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2001 Pulitzer Prize Board
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Front row: J. Byrd, M. Pride, R. Pederson, E. Seaton, S. Rowe, L. Boccardi, D. Goodwin; Back row: T. Goldstein, S. Topping, A. Barnes, W. Safire, W. Ketter, H. Gates, D. Graham, R. Oppel, J. Carroll, H. Gates, G. Rupp, P. Steiger --(photo credit: Joe Pineiro)

Board Lander Sub Title
Edward Seaton, chair; Seymour Topping, administrator

Richard E. Meyer

Publication
Los Angeles Times
Citation
For his elegant, insightful portrait of a Tennessee family whose son shot three people at his high school.
Tags: 2001
Categories: Feature Writing

Robin Gaby Fisher

Publication
The Star-Ledger
Citation
For her inspirational stories that chronicled the care and recovery of two students critically burned in a dormitory fire at Seton Hall University.
Location
Newark, NJ
Tags: 2001
Categories: Feature Writing

Marc Piscotty

Publication
Rocky Mountain News
Citation
For his illuminating images of suburban high school students facing adulthood.
Location
Denver, CO
Tags: 2001
Categories: Feature Photography

David Guttenfelder

Publication
Associated Press
Citation
For his moving photographs of North and South Koreans visiting relatives they had not seen in half a century, and other images generated by the Korean governments' reunification efforts.
Tags: 2001
Categories: Feature Photography

Staff

Publication
The New York Times
Citation
For its insightful coverage of the completed deciphering of the human genome, which explained the scientific context for understanding the chemical string that makes up DNA, as well as the discovery's implications for the future.
Tags: 2001
Categories: Explanatory Reporting

Louise Kiernan

Publication
Chicago Tribune
Citation
For her moving and humane portrait of a young mother killed by a falling skyscraper window, its effect on her three-year-old daughter, and the negligence of the company involved.
Tags: 2001
Categories: Explanatory Reporting

Tina Rosenberg

Publication
The New York Times
Citation
For her searching and knowledgeable editorials on international and human rights issues.
Tags: 2001
Categories: Editorial Writing

Laurie Roberts

Publication
The Arizona Republic Phoenix
Citation
For her persuasive editorial series urging reform of the process by which the state draws its legislative and congressional districts.
Tags: 2001
Categories: Editorial Writing