The New York Times has won many awards. This list is up to date as of April 2018.
Pulitzer Prizes
The New York Times has been awarded 133 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper. They won their first prize in 1918 for complete and accurate coverage of World War I, and their most recent in 2018.
SABEW Best in Business Year DescriptionDenotes being a finalist, who did not win YearCategoryArticleAuthor(s)Citations2007Overall excellenceN/AThe New York Times StaffBreaking News Coverage“Google’s YouTube deal”Andrew Ross Sorkin, Matt Richtel, Miguel Helft and John Markoff Enterprise“Very rich are leaving the merely rich behind” Louis UchitelleProjects“Leaky oil royalties”Edmund L. AndrewsColumnsN/AGretchen Morgenson2009General ExcellenceN/AThe New York Times StaffGeneral Excellence- WebsitesN/AN/ABusiness Reporting - Breaking News”The G.M. Bankruptcy”N/AEnterprise“The Burger That Shattered Her Life”Michael MossColumnsN/ADavid LeonhardtColumnsN/ADavid CarrProjects"Toxic Waters"Charles Duhigg Projects“Driven to Distraction”Matt RichtelOnline Excellence- Breaking News"The G.M. Bankruptcy"N/AOnline Excellence- Projects"Living With Less"N/AAudio/Video Reports“Flipped: Inside the Private Equity Game”Amy O'LearyAudio/Video Reports“The Card Game: The Deal With Overdrafts”Brent McDonaldCreative use of Online “Flipped: Inside the Private Equity Game”Amy O'Leary2010Personal Finance“Alina Tugend Personal Finance”Breaking News Dailies“The SEC vs. Goldman Sachs”Creative Use Across Multiple PlatformsYou Fix the Budget”N/ACreative Use Across Multiple Platforms“Gulf Oil Spill”N/AExplanatory“Payback Time”Benedict CareyFeature“A Bully Finds a Pulpit on the Web”David SegalFeature“Your Brain on Computers”Matt RichtelGeneral ExcellenceN/AThe New York Times StaffOpinion/ColumnN/ADavid LeonhardtOpinion/ColumnN/AGretchen Morgenson2011General ExcellenceN/ANew York Times StaffOpinion/Column"Fair Game"Gretchen MorgensonOpinion/Column"The Media Equation"David CarrBreaking NewsMF Global BankruptcyThe New York Times StaffExplanatory "Drilling Down- Natural Gas"Ian UrbinaFeature"Dirty Little Secrets of Search"David Segal2012Investigative"Wal-Mart Abroad"David BarstowPersonal Finance"You For Sale"Natasha SingerCommentaryN/AJames StewartExplanatory"Tax and Spending Myths"Binyamin Appelbaum, Robert Gebbeloff Explanatory"The iEconomy" Charles Duhigg, Keith Bradsher, David Barboza, David Segal, David Kocieniewski, Bill Vlasic, Hiroko TabuchiFeatures"McAfee"David SegalInvestigative- Real Estate"Mortgage"Jessica Silver-GreenbergInvestigative- Technology"Fake Reviews"David Streitfeild2013International Breaking NewsFor coverage of the Cyprus financial crisisStaff of the New York Times2013InnovationFor a series of business graphsKevin Quealy, Shan Carter, Archie Tse, Mike Bostock, Matthew Ericson, Hannah Fairfield, Ford Fessenden, Tom Giratikanon, Josh Keller, Alicia Parlapiano, Tim Wallace, Derek Watkins, Jeremy White, Josh Williams, Karen YourishNewspapers Breaking News“JP Morgan Settlement.”Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Ben Protess, Peter Eavis2013Explanatory"House Edge."Gretchen Morgenson, David Kocieniewski, Robert Gebeloff2013CommentaryN/AJames Stewart2013General ExcellenceN/AThe New York Times Business staff2013Real Estate"Foreclosure/Mortgage Abuse."Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Ben Protess2013Social MediaFor effective use of social mediaHanna IngberTechnology"China Hacking"Nicole Perlroth, David Barboza, David Sanger, Michael Schmidt2014InnovationFor a collection of economic tools and visualizationsGregor Aisch, Wilson Andrews, Jeremy Ashkenas, Matthew Bloch, Mike Bostock, Shan Carter, Haeyoun Park, Alicia Parlapiano, Archie Tse2014International Breaking NewsFor Alibaba CoverageMichael J. de la Merced, Neil Gough, Andrew Jacobs, Karl Russell2014Personal Finance "Driven Into Debt"Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Michael Corkery2014CommentaryFor his