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2000 Pulitzer Prize Board
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Front row: S. Pederson, W. Safire, J. Byrd, T. Goldstein, S. Topping, J. Fuller, G. Rupp, D. Goodwin; Back row: H. Gates, D. Graham, M. Pride, P. Steiger, J. Carroll, A. Barnes W. Ketter, J. Dotson, S. Rowe, L. Boccardi, E. Seaton --(photo credit: Joe Pineiro)

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Jack Fuller and John L. Dotson, Jr. co- chairs; Seymour Topping, administrator

Lewis Spratlan

Citation
Premiered on January 28, 2000 by Dinosaur Annex in Amherst, MA. Libretto by James Maraniss.
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Categories: Music
Publication
Life is a Dream, Opera in Three Acts: Act II, Concert Version

David M. Kennedy

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Categories: History
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication
Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945

J.R. Moehringer

Citation
For his portrait of Gee’s Bend, an isolated river community in Alabama where many descendants of slaves live, and how a proposed ferry to the mainland might change it.

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Categories: Feature Writing
Publication
Los Angeles Times

Eric Newhouse

Citation
For his vivid examination of alcohol abuse and the problems it creates in the community.
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Categories: Explanatory Reporting
Publication
Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune

John C. Bersia

Citation
For his passionate editorial campaign attacking predatory lending practices in the state, which prompted changes in local lending regulations.
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Categories: Editorial Writing
Publication
The Orlando Sentinel