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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

Henry Allen

Citation
For his fresh and authoritative writing on photography.
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Categories: Criticism
Publication
The Washington Post

Paul A. Gigot

Citation
For his informative and insightful columns on politics and government.
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Categories: Commentary
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The Wall Street Journal

Staff

Citation
For its clear and balanced coverage of the student massacre at Columbine High School.
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The Denver Post

Photo Staff

Citation
For its powerful collection of emotional images taken after the student shootings at Columbine High School.
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Location
Denver, CO
Publication
Rocky Mountain News

George Dohrmann

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For his determined reporting, despite negative reader reaction, that revealed academic fraud in the men's basketball program at the University of Minnesota.
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Categories: Beat Reporting
Publication
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Staff

Publication
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Citation
For an investigative series, including an innovative presentation on its Web site, by Mark Fazlollah, Craig McCoy, Michael Matza and Clea Benson that revealed how Philadelphia police had routinely minimized and did not investigate many sexual assault claims, leading to reform of the system.
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Categories: Public Service

Staff

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Chicago Tribune
Citation
For its extensive investigation of the failures of the legal justice system, documenting misconduct by prosecutors and inequities in death penalty cases, which led the governor of Illinois to suspend state executions.
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Categories: Public Service