{"id":109564,"date":"2020-05-18T12:42:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T16:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=109564"},"modified":"2020-11-27T12:09:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T17:09:06","slug":"ucf-grad-earns-pulitzer-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-grad-earns-pulitzer-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Grad Earns Pulitzer Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>International reporting by <strong>Michael Schwirtz \u201903<\/strong> recently earned him one of journalism\u2019s top awards, and his journey to this moment started, in part, with a desire to stay close to home.<\/p>\n<p>The DeLand native, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/political-science-ba\/international-relations-and-comp-politics\/\">political science<\/a> graduate and <a href=\"https:\/\/honors.ucf.edu\/\">Burnett Honors Scholar<\/a> started globe-trotting when he was still in high school, including summers abroad in London and Europe. When it came to picking a college, though, he chose the university in his backyard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike a lot of students I didn\u2019t have a clear sense of what I wanted to do. But I started with studying Russian and German at UCF,\u201d says Schwirtz, who won the Pulitzer Prize alongside his <em>New York Times<\/em> colleagues Dionne Searcey and David Kirkpatrick for investigating Russia\u2019s proxy wars.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109570\" style=\"max-width: 382px;\" class=\"figure float-right\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"382\" height=\"436\" class=\"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 wp-image-109570 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/05\/michael-pulitzer.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Michael Schwirtz \u201903 \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/05\/michael-pulitzer.jpg 382w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/05\/michael-pulitzer-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/05\/michael-pulitzer-350x400.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/05\/michael-pulitzer-315x360.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"382\" height=\"436\" class=\"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 wp-image-109570 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20382%20436%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"headshot of Michael Schwirtz \u201903 \" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20382%20436%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/05\/michael-pulitzer.jpg 382w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/05\/michael-pulitzer-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/05\/michael-pulitzer-350x400.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/05\/michael-pulitzer-315x360.jpg 315w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/05\/michael-pulitzer.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Michael Schwirtz \u201903<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei V. Skripal in 2018 prompted Schwirtz to begin digging into Russia\u2019s methods of silencing traitors and spies. His work revealed a team of Russian assassins working across Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Years before diving into political intrigue, Schwirtz had an idea he would pursue a career as a diplomat. Political science classes in topics like security studies, intelligence and military conflict broadened his perspectives and gave him greater context to the world he had started exploring. It was the faculty, however, that truly cemented his passions.<\/p>\n<p>Schwirtz clearly recalls speaking with a federal recruiter at a job fair around 2003 and mentioning his skills in Russian. The war in Iraq was just starting at the time, and the recruiter told him Russian wasn\u2019t worth pursuing. Middle Eastern studies and Arabic were the future, the recruiter insisted.<\/p>\n<p>Schwirtz\u2019s professors told him to ignore the advice and pursue his interests. That advice led Schwirtz to Ukraine for his first embassy internship. It was a dream job for Schwirtz, but, as he found out, not what he actually wanted to do. A political post often requires a diplomat to promote the official stance of the current administration, and that was not something Schwirtz felt comfortable doing.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWild and indescribable.\u201d \u2014 Michael Schwirtz\u2019s reaction to winning Pulitzer Prize<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He found that freedom in journalism; a connection at the <em>New York Times<\/em> bureau in Moscow led him to a research position. Gradually he worked his way up to landing a job writing for one of the biggest names in the news business. Along the course of his career, Schwirtz was nominated two other times for a Pulitzer.<\/p>\n<p>Schwirtz said he uses journalism as a tool to learn more about his interests. It opens doors to new places, and introduces you to people you wouldn\u2019t normally meet. That\u2019s what he values the most about journalism.<\/p>\n<p>Schwirtz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytco.com\/press\/2020-pulitzer-prize-remarks-from-michael-schwirtz\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">calls winning the storied prize<\/a> \u201cwild and indescribable\u201d but a validation of pursuing your dreams. Listen to your professors, and find mentors willing to train you, Schwirtz says.<\/p>\n<p>For now, Schwirtz is covering one of the biggest stories of the century with the global pandemic. But he looks forward to some day returning to reporting on Russian spies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot more to uncover,\u201d Schwirtz says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third time\u2019s the charm for <em>New York Times<\/em> staffer <strong>Michael Schwirtz \u201903<\/strong>, who had been nominated twice previously for one of journalism\u2019s highest honors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":109569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[15992],"tags":[18104,982,202],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-109564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","tag-academic-excellence","tag-college-of-sciences","tag-alumni"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is 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