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Irish Independent
12-05-2025
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- Irish Independent
Mayo journalist on a life of war reporting that led to him winning prestigious Pulitzer Prize
Irish Pulitzer Prize winner Declan Walsh has spoken about the horrors of war and what drew him to work in some of the world's worst conflict zones.
Business Post
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Business Post
Former Business Post reporter wins Pulitzer Prize for Sudan civil war investigation
Media Former Business Post reporter wins Pulitzer Prize for Sudan civil war investigation Trudy Feenane 17:09 Declan Walsh pictured speaking in the New York Times newsroom alongside Ivor Prickett (right) and members of the team who won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting. Photograph: Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times
The Journal
06-05-2025
- Politics
- The Journal
Irish journalists win Pulitzer Prize for international news coverage of war in Sudan
TWO IRISH JOURNALISTS, Declan Walsh and Ivor Prickett, have won the Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of the ongoing civil war in Sudan. The Pulitzer Prizes for journalism were announced at Colombia University in New York last night, with the New York Times picking up four awards. Declan Walsh and the staff of the New York Times picked up the international reporting award for their coverage of the conflict in Sudan, which included reporting on foreign influence and the lucrative gold trade fueling it. Declan Walsh, originally from Co Mayo, is the chief Africa correspondent for the New York Times. He is currently based in Nairobi, Kenya. Ivor Prickett, a Cork-born photojournalist, was also a part of the award-wining team. Each winner receives a certificate and $15,000 (€13,200) in cash. Advertisement In a statement on social media, Walsh described it as 'an immense honour' to win the award. An immense honor to be awarded the @PulitzerPrizes for our work on Sudan. — Declan Walsh (@declanwalsh) May 6, 2025 'We were up against formidable entries from the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post,' he added. Walsh started his career in journalism with the Business Post in Dublin, before moving to Nairobi, Kenya, in 1999 to report on sub-Saharan Africa as a freelance reporter. In 2004 he moved to Islamabad, Pakistan, covering Pakistan and Afghanistan for The Guardian. He joined The New York Times in 2011 as the Pakistan bureau chief. The Pakistani authorities expelled him from the country in May 2013 for unspecified reasons. He has been based in Kenya since 2020, and was previously shortlisted for an Orwell Prize. Ivor Prickett has previously been nominated for several Pulitzer Prizes across several categories – including in 2018, when he was nominated for breaking news photography for his coverage of ISIS in Iraq. The Pulitzer Prizes praised the best in journalism from 2024 in 15 categories. Winners were also announced in eight arts categories including books, music and theater. Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone... A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation. Learn More Support The Journal
Irish Independent
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Irish journalists win Pulitzer Prize for Sudan war coverage
Declan Walsh, who is based in Kenya and is from Ballina, Co Mayo, won the prize for his reporting on the Sudan civil war, along with the staff of the New York Times, where he is chief Africa correspondent. Among the team was Cork-born photographer Ivor Prickett. Mr Walsh, who attended UCD and DCU, previously reported from the Middle East, and was expelled from Pakistan in 2013 because of his work, which he continued while based in London. The New York Times won four Pulitzer Prizes and the New Yorker three on Monday for journalism in 2024 that touched on topics like the fentanyl crisis, the US military and last summer's assassination attempt on US president Donald Trump. The Pulitzers' prestigious public service medal went to ProPublica for the second straight year. Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser, Cassandra Jaramillo and Stacy Kranitz were honoured for reporting on pregnant women who died after doctors delayed urgent care in states with strict abortion laws. The Washington Post won for 'urgent and illuminating' breaking news coverage of the Trump assassination attempt. The Pulitzers honoured Ann Telnaes, who quit the Post in January after the news outlet refused to run her editorial cartoon lampooning tech chiefs — including Post owner Jeff Bezos — cozying up to Trump. The Pulitzers praised her 'fearlessness.' The Pulitzers honoured the best in journalism from 2024 in 15 categories, along with eight arts categories including books, music and theatre. The public service winner receives a gold medal. All other winners receive $15,000. The New York Times showed its breadth with