Legendary newspaper editor and publisher Joseph Pulitzer established the Pulitzer Prizes in his will in 1904, and they were first awarded in 1917. While the categories in which the prizes have been awarded have changed over the years, the vast majority of them are awarded for journalism, and they are widely regarded as that profession’s most coveted honor.
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