From a story on poynter.org by Roy J. Harris Jr. headlined “Pulitzer preview: January 6 reporting, IRS, and Facebook”:

Journalists are sure to remember 2021 as a remarkable news year. Starting with penetrating Jan. 6 coverage of the Capitol rioting and its devastating fallout, the media also provided insightful coverage of climate change and other environmental challenges while following closely the painfully slow pandemic recovery. And along the way, it delivered numerous local and national scoops — including exclusives on the database inner workings of the Internal Revenue Service and of Facebook, to name only two.