Reuters a Pulitzer finalist but misses prize

The $10,000 prize “for a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs, using any available journalistic tool” was awarded to Jeffrey Gettleman of The New York Times for his “vivid reports, often at personal peril, on famine and conflict in East Africa, a neglected but increasingly strategic part of the world”.

Columbia, which administers the Pulitzer Prizes, said: “Also nominated as finalists in this category were: The New York Times staff for its powerful exploration of serious mistakes concealed by authorities in Japan after a tsunami and earthquake devastated the nation, and caused a nuclear disaster, and the Thomson Reuters Staff for its well-crafted reports on the momentous revolution in Libya that went beyond battlefield dispatches to tell the wider story of discontent, conflict and the role of outside powers.” ■