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NewsGuild Members Shine at 2015 Pulitzer Prizes Announcement

The photojournalism team at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the gifted Buffalo News editorial cartoonist Adam Zyglis and New York Times reporter Eric Lipton are among the 2015 Pulitzer Prize winners.

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New York Times reporter Eric Lipton, with Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet and Washington Bureau Chief Carolyn Ryan looking on, is a 2015 Pulitzer Prize winner. (Photo by Ruth Fremson/ The New York Times)

Below: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch newsroom erupts as the photo staff was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography on Monday, April 20, 2015. (Photo by Robert Cohen)

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They are joined by scores of Guild members whose newsrooms won Pulitzers for their collective work in the areas of breaking news (The Seattle Times staff); investigative reporting (The Wall Street Journal staff); and international reporting (The New York Times staff).

In addition to the top awards, individual Guild members and Guild-represented staffs accounted for more than half of the finalists, two in each of the 14 Pulitzer categories.

"Once again, we are thrilled – but not at all surprised – to see that so many dedicated and talented Guild members have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize," NewsGuild-CWA President Bernie Lunzer said. Read the full story here.