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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

Michael Winerip

Publication
The New York Times
Citation
For his profile of a mentally ill man who pushed a woman to her death before an onrushing subway train, a case used by the writer for a broad overview of deficiencies in the mental health care system.
Tags: 2000
Categories: Explanatory Reporting

Philip Kennicott

Publication
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Citation
For his carefully reasoned editorial campaign against the passage of a proposition to legally allow Missouri residents to carry concealed weapons.
Tags: 2000
Categories: Editorial Writing

Andrew Sarris

Publication
The New York Observer
Citation
For his informed and enlightening film criticism.
Tags: 2000
Categories: Criticism