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1988 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row, left to right: F. Yu, M. Sovern, R. Wilkins, D. Laventhol, R. Christopher; back row, left to right: E. Roberts, B. Osborne, H. Simons C. Sitton, P. Kann, M. Gartner, R. Baker, C. Saikowski, C.K. McClatchy, M. Greenfield, J. Hoge (absent from photo: R. Maynard) Credit: Joe Pineiro/Columbia University

 
Board Lander Sub Title
Roger W. Wilkins, chair; Robert C. Christopher, secretary

Paul Vathis

Publication
Associated Press
Citation
For his sequence of photographs of a Pennsylvania state official who shot himself during a news conference.
Tags: 1988
Categories: Spot News Photography

Staff

Publication
Lexington Herald-Leader
Citation
For its report on the rise and fall of Spendthrift Farm, the famed Kentucky horse breeders.
Tags: 1988
Categories: Specialized Reporting

Natalie Fobes

Publication
The Seattle Times
Citation
For stories and photographs portraying the Pacific salmon's struggle to survive man-made hazards.
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Categories: Specialized Reporting

Staff

Publication
The Courier-Journal
Citation
For reporting that described vote-buying and influence peddling in Kentucky elections and resulted in calls for new state and federal legislation.
Location
Louisville, KY
Tags: 1988
Categories: Public Service

Staff

Publication
Alabama Journal
Citation
For its compelling investigation of the state's unusually high infant-mortality rate, which prompted legislation to combat the problem. (Moved by the Board to the General News Reporting category.)
Location
Montgomery, AL
Tags: 1988
Categories: Public Service

Lucille Clifton

Publication
Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980 and Next: New Poems
Publisher
BOA Editions
Tags: 1988
Categories: Poetry

Staff

Publication
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
Citation
For its series "Divided We Stand," about the resurgence of segregation in American schools.
Tags: 1988
Categories: National Reporting
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