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The 2026 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Illustrated Reporting and Commentary

Finalist: Adolfo Arranz, Poppy McPherson, Devjyot Ghoshal and Han Huang of Reuters

For “Scammed into Scamming,” an insightful and beautifully rendered visual narrative depicting a multibillion-dollar digital scamming industry staffed with victims of global human trafficking.

Nominated Work

September 18, 2025

If you encounter a paywall, read a PDF iteration of the work here.

Biography

Adolfo Arranz is a Spaniard based in Hong Kong that helps to create visual explanations across a spectrum of topics, supporting the drive at Reuters to present new ways to present news. He likes to use handcrafted illustrations to approach the subject and create appealing visual stories. Arranz previously worked as a creative director at South China Morning Post in Hong Kong and Mediacorp in Singapore. He has won multiple prestigious awards in visual communication.


 

Poppy McPherson is a special correspondent covering Southeast Asia for Reuters. Formerly Myanmar bureau chief, she covered the brief democratic opening in that country and its collapse into chaos following the 2021 coup. She was part of a Reuters team awarded the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting for their coverage of the purge of the Rohingya in 2019.

 

Devjyot Ghoshal is the chief correspondent for Thailand and Myanmar, and has reported across South and Southeast Asia for more than 15 years. He has been part of multiple award‑winning Reuters teams, including those that received the 2025 Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Award for Excellence in Human Rights Reporting and India’s Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award. A Fulbright fellow, Devjyot attended Columbia Journalism School and is a graduate of King’s College London and Loyola College, India.

 

Han Huang is a data visualization developer at Reuters in Hong Kong, where she produces maps, animations, and data-driven stories for breaking news and investigative reporting.

She began her career at Reuters as an intern in New York before moving to the Singapore newsroom as a graphic journalist, creating both interactive and static visuals for daily news coverage and in-depth investigations. She later worked as a graphic designer at the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong before rejoining Reuters in 2023.

Her work has received multiple awards, including honors from SOPA, the Society for News Design (SND) and the WAN-IFRA Asian Media Awards. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Miami.

Winners

Prize Winner in Illustrated Reporting and Commentary in 2026:

Anand RK and Suparna Sharma, contributors, and Natalie Obiko Pearson of Bloomberg

For “trAPPed,” a riveting account of a neurologist in India held under “digital arrest” by her phone, reporting that uses visuals and words to cast light on the growing global challenges of surveillance and digital scams. Illustrated Reporting and Commentary

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Illustrated Reporting and Commentary in 2026:

Ivan Ehlers, freelancer

For an impressive collection addressing contemporary issues, including economics, climate and immigration, that shows extraordinary range, deft artistry and powerful commentary from an emerging visual journalist.

Peter Kuper, freelancer

For a portfolio of vibrant and wordless political cartoons on the climate crisis, politics and emerging technology rendered with a fresh perspective and a unique approach to visual storytelling.

The Jury

Mariel Garza(Chair)

Co-Founder, CEO and Executive Editor, Golden State, Los Angeles

Susie Cagle

Enterprise Editor, The San Francisco Standard

Alberto Cairo

Knight Chair in Infographics and Data Visualization, University of Miami

Jess Ruliffson

Freelance Graphic Journalist, Boston

Ann Telnaes*

Editorial Cartoonist, Bellingham, Wash.

Winners in Illustrated Reporting and Commentary

2025

Ann Telnaes of The Washington Post

For delivering piercing commentary on powerful people and institutions with deftness, creativity – and a fearlessness that led to her departure from the news organization after 17 years.
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2026 Prize Winners

Opinion Writing

M. Gessen of The New York Times

For an illuminating collection of reported essays on rising authoritarian regimes that draw on history and personal experience to probe timely themes of oppression, belonging and exile.
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