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 right now 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 received 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 mother or father firm of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Drawing on deep sourcing, unique inner paperwork and modern testing of Meta’s promoting programs, Reuters uncovered how the corporate tolerated widespread fraud on its platforms and deployed AI chatbots in ways in which put susceptible customers, together with kids, in danger.

The successful 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 adverts 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 kids and supply false medical info. 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 received 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 broaden government energy. “The Revenge of Donald Trump,” by Ned Parker, Peter Eisler, Linda So, Mike Spector and the Reuters group, traced how Trump’s intimidation ways developed into a way of exacting payback and increasing energy – and the human toll the marketing campaign is taking.

The collection broke new floor by documenting at the least 470 targets – from federal workers and judges to universities and media – and exposing how government 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 trade, ‘Scammed into Scamming,’ by Adolfo Arranz, Poppy McPherson, Devjyot Ghoshal and Han Huang, was named a finalist. The modern venture fused investigative reporting with graphic novel-style visible storytelling to show Southeast Asia’s multi-billion-dollar cyberfraud trade. 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 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 images group produced a sweeping visible file 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 house buildings and detention amenities in Texas. The images 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,” mentioned 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,” mentioned 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,” mentioned 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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