Telling Stories

Telling Stories showcases the power of storytelling across the many forms of prize-winning works across the Pulitzer Prize categories, from audio reporting to photojournalism, poetry to editorial cartoons. 

The images on this opening panel are by Don Bartletti from the Los Angeles Times, 2003 Feature Photography winner, and the article is by Sonia Nazario of the Los Angeles Times, 2003 Feature Writing winner. 

Here are all the Pulitzer-winners whose work is featured in Telling Stories:

Opening panel

  • Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times, 2003 Feature Photography
  • Sonia Nazario, Los Angeles Times, 2003 Feature Writing

 

Middle panel: "Many Stories, Many Forms"

  • John Branch, The New York Times, 2013 Feature Writing
  • Kendrick Lamar, 2018 Music for DAMN.
  • Aaron Copland, 1945 Music for Appalachian Spring
  • Art Spiegelman, 1992 Special Citation for Maus
  • The New Yorker staff, 2025 Audio Reporting for In the Dark
  • Percival Everett, 2025 Fiction for James
  • Barbara Kingsolver, 2023 Fiction for Demon Copperhead
  • Jane Smiley, 1992 Fiction for A Thousand Acres

 

Last panel: "Stories of American Protest"

  • Milton Brooks, The Detroit News, 1942 Photography
  • David Carson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2015 Breaking News Photography
  • Jon Cherry, Getty Images, 2022 Breaking News Photography
  • Lynn Nottage, 2017 Drama for Sweat and 2009 Drama for Ruined
  • David Peterson, Des Moines Register, 1987 Feature Photography
  • Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News, 2015 Editorial Cartooning

 

Prize-Winning Reads:

  • Norman Mailer, 1969 General Nonfiction for Armies of the Night 
  • Jonathan Eig, 2024 Biography for King, A Life
  • Ida B. Wells, 2020 Special Citation
  • Tony Kushner, 1993 Drama for Angels in America
  • Natalie Diaz, 2021 Poetry for Postcolonial Love Poem 

 

Interactive: "Framing the Story"

  • William Snyder, The Dallas Morning News, 1993 Spot News Photography
  • Todd Heisler, Rocky Mountain News, 2006 Feature Photography
  • Tom Gralish, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1986 Feature Photography

 

Read more about the exhibition here.