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2004 Pulitzer Prize Board
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Front row: A. Bennett, N. Lemann, R. Oppel, R. Pederson, W. Safire, S. Gissler, A. Gyllenhaal
Back row: K. Carroll, J. Amoss, M. Pride, D. Graham, J. Byrd, A. Barnes, H. Gates, J. Harris, A. Lipinski, D. Kennedy, P. Steiger

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Rena Pederson and William Safire, co-chairs; Sig Gissler, administrator

Inga Saffron

Publication
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Citation
For her passionate and insightful architectural criticism that, through clear, elegant writing, was as accessible to the ordinary reader as it was to the expert.
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Categories: Criticism

Nicolai Ouroussoff

Publication
Los Angeles Times
Citation
For his versatile architectural criticism that stretched from his hometown's new Disney Hall to the rubble in Baghdad, where he pondered the ancient city's resurrection.
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Categories: Criticism

Cynthia Tucker

Publication
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Citation
For her forceful, persuasive columns that confronted sacred cows and hot topics with unswerving candor.
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Categories: Commentary

Nicholas Kristof

Publication
The New York Times
Citation
For his columns that, through rigorous reporting and powerful writing, often gave voice to forgotten people trapped in misery.
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Categories: Commentary

Staff

Publication
Newsday
Citation
For its enterprising coverage of the summertime blackout that stretched over a vast area of the United States and cut the paper's own power supply as deadlines loomed.
Location
Long Island, NY
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Staff

Publication
The Miami Herald
Citation
For its immediate and distinctive search for the cause of the Columbia space shuttle disaster.
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Chris Hondros

Publication
Getty Images
Citation
For his powerful and courageous coverage of the bloody upheaval in Liberia (moved by the jury from the Feature Photography category).
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