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1995 Pulitzer Prize Board
Board lander photo caption

front row, left to right: S. Bok, J. Konner, B. Osborne, G. Rupp, M. Greenfield, J. Dotson, E. Seaton; back row, left to right:S. Rowe, J. Risser, M. Yarbrough, W. Rugaber, G. Overholser, S. Topping, L. Boccardi, J. Fuller, J. Driscoll, J. Carroll, P. Kann (absent from photo: H. Vendler)

Board Lander Sub Title
Meg Greenfield and Burl Osborne, co-chairs; Seymour Topping, administrator

Carl T. Rowan

Publication
Chicago Sun-Times
Citation
For his columns disclosing corruption and mismanagement at the NAACP, which prompted reforms at the civil rights organization.
Tags: 1995
Categories: Commentary

Paul Gigot

Publication
The Wall Street Journal
Citation
For his insightful columns on Washington politics.
Tags: 1995
Categories: Commentary

Jason DeParle

Publication
The New York Times
Citation
For Washington D.C. welfare and social policy coverage that focused on the condition of the poor and Federal Government actions affecting them.
Tags: 1995
Categories: Beat Reporting

Tom Hallman Jr.

Publication
The Oregonian
Citation
For the series "Extreme Indifference," on the prosecution of a drunken driver convicted of killing four pedestrians, and for his reporting on public safety.
Location
Portland, OR
Tags: 1995
Categories: Beat Reporting

Michael J. Berens

Publication
The Columbus (OH) Dispatch
Citation
For a series revealing inequities in the county municipal court system, including the widespread jailing of individuals too poor to pay fines for minor offenses and the release of other, more serious offenders who were able to pay.
Tags: 1995
Categories: Beat Reporting