Of special note is Ann Telnaes of the Washington Post who won the Pulitzer for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary, who no longer works at the Post as she resigned in protest after one of her cartoons was killed by editors, presumably because it depicted owner Jeff Bezos in a negative light: https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washin...

Winners and finalists including links https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2025/here-are-winn...

For "Most Obvious Pulitzer Prize" I would nominate:

Breaking News Photography: Doug Mills of The New York Times

For a sequence of photos of the attempted assassination of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, including one image that captures a bullet whizzing through the air as he speaks.

There is more independent journalism on YouTube these days. Are they not covered?