Dozens of journalists and students packed into the World Room inside Pulitzer Hall at Columbia University for the 99th edition of the Pulitzer Prize announcements. The early-arriving crowd snacked on assorted cookies and sipped coffee while awaiting the 3pm dissemination of journalism's most prestigious awards.
The Pulitzers, begun in 1917 by the namesake of this very building, are the gold standard of American journalism, books, poetry and music. Despite a live-stream of the event, seating was at capacity with numerous media members setting up shop on the hardwood floor.
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