Katherine Boo and Gail Collins named to Pulitzer Prize Board.

Lytle Hernández, a professor of History, African American Studies and Urban Planning at UCLA, and Merida, a senior vice president at ESPN and editor-in-chief of The Undefeated, have been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board.

Veteran Deputy Administrator Edward Kliment will serve as interim administrator as Prize Board launches nationwide search for Canedy’s successor.

The Pulitzer Prize Board is deeply disturbed by reports of journalists being harassed and assaulted by some law enforcement officers as news organizations report on the police killing of George Floyd and the resulting national protests and civil unrest.

The Pulitzer Prizes exclusively will accept books entered in electronic form for the 2021 awards. The change will affect the Biography, General Nonfiction, History, Fiction and Poetry Prize categories.

Stephen Engelberg, editor-in-chief of ProPublica, and Aminda Marqués González, president, publisher and executive editor of the Miami Herald, have been elected as co-chairs of the Pulitzer Prize Board.

Columbia University today announces the 2020 Pulitzer Prizes, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board. The Board also announces the election of its two co-chairs: Stephen Engelberg, Editor-in-Chief, ProPublica, and Aminda Marqués Gonzalez, President, Publisher and Executive Editor, Miami Herald.

“Both as distinguished journalists and past Pulitzer Prize winners, Lozada and Remnick bring deep knowledge and a wealth of experience to the board. We are delighted to welcome them,” Pulitzer Prize Administrator Dana Canedy said.

Professor Díaz to resume full board duties

Blau, executive editor of projects and investigations at Bloomberg News, and Hahn, professor of history at New York University, succeed Eugene Robinson of The Washington Post.