Darnella Frazier was awarded a special citation for "highlighting the crucial role of citizens in journalists' quest for truth and justice," the Pulitzer Prize Board announced on Friday.
FILE - This May 25, 2020, file image from a police body camera shows bystanders including Alyssa Funari, left filming, Charles McMillan, center left in light colored shorts, Christopher Martin center in gray, Donald Williams, center in black, Genevieve Hansen, fourth from right filming, Darnella Frazier, third from right filming, as former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was recorded pressing his knee on George Floyd s neck for several minutes in Minneapolis. To the prosecution, the witnesses who watched Floyd s body go still were regular people a firefighter, a mixed martial arts fighter, a high school student and her 9-year-old cousin in a T-shirt emblazoned with the word Love. (Minneapolis Police Department via AP, File)