> In late 2011, BuzzFeed hired Ben Smith of Politico as editor-in-chief, to expand the site into long-form journalism and reportage.[8] After years of investment in investigative journalism, by 2018 BuzzFeed News had won the National Magazine Award[9] and the George Polk Award,[10] and been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize[9][11] and the Michael Kelly Award.[9]