When a Pulitzer prizewinning biographer produces evidence that one of the most admired men in history colluded in and even applauded a rape, it’s to be expected that the story will land on the front page of a major mainstream newspaper and create an international firestorm.

Thirteen news organisations shared the honours in the journalism categories at the annual Pulitzer Prizes, which covered a wide variety of subjects in a year when no single event dominated the front pages. A live jazz recording won in the music category for the first time.

THE New York Times yesterday named Bill Keller as executive editor, more than a month after the newspaper’s top editors resigned following a plagiarism scandal.