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Bloomberg’s CityLab won a Pulitzer for Criticism. Get to know the site behind the win.

Poynter · Nicole Slaughter Graham · last updated

This year’s Pulitzers were dominated by big, well-known and New York-centered names, including Bloomberg CityLab. Wait, CityLab? What’s that?

The vertical, which was acquired in 2020 by Bloomberg from The Atlantic, won its first Pulitzer in the Criticism category for a series focused on the intersection of public spaces and families. Also notable is that the now-award-winning architect of the series is a freelance journalist. Alexandra Lange has written about architecture for many publications since 1999.

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