A years-old fight among the judges of one of the most coveted prizes in media over a major investigation into Jeffrey Epstein has spilled into view as the story of the late, disgraced financier continues to ripple through American institutions.
Earlier this week, the Pulitzer Board, which presides over the prestigious Columbia University-based awards organization, announced the winners for this year’s top journalism prizes. But among the awards was an unusual announcement: The Board would be awarding a “special citation” for Miami Herald investigative reporter Julie Brown’s 2018 series, Perversion of Justice, that raised questions about the federal government’s prosecution of Epstein, and effectively re-opened the investigation.
The Miami Herald had submitted Brown’s work for a Pulitzer Prize nearly a decade ago when her series was first published. But it did not win an award in 2018 or 2019, a decision that multiple people familiar with the situation said was due to the significant concerns of at least one Pulitzer jurist.
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