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Paul Gigot of The Wall Street Journal named new Pulitzer Prize Board Chair

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Paul Gigot of The Wall Street Journal named new Pulitzer Prize Board Chair

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Gigot’s career at The Wall Street Journal spans 35 years. He has held his current position since 2001. He is responsible for the newspaper's editorials, op-ed articles, arts criticism and book reviews. He also directs the editorial pages of the Journal's Asian and European editions and the OpinionJournal.com website. He is the host of the weekly half-hour news program, the Journal Editorial Report, on the Fox News Channel.

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Pulitzer Prize for Editorials - We seek wider participation across America

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Pulitzer Prize for Editorials: We seek wider participation across America

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'As we near our centennial, we want to renew our dedication to high-quality editorial writing and to seek broader participation in the category, especially among small and medium-size newspapers and news sites. We want to hear your voices.'

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Neil Brown of Tampa Bay Times and Tommie Shelby of Harvard University are elected to Pulitzer Prize Board

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Neil Brown of Tampa Bay Times and Tommie Shelby of Harvard University are elected to Pulitzer Prize Board

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Neil Brown, editor and vice president of the Tampa Bay Times, and Tommie Shelby, a philosopher, Africana studies scholar and professor at Harvard University, have been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board, Columbia University announced today.

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Pulitzer Prizes recognize previously anonymous photo winner

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Pulitzer Prizes recognize previously anonymous photo winner

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When the photograph was first published in August of 1979 in an Iranian newspaper, the editor withheld Razmi's identity because he was concerned for the photographer's safety, The Wall Street Journal story reported.

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Veteran newspaper editors Joann Byrd and Mike Pride named new co-chairs of the Pulitzer Prize Board

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Veteran newspaper editors Joann Byrd and Mike Pride named new co-chairs of the Pulitzer Prize Board

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Byrd, a newspaper editor for 47 years, is currently writing a book about the Heppner, Oregon, flood of 1903. Pride, a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard, won the National Press Foundation's Editor of the Year Award in 1987 for directing the Monitor's coverage of the Challenger disaster and later won the Yankee Quill Award for contributions to New England journalism.

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Paul Gigot, The Wall Street Journal editorial page editor, joins Pulitzer Prize Board

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Paul Gigot, The Wall Street Journal editorial page editor, joins Pulitzer Prize Board

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With nearly 30 years of service with The Wall Street Journal, Gigot has been the paper's editorial page editor and vice president since September 2001. He is responsible for the newspaper's editorials, op-ed articles and Leisure & Arts criticism and directs the editorial pages of the Journal's Asian and European editions and the OpinionJournal.com Web site. 

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Columbia University announces new co-chairs of Pulitzer Prize Board

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Columbia University announces new co-chairs of Pulitzer Prize Board

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In more than 30 years in journalism, Harris has worked as a reporter, editor, educator and corporate executive. Richard Oppel, a reporter and editor for 46 years, has led the newsrooms of the Tallahassee Democrat, Charlotte Observer and Austin American-Statesman. 

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Joyce Dehli joins the Pulitzer Prize Board

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Joyce Dehli joins the Pulitzer Prize Board

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Dehli, who was appointed vice president for news in 2006, leads strategic efforts to strengthen the company's print and online journalism. She also oversees journalism training, which includes the curriculum of Lee Online University, a companywide program she helped create.

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Pulitzer Prize Board elects two new Board members

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Pulitzer Prize Board elects two new Board members

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Beck, as the prize-winning executive editor of the Argus Leader from 2001 to 2008, led his newspaper through numerous public service, investigative and First Amendment projects. Keven Ann Willey, a native of Washington, D.C., became vice president and editorial page editor of The Dallas Morning News in November 2002. Her editorial department’s successful four-year campaign to amend the state constitution to require legislators to publicly record their votes by name was a finalist for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing.

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