READ THE FREE LANCE NEWS'S 2025 PULITZER PRIZE SUBMISSIONS
THE FREE LANCE NEWS SUBMITTED ITS 2025 WORK IN 5 CATEGORIES
MALONE, NEW YORK Jan. 5, 2025
The Free Lance News.org has taken a bold step and applied for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in 5 categories: Public Service, Investigative Reporting, Explanatory Reporting, Beat Reporting and Breaking News. All our submissions relate to the killing of inmate Robert Brooks by New York State prison guards on Dec. 9, 2024.
Some stories are submitted more than once, which is allowed by the Pulitzer rules. The number of submissions per category is set by the rules at 15 for public service and 7 for the remainder. We only submitted one report for consideration in the breaking news category, and submitted the maximum number allowed in the remainder.
Read The Free Lance News's offerings in their order of submission below, which is how the Pulitzer committee says it reads the contenders.
PUBLIC SERVICE
WHAT BODY CAMERA VIDEO TELLS US ABOUT THE KILLING OF ROBERT BROOKS BY PRISON GUARDS
FROM TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH, MEET THE FORMERLY-INCARCERATED LEADERS SEEKING JUSTICE FOR ROBERT BROOKS
2 MONTHS AFTER PRISON GUARDS KILLED ROBERT BROOKS, WHY HASN’T ANYONE BEEN ARRESTED?
NY PRISON CHIEF IGNORED 'TICKING TIME-BOMB' 3 1/2 MONTHS BEFORE GUARDS KILLED ROBERT BROOKS
MURDER CHARGES FOR THE PRISON GUARDS WHO KILLED ROBERT BROOKS
BEHIND THE BARRELS: HOW A MESS HALL BRAWL SPARKED THE WILDCAT STRIKE BY NYS PRISON GUARDS
SURVIVED BEING SHOT BY COPS, HARLEM MAN KILLED BY NEW YORK STATE PRISON GUARDS
SPLIT VERDICT ROCKS ROBERT BROOKS MURDER TRIAL, 1 CONVICTED, 2 ACQUITTED
UPDATED: RELIGIOUS LEADER KILLS HIMSELF INSIDE PRISON WHERE GUARDS MURDERED ROBERT BROOKS
'SO MANY LIVES DESTROYED IN A MOMENT': 4 MORE GUARDS SENT TO PRISON FOR KILLING ROBERT BROOKS
GUARD WHO SET MURDER OF ROBERT BROOKS IN MOTION STILL WORKING FOR STATE PRISON SYSTEM
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
WHAT BODY CAMERA VIDEO TELLS US ABOUT THE KILLING OF ROBERT BROOKS BY PRISON GUARDS
OFFICER SEXUALLY HARASSED TO DEATH BY GUARDS AT MARCY C.F. SPARKS HUSBAND’S QUEST FOR JUSTICE
BEHIND THE BARRELS: HOW A MESS HALL BRAWL SPARKED THE WILDCAT STRIKE BY NYS PRISON GUARDS
INSIDE THE 'MYSTERIOUS' START OF THE WILDCAT STRIKE BY NY'S PRISON GUARDS
UPDATED: RELIGIOUS LEADER KILLS HIMSELF INSIDE PRISON WHERE GUARDS MURDERED ROBERT BROOKS
EVEN TUFF GIRLZ SAY NEW YORK PRISON REFORM LAW GOES TOO FAR
EXPLANATORY REPORTING
WHAT BODY CAMERA VIDEO TELLS US ABOUT THE KILLING OF ROBERT BROOKS BY PRISON GUARDS
2 MONTHS AFTER PRISON GUARDS KILLED ROBERT BROOKS, WHY HASN’T ANYONE BEEN ARRESTED?
CHINA IS WAGING CHEMICAL WARFARE ON U.S., NEW YORK'S PRISON GUARDS ARE AMONG THE VICTIMS
JB Nicholas in the attorney ready room at the Appellate Division, Third Department in Albany preparing to orally argue his appeal for public and press access to administrative law enforcement disciplinary hearings in New York. Photo credit: TA Stacy.
OFFICER SEXUALLY HARASSED TO DEATH BY GUARDS AT MARCY C.F. SPARKS HUSBAND’S QUEST FOR JUSTICE
2 MONTHS AFTER PRISON GUARDS KILLED ROBERT BROOKS, WHY HASN’T ANYONE BEEN ARRESTED?
GOV. KATHY HOCHUL UNLEASHES F-BOMB BARRAGE ON STRIKING PRISON GUARDS
INSIDE THE 'MYSTERIOUS' START OF THE WILDCAT STRIKE BY NY'S PRISON GUARDS
THE FREE LANCE ARGUES FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO POLICE AND PRISON GUARD DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS IN NEW YORK
EVEN TUFF GIRLZ SAY NEW YORK PRISON REFORM LAW GOES TOO FAR
BREAKING NEWS REPORTING
UPDATED: RELIGIOUS LEADER KILLS HIMSELF INSIDE PRISON WHERE GUARDS MURDERED ROBERT BROOKS
BACKGROUND READING
MY YEAR AS A ‘COP’: 2025 REPORT FOR READERS
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