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Guardian and Washington Post share Pulitzer Prize

The Guardian US and the Washington Post have shared the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in honour of their revelations of secret surveillance by the National Security Agency.

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Guardian and Washington Post share Pulitzer Prize

Glenn Greenwald, the former Guardian journalist who broke the NSA revelations. Credit: Reuters

The Guardian US and the Washington Post have shared the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in honour of their revelations of secret surveillance by the National Security Agency.

The award recognised journalists Glenn Greenwald, Barton Gellman, Laura Poitras and Ewan MacAskill for their reporting on the information leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden.

The Boston Globe also won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting for their coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing.

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