Former Los Angeles Times film critic Justin Chang was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for criticism on Monday for his “richly evocative and genre-spanning film criticism that reflects on the contemporary moviegoing experience,” according to Pulitzer judges. Chang was a critic with The Times for nearly eight years; he left the paper in late January to become a film critic for the New Yorker magazine. ... You write stories that matter.”The New York Times and the Washington Post each won three Pulitzer Prizes. Chang’s award marked the sixth year in a row that The Times won at least one Pulitzer, bringing the newspaper’s all-time Pulitzer total to 52. Advertisement“Justin dives deep into his ideas with a rigor that’s not only rare, but singular,” said Times Film Editor Joshua Rothkopf, who edited most of Chang’s columns that were submitted.
