Question – On June 11, 2021, the Pulitzer Prizes for the year 2021 were announced. Accordingly, which Indian-American journalist was announced to be honored for international reporting ?
(a) Rachna Tejpal
(b) Megha Rajagopalan
(c) Asha Singh
(d) Deepa Mukherjee
Answer—(b)
related facts
- On June 11, 2021, the Pulitzer Prizes for the year 2021 were announced.
- It is noteworthy that this award is America’s highest award in the field of journalism.
- It started from the year 1917.
- The major awards announced are as follows-
Journalism —
- Public Services – The New York Times.
- Breaking News Reporting – Staff of the Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn
- Investigative Reporting – The Boston Globe’s Matt Rochelle, Vernal Coleman, Laura Crimaldi, Evan Allen and Brendan McCarthy.
- Explanatory Reporting – Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley, Andrea Januta, Jaimi Dowdell and Jackie Botts of Reuters.
- Local Reporting – Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi of the Tampa Bay Times.
- International Reporting – Megha Rajagopalan, Alison Killing and Christo Buschek of BuzzFeed News.
- Breaking News Photography – Photography Staff of Associated Press.
- Editorial Writing – Robert Greene of the Los Angeles Times.
- BOOKS, DRAMA & MUSIC
- Fiction – The Night Watchman, by Louise Erdrich (Harper)
- Drama – The Hot Wing King, by Katori Hall
By — Pankaj Pandey.