12
Jun
Darnella Frazier (18), the teenager who filmed the murder of George Floyd by a police officer, has been given a special journalism award by the Pulitzer Prize board. She was awarded the citation for her courage, the Pulitzer committee said. The Pulitzers are the most prestigious journalism awards in the US. Her film started protests for racial justice around the world and was used as evidence in the trial that convicted police officer Derek Chauvin. The committee said they honoured her for "courageously recording the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred protests against police brutality around the world,…