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Front row: M. Pride, R. Pederson, H. Gates, J. Byrd, L. Boccardi
Back row: T. Goldstein, G. Rupp, P. Steiger, S. Rowe, A. Barnes, W. Safire, J. Harris, R. Oppel, J. Carroll, S. Topping, D. Graham, A. Gyllenhaal (photo credit: Joe Pineiro)
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John S. Carroll, chair; Seymour Topping, administrator
John S. Carroll
Job title
editor and executive vice president
First name
John S.
Last name
Carroll
John S. Carroll, 60, has been editor and executive vice president of the Los Angeles Times since 2000 and vice president of Times Mirror since 1998.
Previously, he was editor of The Baltimore Sun and senior vice president of The Baltimore Sun Company for nine years. Prior to that he served as editor, vice president and executive vice president at the Lexington Herald-Leader.
Employer
Los Angeles Times
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Louis D. Boccardi
Job title
president and chief executive officer
First name
Louis D.
Last name
Boccardi
Louis D. Boccardi, president and chief executive officer of Associated Press, has been elected chair of the Pulitzer Prize Board. His selection was announced by President George Rupp. Columbia University awards the annual prizes on the board's recommendation.
Employer
Associated Press
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William Safire
Job title
columnist
First name
William
Last name
Safire
Location
New York, NY
William Safire, who won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1978, has been a political columnist for the New York Times since 1973. Readers also know him for his New York Times Magazine column "On Language" upon which he has based 13 books. Previously, Safire served as a senior White House speech-writer for President Nixon.
Employer
The New York Times
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Andrew Barnes
Job title
chairman and chief executive officer
First name
Andrew
Last name
Barnes
Location
St. Petersburg, FL
Andrew Barnes, chairman of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, and former chairman and CEO of the St. Petersburg Times, is a native of New York City and a graduate of Harvard University where he took his degree in history.
Employer
St. Petersburg Times
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Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Job title
W.E.B. DuBois Professor of Humanities
First name
Henry Louis
Last name
Gates Jr.
Location
Cambridge, MA
Henry Louis Gates Jr., is the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities, chair of the Afro-American Studies Department and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard University.
With 40 honorary degrees, Gates is a world-renowned scholar and teacher of African and African-American history and culture. He has authored seven books and written numerous essays and reviews on a broad range of African and African-American issues, including slavery, race, feminism, dialect and identity.
Employer
Harvard University
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Paul Steiger
Job title
managing editor
First name
Paul
Last name
Steiger
Location
New York, NY
Paul Steiger is the managing editor of the Wall Street Journal and a vice president of Dow Jones & Company. The editors of the Wall Street Journal Online, the Wall Street Journal Europe and the Wall Street Journal Asia also report to him.
Employer
The Wall Street Journal
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Mike Pride
Job title
editor
First name
Mike
Last name
Pride
Location
Concord, NH
Mike Pride has been editor of the Concord Monitor since 1983. Prior to that, he served as its managing editor. Under his editorship the Monitor has won the New England Newspaper of the Year Award 19 times, as well as numerous national awards for excellence. The paper has been cited byTime magazine and the Columbia Journalism Review as one of the best papers in the country.
Employer
Concord Monitor
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Richard Oppel
Job title
editor
First name
Richard
Last name
Oppel
Location
Austin, TX
Richard Oppel has been editor of the Austin American-Statesman since 1995 and is responsible for news and editorial content.
After serving in the Marine Corps, he graduated from the University of South Florida and began his career with the Tampa Tribune. He worked for the Associated Press and the Detroit Free Press before becoming executive editor of the Tallahassee Democrat in 1977, and then editor of the Charlotte Observer in 1978.
Employer
Austin American-Statesman
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David M. Kennedy
Job title
Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, Emeritus
First name
David M.
Last name
Kennedy
Location
Palo Alto, CA
David M. Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and professor, has taught at Stanford University since 1967 and was named the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History in 1993. His many books include the 1971 Bancroft prize-winningBirth Control in America; 1981 Pulitzer Prize finalist Over Here: The First World War and American Society, and Freedom From Fear, which won the Pulitzer Prize in history in 2000.
Employer
Stanford University
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