Pulitzer Prize Board Member Aminda Marqués González, who serves as executive editor of the Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald, will expand her role to also become editor and publisher of Miami Herald Media Company, effective April 15.
A mainstay of New York's art and media worlds for more than 50 years, the 1974 Criticism winner played an integral role in popularizing new movements while overcoming the misogyny of her era.
The 2019 Journalism deadline was January 25. Winners and finalists will be announced on April 15.
Read Baker's keynote address from the Pulitzer 75th Anniversary Celebration in 1991 for the first time on Pulitzer.org.
The 1984 Poetry winner "[presented] a new kind of Romanticism that refuses to acknowledge boundaries between nature and the observing self."
80 journalists were killed this year around the world. Currently, 348 are in prison, and 60 are being held hostage. In 2018, the U.S. became one of the six deadliest countries for journalists.
The entry site will close on December 31. Submissions must be postmarked by that date to be eligible.
Professor Díaz to resume full board duties
'Our mission as journalists is to seek truth and to inform, educate and empower our communities,' said the USA Today editor in chief.
The online entry form and payment mechanism closed at the deadline. Hard copies of books that accompany otherwise complete entries will be accepted until October 15.
