Pulitzer Prize Board 2007–2008

Front row: T. Friedman, J. Byrd, M. Pride, S. Gissler, D. Allen, R. Oppel, A. Bennett
Back row: J. Amoss, K. Carroll, P. Gigot, P. Tash, D. Graham, A. Lipinski, A. Gyllenhaal, D. Kennedy, G. Moore
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The Board presided over the judging process that resulted in the 2008 winners and finalists. --Joann Byrd and Mike Pride, co-chairs; Sig Gissler, administrator.
Allen, Danielle, UPS Foundation Professor, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ
Amoss, Jim, editor,
The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA
Byrd, Joann, former editor editorial page,
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, WA
Gigot, Paul, editorial page editor,
The Wall Street Journal, New York, NY
Gissler, Sig, administrator, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York, NY
Harris, Jay T., Wallis Annenberg Chair, Director, Center for the Study of Journalism and Democracy, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Kennedy, David M., Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, Emeritus, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Lemann, Nicholas, dean, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York, NY
Tash, Paul C., editor, chairman and CEO,
The St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL