Reuters wins Pulitzer Prizes for Beat Reporting and National Reporting; named finalist in Illustrated Reporting and Breaking News Photography

NEW YORK, May 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Reuters at present was named the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, for Beat Reporting and National Reporting, alongside being a finalist for Illustrated Reporting and Breaking News Photography.

Reuters gained a Pulitzer Prize for its groundbreaking investigations, ‘The Secrets of Meta’s Success,’ by Jeff Horwitz, with Engen Tham. The Beat Reporting award acknowledges Reuters for a yr of revelatory accountability reporting on Meta, the guardian firm of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Drawing on deep sourcing, unique inner paperwork and modern testing of Meta’s promoting techniques, Reuters uncovered how the corporate tolerated widespread fraud on its platforms and deployed AI chatbots in ways in which put weak customers, together with youngsters, in danger.

The profitable physique of labor revealed that Meta internally estimated it earned billions of {dollars} from promoting it knew was fraudulent and rule-breaking, together with rip-off advertisements proven to customers throughout Facebook and Instagram. The reporting additionally confirmed how Meta’s inner AI chatbot pointers allowed bots to have interaction in “sensual” conversations with youngsters and supply false medical data. The tales prompted requires investigations by U.S. senators, an inquiry into AI chatbots by the Federal Trade Commission, litigation towards Meta, and coverage modifications by the corporate.

Reuters gained the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for its collection of investigations into how the president has used the formal levers of the U.S. authorities and the casual instruments of his mass following to actual vengeance on his foes and develop govt energy. “The Revenge of Donald Trump,” by Ned Parker, Peter Eisler, Linda So, Mike Spector and the Reuters workforce, traced how Trump’s intimidation ways developed into a method of exacting payback and increasing energy – and the human toll the marketing campaign is taking.

The collection broke new floor by documenting not less than 470 targets – from federal workers and judges to universities and media – and exposing how govt energy was wielded to implement ideological conformity and reshape governance. The collection included a Retribution Tracker itemizing the administration’s actions towards these singled out for punishment. 

In the Illustrated Reporting class, Reuters immersive graphic investigation into Southeast Asia’s cyberfraud business, ‘Scammed into Scamming,’ by Adolfo Arranz, Poppy McPherson, Devjyot Ghoshal and Han Huang, was named a finalist. The modern mission fused investigative reporting with graphic novel-style visible storytelling to reveal Southeast Asia’s multi-billion-dollar cyberfraud business. The investigation documented how trafficking victims have been lured, transported and compelled to work in rip-off compounds, and revealed allegations that Thailand immigration officers helped facilitate the motion of victims by means of main airports.

Reuters protection of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown within the United States was named a finalist within the Breaking News Photography class. Reuters pictures workforce produced a sweeping visible document of the Trump administration’s efforts to detain and deport migrants throughout the United States. Reuters photographers documented the results of the crackdown from Manhattan courtrooms and Chicago neighborhoods to Colorado residence buildings and detention services in Texas. The pictures confirmed the human toll of enforcement actions: migrants pleading in courthouse hallways, households ready in worry, communities mobilizing rapid-response networks, masked immigration brokers coming into neighborhoods, and detainees signaling for assist. The work drew on Reuters’ nationwide attain, native data and long-standing expertise masking migration throughout the Americas.

“These extraordinary recognitions reflect the very best of Reuters journalism: fearless, deeply reported, original work that holds powerful institutions to account,” stated Alessandra Galloni, Reuters Editor-in-Chief. “Jeff and Engen’s Meta reporting revealed hidden decisions inside one of the world’s most influential technology companies and showed the real-world harm those decisions caused. Ned, Peter, Linda, Mike and team delivered a powerful and meticulously documented account of how political intimidation and state power were used to punish perceived enemies. We are equally proud of our finalist teams, whose work brought urgency, humanity and visual innovation to stories of global consequence.”

“These four Pulitzer honors demonstrate the breadth of Reuters journalism — investigative, visual and deeply human,” stated Paul Bascobert, Reuters President. “From Silicon Valley boardrooms to the halls of government, Southeast Asian trafficking routes to immigration raids across the United States, Reuters journalists pursued difficult stories with persistence, independence and care.”

“These Pulitzer Prize recognitions are a testament to the strength of the Reuters newsroom, its rich history of trusted and accurate reporting, and the importance of investing in journalism that informs markets, societies and the world,” stated Steve Hasker, President and CEO of Thomson Reuters. “We congratulate our winners and finalists and the entire Reuters team on these extraordinary honors.”

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