Anand Rk, Supriya Sharma, and Natalie Obiko Pearson won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize

¨     Anand Rk, Supriya Sharma, and Natalie Obiko Pearson won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize on 4 May 2026.

¨     The award was given in the “Illustrated Reporting and Commentary” category.

¨     Their winning project is titled “trAPPed.”

¨     The work is a visual investigation into India’s digital arrest scam.

Pulitzer Prize Category

¨     The Pulitzer Prize is an annual award administered by Columbia University.

¨     It honours excellence in journalism, literature, and arts.

¨     The “Illustrated Reporting and Commentary” category recognises work combining visual storytelling with investigative reporting.

About “trAPPed”

¨     The project examines the case of a neurologist in India who was placed under digital arrest through her phone.