<p>The Pulitzer Prize Board awarded a "special citation" on Friday to the teenager whose video of the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer sparked worldwide protests against racial injustice.</p>.<p>Eighteen-year-old Darnella Frazier was honoured as New York's Columbia University announced the 2021 prestigious journalism awards in a virtual ceremony.</p>.<p>Frazier was being recognised "for courageously recording the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred protests against police brutality around the world, highlighting the crucial role of citizens in journalists' quest for truth and justice," the citation said.</p>.<p>Frazier was also among the witnesses who testified at the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted in April of Floyd's May 25, 2020 murder.</p>.<p>In the video taken by Frazier, Chauvin is seen kneeling for more than nine minutes on the neck of Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, as bystanders urge him repeatedly to get off and Floyd says that he can't breathe, before losing consciousness.</p>.<p>The staff of the <em>Star Tribune</em> of Minneapolis was awarded the Pulitzer in the breaking news category for its coverage of Floyd's death and its repercussions.</p>.<p><em>The New York Times</em> was honoured with the public service prize for its "courageous, prescient and sweeping coverage" of the coronavirus pandemic.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/minneapolis-star-tribune-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-george-floyd-coverage-996481.html" target="_blank">Minneapolis Star Tribune wins Pulitzer Prize for George Floyd coverage</a></strong></p>.<p>Online outlet <em>BuzzFeed</em> won its first Pulitzer — in the international reporting category — for coverage of prison camps built by China for mass detention of Muslims.</p>.<p>Ed Yong of <em>The Atlantic</em> received the prize for explanatory reporting for a series of "lucid, definitive pieces" on the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>.<p><em>Reuters</em> was honoured in the same category for an examination of the legal doctrine of qualified immunity and how it is used to shield police from prosecution.</p>.<p>The <em>Associated Press</em> won the Pulitzer for breaking news photography and an <em>AP</em> photographer, Emilio Morenatti, was honoured for feature photography.</p>.<p>"The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich was awarded the prize for fiction while "Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy" by David Zucchino was honored for non-fiction.</p>.<p>The biography prize was given to "The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X" by the late Les Payne and Tamara Payne.</p>.<p>"Postcolonial Love Poem" by Natalie Diaz was the winner in the poetry category; "The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall won the drama prize, and "Stride" by Tania Leon won for music.</p>
<p>The Pulitzer Prize Board awarded a "special citation" on Friday to the teenager whose video of the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer sparked worldwide protests against racial injustice.</p>.<p>Eighteen-year-old Darnella Frazier was honoured as New York's Columbia University announced the 2021 prestigious journalism awards in a virtual ceremony.</p>.<p>Frazier was being recognised "for courageously recording the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred protests against police brutality around the world, highlighting the crucial role of citizens in journalists' quest for truth and justice," the citation said.</p>.<p>Frazier was also among the witnesses who testified at the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted in April of Floyd's May 25, 2020 murder.</p>.<p>In the video taken by Frazier, Chauvin is seen kneeling for more than nine minutes on the neck of Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, as bystanders urge him repeatedly to get off and Floyd says that he can't breathe, before losing consciousness.</p>.<p>The staff of the <em>Star Tribune</em> of Minneapolis was awarded the Pulitzer in the breaking news category for its coverage of Floyd's death and its repercussions.</p>.<p><em>The New York Times</em> was honoured with the public service prize for its "courageous, prescient and sweeping coverage" of the coronavirus pandemic.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/minneapolis-star-tribune-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-george-floyd-coverage-996481.html" target="_blank">Minneapolis Star Tribune wins Pulitzer Prize for George Floyd coverage</a></strong></p>.<p>Online outlet <em>BuzzFeed</em> won its first Pulitzer — in the international reporting category — for coverage of prison camps built by China for mass detention of Muslims.</p>.<p>Ed Yong of <em>The Atlantic</em> received the prize for explanatory reporting for a series of "lucid, definitive pieces" on the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>.<p><em>Reuters</em> was honoured in the same category for an examination of the legal doctrine of qualified immunity and how it is used to shield police from prosecution.</p>.<p>The <em>Associated Press</em> won the Pulitzer for breaking news photography and an <em>AP</em> photographer, Emilio Morenatti, was honoured for feature photography.</p>.<p>"The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich was awarded the prize for fiction while "Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy" by David Zucchino was honored for non-fiction.</p>.<p>The biography prize was given to "The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X" by the late Les Payne and Tamara Payne.</p>.<p>"Postcolonial Love Poem" by Natalie Diaz was the winner in the poetry category; "The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall won the drama prize, and "Stride" by Tania Leon won for music.</p>