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1986 Pulitzer Prize Board
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starting left going back around table: O. Elliott, E. Roberts, M. Gartner, H. Hays, R. Leonard, M. Sovern, J. Pulitzer, W. Raspberry, R. Christopher, C. Sitton, C. Saikowski, R. Baker (absent from photo: H. Gray, J. Hoge, D. Laventhol, C.K. McClatchy, W. Phillips, R. Wilkins) Credit: Joe Pineiro/Columbia University

Board Lander Sub Title
Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., chair; Robert Christopher, secretary.

Staff

Publication
The Dallas Morning News
Citation
For its comprehensive and compelling coverage, under deadline pressure, of the crash of Delta flight 191 on August 2, 1985.
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Categories: General News Reporting

Irene Virag

Publication
Newsday
Citation
For her elegantly written and sensitive stories about the aspirations and accomplishments of ordinary people.
Location
Long Island, NY
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Categories: Feature Writing

David Lee Preston

Publication
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Citation
For his account of how, by means of a trip through Germany and Eastern Europe, he managed to come to terms with his father's experiences in the Holocaust.
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Categories: Feature Writing

Larry Batson

Publication
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
Citation
For his seven-part series on the water crisis in America and his analysis of proposed remedies.
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Categories: Explanatory Journalism
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