The stories are based on thousands of documents handed over by NSA leaker Edward Snowden.
The Boston Globe has also been awarded a Pulitzer Prize in breaking news while The New York Times has won two Pulitzers in photography categories.
You can see the full list of Pulitzer Prize winners below:
JOURNALISM
- Public Service: The Guardian US and The Washington Post
- Breaking News Reporting: The Boston Globe staff
- Investigative Reporting: Chris Hamby of The Center for Public Integrity, Washington, D.C.
- Explanatory Reporting: Eli Saslow of The Washington Post
- Local Reporting: Will Hobson and Michael LaForgia of the Tampa Bay Times
- National Reporting: David Philipps of The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- International Reporting: Jason Szep and Andrew R.C. Marshall of Reuters
- Feature Writing: No award
- Commentary: Stephen Henderson of the Detroit Free Press
- Criticism: Inga Saffron of The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Editorial Writing: Editorial staff of The Oregonian, Portland
- Editorial Cartooning: Kevin Siers of The Charlotte Observer
- Breaking News Photography: Tyler Hicks of The New York Times
- Feature Photography: Josh Haner of The New York Times
LETTERS AND DRAMA
- Fiction: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown)
- Drama: The Flick by Annie Baker
- History: The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832 by Alan Taylor (W.W. Norton)
- Biography: Margaret Fuller: A New American Life by Megan Marshall (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
- Poetry: 3 Sections by Vijay Seshadri (Graywolf Press)
- General Nonfiction: Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin (Bantam Books)
MUSIC
- “Become Ocean” by John Luther Adams, premiered on June 20, 2013, by the Seattle Symphony (Taiga Press/Theodore Front Musical Literature)