Pulitzer notes: A message to Trump and Bezos; Julie K. Brown’s overdue win; and honors for Jill Lepore

Portrait of Jeff Bezos (cc) 2017 by thierry ehrmann.

By honoring The Washington Post with its most prestigious award, the Pulitzer Prize Board appeared intent on sending a message to two people: Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos.

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On Monday, the Post received the Public Service Award for its reporting on the chaos unleashed by Elon Musk and his DOGE assault on the federal government. One of the lead reporters in that effort was Hannah Natanson, the target of an extraordinary raid by the FBI last January.

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