Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
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The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service is a prestigious American journalism award honoring news organizations for distinguished public service through investigative reporting, explanatory journalism, or impactful coverage that benefits the public.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Pulitzer Prize for Public Service Context triple: [Pulitzer Prize winners, associatedWith, Pulitzer Prize for Public Service]
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A.
Jefferson Award for Public Service
The Jefferson Award for Public Service is a prestigious American honor recognizing individuals and organizations for outstanding community and public service.
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B.
Peabody Award
The Peabody Award is a prestigious American honor recognizing excellence and integrity in broadcast and digital storytelling across radio, television, and online media.
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Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
The Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction is a prestigious American literary award honoring distinguished works of non-fiction on a wide range of subjects.
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Pulitzer Prize Special Citation and Award
The Pulitzer Prize Special Citation and Award is an honorary Pulitzer distinction given to individuals or organizations for exceptional contributions to arts, letters, or journalism that fall outside the standard prize categories.
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E.
Four Freedoms Award
The Four Freedoms Award is an honor recognizing individuals and organizations whose work embodies the principles of freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear, as articulated by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Pulitzer Prize for Public Service Target entity description: The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service is a prestigious American journalism award honoring news organizations for distinguished public service through investigative reporting, explanatory journalism, or impactful coverage that benefits the public.
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A.
Jefferson Award for Public Service
The Jefferson Award for Public Service is a prestigious American honor recognizing individuals and organizations for outstanding community and public service.
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B.
Peabody Award
The Peabody Award is a prestigious American honor recognizing excellence and integrity in broadcast and digital storytelling across radio, television, and online media.
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C.
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
The Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction is a prestigious American literary award honoring distinguished works of non-fiction on a wide range of subjects.
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D.
Pulitzer Prize Special Citation and Award
The Pulitzer Prize Special Citation and Award is an honorary Pulitzer distinction given to individuals or organizations for exceptional contributions to arts, letters, or journalism that fall outside the standard prize categories.
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Four Freedoms Award
The Four Freedoms Award is an honor recognizing individuals and organizations whose work embodies the principles of freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear, as articulated by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Pulitzer Prize
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journalism award ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Pulitzer Prize Board ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
distinguished public service by a newspaper, magazine, or news site
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explanatory journalism that benefits the public ⓘ impactful coverage that benefits the public ⓘ investigative reporting that serves the public interest ⓘ |
| awardIncludes | gold medal ⓘ |
| categoryOf |
Pulitzer Prize for Journalism
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surface form:
Pulitzer Prize in Journalism
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| eligibility |
magazines
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news organizations in the United States ⓘ newspapers ⓘ online news sites ⓘ |
| evaluationFocus |
journalistic excellence
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public benefit of the work ⓘ |
| field |
explanatory reporting
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investigative journalism ⓘ public service journalism ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1917 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | journalism ⓘ |
| hasAwardMedium |
multimedia journalism
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online journalism ⓘ print journalism ⓘ |
| hasAwardType | institutional award ⓘ |
| hasCategoryType | Public Service ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inception | 1917 ⓘ |
| isOneOf | most prestigious American journalism awards ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Joseph Pulitzer ⓘ |
| notableCriterion |
depth of reporting
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ethical standards in reporting ⓘ impact on the public ⓘ originality of coverage ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pulitzer Prize
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surface form:
Pulitzer Prizes
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| presentedBy | Columbia University ⓘ |
| scope |
local issues with broad public impact
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national issues in the United States ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | judged by a Pulitzer Prize Board ⓘ |
| sponsor | Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism ⓘ |
| typicalRecipients | news organizations rather than individuals ⓘ |
| website | https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/208 ⓘ |
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Arthur Ochs Sulzberger was publisher of The New York Times
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awardReceived
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Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
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subject surface form:
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
this entity surface form:
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (as publisher, on behalf of The New York Times)
this entity surface form:
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (staff contribution)