The Pulitzer Prize winners are announced later today, and it’s supposed to be a secret until then. But Washington Post national reporter Wesley Lowery reportedly already knows if he’ll be victorious.
Lowery gleefully told friends at a party this weekend that he and a team of Post colleagues will win a Pulitzer Prize, according to Politico.
Lowery worked on the team project “Fatal Force,” about deadly police shootings.
Lowery reportedly explained that Pulitzer sources gave an informal heads-up to some winning organizations so they can order champagne, and the news trickled down from editors to reporters. Lowery said the New York Times will also pick up at least one award this afternoon.
The Pulitzer winners used to top secret but Lowery reportedly blabbed at the Shaw house party of Daily Beast deputy social media editor Asawin Suebsaeng, according to Washingtonian.
The party where the beans were spilled was reportedly called “The Dance-Party & Beer Bong ‘Make America Bae Again’ #YOLOmageddon (2016).” Pulitzer Prize winners will formally be announced at 3 p.m. ET/ 12 p.m. PT.