The Pulitzer Prizes honored the best publishers for their hard-hitting journalism over the past year on Monday. The winners were chosen by a board of 19 members and 102 jurors looked over 2,500 submissions for the 21 prizes. The New York Times was the biggest winner David A. Fahrenthold of The Washington Post won the prize The New York Daily News and ProPublica won for their joint effort in public service journalism for exposing the abuse of the New York police The Pulitzer Prizes began in 1917 and are the most prestigious awards in American journalism.