columns Eduardo PorterExplanatory“The New Smoke.”Matt Richtel, Sabrina TaverniseInvestigative"Fatal Flaws"Danielle Ivory, Rebecca R. Ruiz, Hiroko Tabuchi, Bill Vlasic, Matthew L. Wald2014Feature“The cold, hard lessons of Mobile Home U.”Gary Rivlin2015Personal Finance “Airbnb Horror Story Points to Need for Precautions”Ron LieberCommentaryFor his columns on technologyFarhad ManjooExplanatory"Inside Amazon"Jodi Kantor, David StreitfeldFeature"The Outlaw Ocean" Ian UrbinaInvestigative"Beware the Fine Print"Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Michael Corkery, Robert GebeloffReal Estate"Towers of Secrecy"Louise Story, Stephanie Saul
Peabody Awards YearName DescriptionNotes1951New York Times Youth ForumIt featured "unrehearsed discussion by students selected from private, public and parochial schools, on topics ranging from the political, educational and scientific to the international and the United Nations."1956Personal Award to Jack GouldFor "his outstanding contribution to radio and television through his New York Times writings".2003FRONTLINE: A Dangerous BusinessA joint investigation by the New York Times, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and WGBH's Frontline about the conditions faced by workers at McWayne Inc.2008NYTimes.comCitation: "Aggressively and creatively adding sound and moving images to its traditional package of news and features, The New York Times has stepped forward as an innovator in online journalism. Its website exemplifies a new age for the press, expanding its role in ways unimaginable only a few years ago."2012Snow Fall"Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek", a 17,000-word multimedia online feature story by John Branch. Also won a Pulitzer Prize.2013A Short History of the Highrise"Website visitors [are able] to tour 2,500 years of 'vertical living,' from the Tower of Babel to turn-of-the-20th Century New York City tenements to luxury skyscrapers in modern Shanghai."
National Magazine Awards YearCategoryArticle(s)Author(s)Citation2009Reporting"Right at the Edge"Dexter Filkins2010"The Deadly Choices at MemorialSheri Fink2011Profile WritingN/AN/ANews and Documentary PhotographyDesign, Digital Media2012Feature Photography"Vamps, Crooks & KillersPhotographs by Alex Prager, Introduction by A.O. ScottVideo"My Family's Experiment in Extreme Schooling,"Julie Dressner, Shayla Harris and Clifford J. Levy2014Reporting"The Dream Boat"Luke Mogelson2016Public Interest"Worlds Apart"Nikole Hannah-JonesFeature Writing"I have no choice but to keep looking"Jennifer PercyEssays/Criticism "David's Ankles"Sam Anderson
Gerald Loeb Award YearCategoryArticle(s)Author(s)Citation1985Deadline and/or Beat Writing"The Battle for Gulf"Robert J. Cole1996Deadline and/or Beat Writing"Coverage of the Media Industry"Geraldine Fabrikant1999Deadline and/or Beat Writing"Coverage of the Near Collapse of Long-Term Capital Management"The New York Times Staff (including Diana B. Henriques)2001Commentary“Floyd Norris Columns”Floyd Norris2002Commentary“Market Watch”Gretchen Morgenson2003Beat Writing"Inside the S.E.C."Stephen Labaton2005Deadline Writing"End of an Era"Andrew Ross Sorkin, Steve Lohr, David Barboza, Gary Rivlin, John MarkoffLarge Newspapers"Death on the Tracks"Walt Bogdanich2007Feature Writing"Rewriting the Social Contract"Louis Uchitelle2008Breaking News"The Fall of E. Stanley O'Neal at Merrill Lynch"Jenny Anderson, Landon Thomas Jr.Commentary"Talking Business"Joe NoceraBeat Writing (Honorable Mention)"Golden Opportunities"Charles DuhiggLarge Newspapers"Toxic Pipeline"Walt Bogdanich, Jake Hooker, David Barboza, Andrew W. Lehern2009Beat Writing"Wall Street"Gretchen MorgensonLarge Newspapers"The Reckoning"Gretchen Morgenson, Peter S. Goodman, Charles Duhigg, Carter Dougherty, Eric Dash, Julie Creswell, Jo Becker, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Stephen LabatonMagazines"Obamanomics"David Leonhardt2010Online Commentary and