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1996 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row, left to right: M. Yarbrough, S. Bok, P. Kann, J. Konner, L. Boccardi, H. Vendler, E. Seaton; back row, left to right: R. Pederson, S. Rowe, W. Ketter, G. Rupp, G. Overholser, S. Topping, J. Fuller, J. Dotson, W. Safire, W. Rugaber, J. Carroll, J. Risser

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Peter R. Kann, chair, Seymour Topping, administrator

Staff

Citation
For reporting that uncovered fraudulent and unethical fertility practices at a leading research university hospital and prompted key regulatory reforms.
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Location
Santa Ana, CA
Categories: Investigative Reporting
Publication
The Orange County Register

David Rohde

Citation
For his persistent on-site reporting of the massacre of thousands of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica.
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Categories: International Reporting
Publication
The Christian Science Monitor

Alan Taylor

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Categories: History
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Publication
William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic

Rick Bragg

Citation
For his elegantly written stories about contemporary America.
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Categories: Feature Writing
Publication
The New York Times

Laurie Garrett

Citation
For her courageous reporting from Zaire on the Ebola virus outbreak there. (The winner was entered and nominated in the International Reporting category and was moved by the Pulitzer Prize Board to Explanatory Journalism.)
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Location
Long Island, NY
Categories: Explanatory Journalism
Publication
Newsday
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