awards honouring reporting from Afghanistan, Sudan, Baltimore and Butler, Pennsylvania. Doug Mills won in breaking news photography for his pictures of the Trump assassination attempt, including one that captured a bullet in the air near the GOP candidate. The Times' Azam Ahmed and Christina Goldbaum and contributing writer Matthieu Aikins won an explanatory reporting prize for examining U.S. policy failures in Afghanistan. Declan Walsh and the Times' staff won for an investigation into the Sudan conflict, which revealed the role of the United Arab Emirates in the conflict. The Times was also part of a collaboration with The Baltimore Banner, whose reporters Alissa Zhu, Nick Thieme and Jessica Gallagher won in local reporting for stories on that city's fentanyl crisis and its disproportionate effect on Black men. The Banner was created three years ago, with several staffers who had left the Baltimore Sun. Reuters won for its own investigative series on fentanyl, showing how lax regulation both inside and outside the United States makes the drug inexpensive and widely available. ADVERTISEMENT Learn more The New Yorker's Mosab Abu Toha won for his commentaries on Gaza. The magazine also won for its 'In the Dark' podcast about the killing of Iraqi civilians by the U.S. military and in feature photography for Moises Saman's pictures of the Sednaya prison in Syria. The Wall Street Journal won a Pulitzer for its reporting on Elon Musk, 'including his turn to conservative politics, his use of legal and illegal drugs and his private conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin,' the Pulitzer board said. The Journal was also a finalist for its 'cool-headed' reporting on the plight of Evan Gershkovich, who was imprisoned in Russia. The Pulitzers also gave a special citation to the late Chuck Stone for his work covering the civil rights movement. The pioneering journalist was the first Black columnist at the Philadelphia Daily News and founded the National Association of Black Journalists. Mark Warren of Esquire won the feature writing prize for his portrait of a Baptist pastor and small-town mayor who died by suicide after his secret online life was exposed by a right-wing news site. Alexandra Lange, a contributing writer for Bloomberg CityLab won an award in criticism for 'graceful and genre-expanding' writing about public spaces for families. The Houston Chronicle Raj Mankad, Sharon Steinmann, Lisa Falkenberg and Leah Binkovitz won the Pulitzer in editorial writing for its series on dangerous train crossings.
Irish Times
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Irish Times
Irish journalist Declan Walsh wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Sudan civil war
Declan Walsh, a journalist originally from Co Mayo, has won a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting on the conflict in Sudan. Walsh, who is based in Nairobi in Kenya, is the chief Africa correspondent for the New York Times . The Pulitzer Prizes, which were started in 1917, are presented annually by Columbia University for excellence in journalism and letters. The winners were announced in New York on Monday, with Walsh and the staff of the New York Times winning the award for international reporting for their coverage of the ongoing civil war in Sudan . READ MORE Their coverage included revealing the role of the United Arab Emirates in the conflict and its human toll. Walsh, who is originally from Ballina, attended University College Dublin (UCD) and Dublin City University (DC). He has also written for the Times, covering Pakistan and Afghanistan and the Middle East. Walsh was expelled from Pakistan in 2013 for his reporting. He has been based in Kenya since 2020 and won a Robert F Kennedy Journalism Award for his reporting from Yemen. Walsh was also previously shortlisted for the Orwell Prize. The Pulitzer Prizes honoured the best reporting from 2024 in 15 categories, as well as eight arts categories focused on books, music and theatre. A special citation was given to the late journalist Chuck Stone for career achievements that included covering the Civil Rights Movement and co-founding the National Association of Black Journalists. With the exception of the Public Service winner, Pulitzer award recipients get a $15,000 cash prize, which was raised from $10,000 in 2017. The public-service prize is a gold medal given to a news organisation. Marjorie Miller, administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, said: 'These are particularly difficult times for the media and publishers in the United States,' while praising journalism coming from 'unbowed' newsrooms. 'Journalists and writers now face additional threats in the form of legal harassment, the banning of books and attacks on their work and legitimacy,' she added. 'These efforts are meant to silence criticism, to edit or rewrite history. They're an attempt to erode the first amendment of our Constitution, which guarantees a free press and free speech.'