Blogging"Pogue's Posts"David PogueLarge Newspapers"Food Safety"Michael Moss, Andrew Martin2011Personal Finance"Student Debt"Ron LieberCommentaryKrugman's columnsPaul Krugman2013Images/Visuals"Economics Interactives"Tom Giratikanon, Amanda Cox, Sergio Pecanha, Alicia Parlapiano, Jeremy White, Robert Gebeloff, Ford Fessenden, Archie Tse, Alan McLean, Shan Carter, Mike Bostock and Matthew EricsonInternational"China's Secret Fortunes"David Barboza and Sharon LaFraniereInvestigative"Wal-Mart Abroad"David Barstow, Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab and Stephanie Clifford2014Breaking News"Bangladesh"Jim Yardley, Julfikar Ali Manik, and Steven GreenhouseImages/Visuals"Interactive GraphicsFord Fessenden, Tom Giratikanon, Josh Keller, Archie Tse, Tim Wallace, Derek Watkins, Jeremy White, Karen Yourish, Shan Carter, Hannah Fairfield, Alicia Parlapiano, Mike Bostock, Amanda Cox, Matthew Ericson, Kevin Quealy, and Josh Williams2015Beat Reporting "Lobbying in America"Eric Lipton, Ben Protess, Nicholas Confessore and Brooke WilliamsImages/Visuals"Economic Tools & Visualizations"Gregor Aisch, Wilson Andrews, Jeremy Ashkenas, Matthew Bloch, Mike Bostock, Shan Carter, Haeyoun Park, Alicia Parlapiano and Archie Tse2016Images/Graphics/Interactives"Making Data Visual"Amanda Cox, Gregor Aisch, Kevin Quealy, Matthew Bloch, Wilson Andrews, Josh Keller, Karen Yourish, Eric Buth, Nicholas Confessore and Sarah CohenCommentary"Inside the Boardroom"James B. Stewart
Online Journalism Awards YearDescriptionDenotes being a finalist, who did not win YearCategoryArticleAuthor(s)Citation2001Feature Journalism, Affiliated"Salsa-Made in New York"Peter CapatanoGeneral Excellence in Online Journalism, AffiliatedN/AThe New York Times Staff2002Breaking News, AffiliatedSeptember 11 CoverageCreative Use of the Medium, AffiliatedPhotographers JournalN/AGeneral Excellence in Online Journalism – Affiliated, LargeN/AThe New York Times Staff2003General Excellence in Online Journalism – Affiliated, LargeBreaking News, AffiliatedCoverage of the Shuttle Columbia2003Breaking News, AffiliatedCoverage of the War in Iraq2003Enterprise Journalism, AffiliatedDangerous BusinessDavid Barstow and Lowell Bergman2004Breaking News, LargeThe Capture of Saddam HusseinThe New York Times Staff2004Online Commentary, LargeHis ColumnsNicholas D. Kristof2004Specialty Journalism, LargeMovie CoverageThe New York Times Staff2005Breaking News, Large SiteAsia's Deadly WavesGeneral Excellence in Online Journalism, Large SiteN/AOutstanding Use of Multiple Media, Large SiteClass Matters2006Breaking News, Large SiteNew York City Transit Strike General Excellence in Online Journalism, Large SiteN/A2006Online Commentary, Large SiteHis ColumnsDavid Pogue2007Breaking News, Large SiteThe Rampage at Virginia TechThe New York Times StaffGeneral Excellence in Online Journalism, Large SiteN/AOutstanding Use of Digital Media, Large SiteFrugal Traveler: American Road TripLucas Peterson2008Outstanding Use of Digital Technology, Large SitePoliticsThe New York Times StaffGeneral Excellence in Online Journalism, Large SiteN/A2008Breaking News, Large SiteEliot Spitzer's Resignation2008Online Commentary, Large SitesOn the GroundNicholas Kristof2009Online Topical Reporting/Blogging, Large SiteThe Lede – IranRobert Mackey2009General Excellence in Online Journalism, Large SiteNytimes.comThe New York Times Staff2009Outstanding Use of Digital Technologies, Large SiteInteractive GraphicsOnline Topical Reporting/Blogging, Large SiteThe Well Blog2010Gannett Foundation Award for Innovative Investigative Journalism, Large SiteToxic WatersCharles Duhigg2010General Excellence in Online Journalism, Large SiteN/AThe New York Times StaffBreaking News, Large SiteCoverage of the 2010 Haiti earthquake2010Multimedia Feature Presentation, Large SiteHeld by the TalibanDavid RohdeOutstanding Use of Digital Technologies, ProfessionalOil Spill TrackerErin Aigner, Joe Burgess, Shan Carter, Joanne