A Humble Suggestion To Make The Pulitzers Even Greater Again

On Monday, journalists in newsrooms around the country gathered awkwardly together to celebrate the announcement of this year’s Pulitzer Prizes, which honored Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical "Hamilton," as well as a number of excellent works of journalism, but especially the musical "Hamilton." At last, "Hamilton" is getting some attention.

This year’s honorees in the journalism category included a terrific investigation from the Associated Press that explored the role of slavery in our seafood supply chain; a massive Washington Post venture that documented police shootings nationwide; and the Los Angeles Times' coverage of the San Bernardino shootings. The New Yorker became the first magazine ever to win a Pulitzer for journalism with its study of the Cascadia fault line. The New York Times, which had traveled to Afghanistan to gather the stories of Afghan women, took the award for international reporting. The Tampa Bay Times stuck close to home to pick up a pair of accolades for investigative and local reporting. (Over here at The Huffington Post, we were bridesmaids for our investigation, by Jason Cherkis, into the heroin treatment industry. It was an honor to be at the wedding.)