Congrats to this year's women and non-binary The Pulitzer Prizes awardees! Their groundbreaking reporting and storytelling serve as an inspiration to us all and highlight the importance of diverse perspectives in the media.

The crucial coverage by Lori Hinnant reporting on Russian torture sites and the attack on the Mariupol theater that left over 600 deaths were recognized with the #Pulitzer Public Service Award. Thank you for your reporting, Lori, a very well-deserved award.

Our utmost respect to Ukrainian Vasilisa Stepanenko who won the Public Service Award for her reporting with The Associated Press on Mariupol, covering the brutal siege of the city, and risking her own life to expose the brutal truth.

Congratulations to The Associated Press, @mstyslav9, Evgeniy Maloletka, Vasilisa Stepanenko and Lori Hinnant. #Pulitzer

It is a tremendous honor to recognize this The Associated Press team with the 2023 #ShadidAward : Mystyslav Chernov, Evgeniy Maloletka, Vasilisa Stepanenko & Lori Hinnant.

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Congratulations to our nominees for Young Talent of the Year!

🏆 Marianna Spring – BBC News (UK)
🏆 Inzamam Rashid – Sky News
🏆 Vasilisa Stepanenko – The Associated Press

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20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL has won Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. 🏆

I hope this film will not only generate awareness, but also serves as a permanent record of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the war crimes that happened in Mariupol.

🏆 The Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary, Presented by United Airlines goes to 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL, directed and produced by Mstyslav Chernov. #Sundance United Airlines

The new film “20 Days in Mariupol” — from FRONTLINE, the award-winning PBS docuseries housed at GBH, and The Associated Press — will have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this January, and be featured in the festival’s World Cinema Documentary Competition.
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These 2 headlines, back to back in my feed:

You will never see an aquarium the same way after this report on how salt-water fish are taken into captivity: apnews.com/article/fish-s…

What did Iran receive from Russia in exchange for its drones and who else is willing to pay? Questions that keep policymakers awake at night. apnews.com/article/0cc944…

Kyiv’s children, playing in the hole carved by a Russian missile. Filmed by France’s ambassador to Ukraine.

How a Secret Rent Algorithm Pushes Rents Higher — “We said there’s way too much empathy going on here,” said the algorithm’s maker. propublica.org/article/yields…

THREAD: In Sen. Patrick Leahy's new memoir, there's a wild story in it that I haven't ever seen before—a rare glimpse into the shadowy way that the intel agencies interact with Members of Congress. It feels ripped from a political thriller movie...: phoenixbooks.biz/book/978198215…

An orphan with disabilities wanders cold hallways among the elderly and infirm in eastern #Ukraine . Until a few days ago, 13-year-old Bohdan had a father. Now he has no one. From Izium, Ukraine with ⁦Lori Hinnant⁩ and ⁦Vasilisa Stepanenko⁩ apnews.com/article/b63876…

The Ukrainian kids were pulled from bombed out basements or told their parents didn't want them anymore. Then Russia put them up for adoption: apnews.com/article/ukrain…

“This is a war against our identity.”

Ukrainian officials say Russian troops have stolen artifacts from nearly 40 museums. They estimate that the looting and destruction of cultural sites has caused losses in the hundreds of millions of euros. apnews.com/article/russia…

I’m sure he took the news well washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

There are alternatives to chaotic, brutal power struggle and carefully manipulated succession. Doesn’t even require a lot of imagination. washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/…