting at the Annunciation Catholic school.
- The shooting occurred last August during the school's first Mass, when an armed individual killed Eight-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski, injuring 21 others before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.
- Judges praised the "thoroughness and compassion" of the newspaper's reporting on the scene of carnage in its hometown, awarding the breaking news prize.
- Established in Joseph Pulitzer's will and first awarded in 1917, the Pulitzer Prizes honor American journalism work, with winners receiving $15,000.
- The New York Times won three prizes while The Washington Post received the public service award for scrutinizing the Trump administration's federal agency changes.
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Minnesota Star Tribune wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Annunciation shooting
The judges for journalism’s top award cited “powerful stories marked by thoroughness and compassion” in the coverage of the shooting at the Minneapolis church during a service to mark the start of the school year.
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In Breaking News Reporting, the staff of The Minnesota Star Tribune won the award. Finalists included teams from The Wall Street Journal, Southern California News Group and The Seattle Times.
Star Tribune wins Pulitzer for breaking coverage of Annunciation Catholic school shooting
The Minnesota Star Tribune was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news for its coverage of a mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school that killed two children and injured more than a dozen others.
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Minnesota Star Tribune wins breaking news Pulitzer for coverage of Mass shooting
The Minnesota Star Tribune’s coverage of last year’s mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school took the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for breaking news Judges...
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