(JTA) – The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news reporting for its coverage of the Tree of Life synagogue massacre last October. The prestigious journalism prize was awarded to the daily’s entire reporting staff on Monday, April 15. The prize committee cited the Post-Gazette for “immersive, compassionate coverage of the massacre at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue that captured the anguish and resilience of a community thrust into grief.” Among the 10 stories cited was an investigative profile of the gunman and how he went “from conservative to white nationalist.”

The coverage also included a front-page headline containing the first four words of the Mourner’s Kaddish prayer in Hebrew letters. David Shribman, the Post-Gazette’s since-retired executive editor, explained the excerpt “from a 10th century prayer might be the appropriate gesture – of respect, of condolence – for a 21st century audience mourning its dead, whether family, friend, congregant, neighbor or, simply, Pittsburgher.”