Which of the following newspapers won the 'Pulitzer Prize, 2021' in the prestigious public service category ?

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Correct — B, The New York Times. The 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service — the most prestigious of the Pulitzers, awarded as a gold medal — went to The New York Times for its courageous, prescient and sweeping coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed racial and economic inequities and government failures and filled a data vacuum that helped authorities, health-care providers and the public respond. No other newspaper shared the Public Service award that year.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Wrong — a major US daily, but it did not win the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in the Public Service category, which went to The New York Times.  (c) Wrong — although a leading national paper, it was not the winner of the 2021 Public Service Pulitzer; that honour went to The New York Times.  (d) Wrong — a separate New York tabloid; it did not win the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

Concept: The Pulitzer Prizes are the premier United States awards for achievement in journalism, letters, drama and music, administered by Columbia University. The Public Service category is the flagship award: it is given to a news ORGANISATION (not an individual) and is the only Pulitzer presented as a gold medal. In 2021 the pandemic dominated the awards, and The New York Times took the Public Service medal for its coronavirus reporting.

State PCS 2021 Q60 — Current Affairs PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2021 Q60 — Current Affairs PYQ with Answer