Poet Tracy Smith won the 2012 Pulitzer for poetry. Speaking to the NewHour in May, Smith said:
For me, a poem is an opportunity to kind of interrogate myself a little bit. See in what ways I'm complicated by situations like that, or even -- I don't know -- like somehow connected to in ways that might be uncomfortable.
NewsHour also pulled from a few of the journalism Pulitzer winners' reports -- highlighting reporters' exemplary coverage and providing viewers with some additional on-the-ground perspective.
