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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

Staff

Publication
Los Angeles Times Staff
Citation
For its compelling and resourceful coverage of every aspect of the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 off the California coast, which killed 88 passengers.
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Categories: Breaking News Reporting

Chris Gerald

Publication
Agence France-Presse
Citation
For his photograph of a Palestinian youth triumphantly raising his bloodstained hands after two Israeli soldiers were killed.
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Categories: Breaking News Photography

H.W. Brands

Publication
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
Publisher
Doubleday
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Categories: Biography

Rebecca Smith

Publication
The Wall Street Journal
Citation
For her prescient and knowledgeable reporting on the electricity shortage faced by the U.S., and the country's failed efforts to deregulate energy.
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Categories: Beat Reporting

Virginia Ellis

Publication
Los Angeles Times
Citation
For her persistent reporting that exposed extensive financial improprieties by a state insurance commissioner, who later resigned.
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Categories: Beat Reporting
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