Yesterday, ProPublica won the prestigious public service Pulitzer Prize for a series of investigations examining U.S. Supreme Court justices’ relationships with billionaire benefactors. Our “Friends of the Court” series uncovered the biggest ethics scandal to hit the Supreme Court in the modern era. Reporters Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski, Brett Murphy and Kirsten Berg pierced decades of judicial secrecy and uncovered major gifts to justices from a small set of politically influential donors.

The Pulitzer Board also recognized a collaboration between The Texas Tribune, ProPublica and FRONTLINE as a finalist in the explanatory reporting category. The investigation provided a detailed analysis of the deeply flawed law enforcement response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

Our journalism helped spur the FDA to adopt long-overdue regulations to make your lab tests safer

The Food and Drug Administration has finally made moves to close what one expert called “one of the remaining gaping holes” in its structure. The new rule cites multiple ProPublica stories from 2022, including:

• Our exposé on how the growing-but-unregulated prenatal testing industry leaves some pregnant patients feeling misled and heartbroken.
• Our investigation into a COVID-19 testing company that missed 96% of cases.

The move comes after decades of debate and stalled legislation on lab-developed tests, which also include certain cancer screenings and some tests for rare diseases. If you or someone you know is pregnant, we put together this guide to help families answer their questions about prenatal testing.

ProPublica’s investigative journalism does more than expose wrongdoing and injustice; we intend to spark real-world change. Read more about why impact is core to our mission.