Los Angeles Times Book Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 37 (2016) Winner
Wesley Lowery
ウェズリー・ロウリー
Wesley Lowery
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- null
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Shaker Heights, Ohio → Boston, Massachusetts → Washington, D.C.
Career
- Occupations
- Journalist, Author, University faculty
- Active Years
- 2012-
- Affiliations
- The Washington Post (former), CBS News (former), American University (former), Investigative Reporting Workshop (served as executive editor), Boston Globe (former), Los Angeles Times (reporting fellow)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio University | Unknown | School of Journalism | Bachelor's | 2008–2012 | United States |
Ohio University
Unknown
/ School of Journalism
Degree:
Bachelor's
Period:
2008–2012
Year of Graduation:
2012
Country:
United States
Served as editor-in-chief of the campus newspaper and held internships at several newspapers.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting | The Washington Post 'Fatal Force' project | — | Columbia University (Pulitzer Prize) | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose | They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement | — | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes | 受賞 |
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
2016
Work:
The Washington Post 'Fatal Force' project
Organization:
Columbia University (Pulitzer Prize)
Result:
受賞
Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose
2017
Work:
They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement
Organization:
Los Angeles Times Book Prizes
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement
2016 Non-fiction (journalism/social issues)A reportage drawing on the author's coverage of Ferguson and Baltimore to place the Black Lives Matter movement in the context of U.S. racial justice history. Combines personal experience with extensive reporting to analyze policing and protest.
RacePolice violenceProtest movementsCivil rights and social justice
Adaptations
- [Television series (in development)] They Can't Kill Us All (TV adaptation)
Bibliography
- They Can't Kill Us All (2016)
Adaptations
- TV adaptation of They Can't Kill Us All (AMC; produced by Makeready, Don Cheadle involved)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- On-the-ground reportageFact-driven investigative styleNarration mixing personal perspective with background explanation
- Recurring Motifs
- Race and justiceInstitutional violence and surveillanceYouth and protest
Legacy
Gained attention as a rising journalist and won major awards including the Pulitzer Prize. Contributed to making deadly police violence visible, while in recent years allegations of sexual misconduct have emerged, complicating his legacy.
In Popular Culture
- TV adaptation of They Can't Kill Us All reported (AMC)
Quotes
-
His book is electric, because it is so well reported, so plainly told and so evidently the work of a man who has not grown a callus on his heart.
Source: The New York Times (book review) (2016)
Trivia
- Was arrested while reporting in Ferguson in 2014 (charges later dropped).
- Won the Pulitzer Prize at age 25 (2016).
- Served as a judge for the American Mosaic Journalism Prize from 2018 to 2025.
- Resigned from American University in 2025 after allegations of sexual misconduct were reported.