普利策,“讓他們獲得真相是我的職責”
Hollywood has the Oscars, journalism has the Pulitzers.
好萊塢有奧斯卡獎，新聞業有普利策獎。There will be no red carpet or ball gowns, but newsrooms around the U.S. will gather this afternoon for the announcement of the Pulitzer Prizes, which honor the best journalism and arts of the previous year.
雖然不會有紅毯或舞會禮服，但全美各地的新聞編輯室將於今天下午齊聚一堂，等待着普利策獎的宣佈。這個獎項是對前一年的最佳新聞及藝術作品的表彰。Established in 1917, the prizes are given in 21 categories, which include breaking news photography, fiction and editorial writing. (Here’s a look at how The Times selects the work it puts forward for consideration.)
該獎項設立於1917年，分爲21個類別，其中包括突發新聞攝影、小說及社論寫作（點擊這裏查看時報是如何選送參賽作品的）。
The top prize, which wins a gold medal, is the public service award. Previous winners include The Arkansas Gazette’s coverage of school integration, The Boston Globe’s expose of sexual abuse by priests and The Times’s reporting of the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
最大獎項爲公共服務獎，獲獎方將得到一枚金牌。此前的獲獎作品包括《阿肯色報》(The Arkansas Gazette)對學校融合的報道；《波士頓環球報》(The Boston Globe)對神父性侵行爲的曝光；以及時報對2001年9月11日恐怖襲擊後續事件的報道。
The awards were created by Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of The St. Louis Post Dispatch and The New York World at the turn of the 20th century, as an “incentive to excellence.” Hawkish, with an eye for rooting out public abuses, Pulitzer, above in 1962, is widely regarded as one of the founders of modern American journalism.
普利策獎由約瑟夫·普利策(Joseph Pulitzer)創辦，他是《聖路易斯郵報》(St. Louis Post Dispatch)及《紐約世界報》(New York World)在20世紀之交時的出版人，他創辦該獎是爲了“對傑出成就的激勵”。態度強硬、帶着留意公共濫用眼光的普利策（上圖爲1962年的他），被普遍視爲現代美國新聞業的創始人之一。“It’s my duty to see that they get the truth,” he once said, “accurately so that they may be wisely guided by its light.”
“讓他們獲得真相是我的職責，”他曾這樣說過，“要精準無誤，這樣他們才能被它的光芒帶來的智慧所引導。”Good luck to our colleagues around the world!
祝我們在全世界各地的同事們好運！
