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2005 Pulitzer Prize Board
Board lander photo caption

Front row: N. Lemann, P. Steiger, A. Barnes, S. Gissler, R. Oppel
Back row: K. Carroll, D. Kennedy, M. Pride, J. Byrd, J. Amoss, H. Gates, A. Gyllenhaal, A. Bennett, D. Graham, G. Moore, A. Lipinski, T. Friedman

Board Lander Sub Title
Andrew Barnes, chair; Sig Gissler, administrator

Andrew Barnes

Job title
chairman
First name
Andrew
Last name
Barnes
Location
St. Petersburg, FL
Years

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
Poynter Institute for Media Studies
Photo
Andrew Barnes
Ordering weight
0 (Chair)

Amanda Bennett

Job title
editor
First name
Amanda
Last name
Bennett
Years

Amanda Bennett, Executive Editor/Enterprise for Bloomberg News, was elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board in 2002. Bennett was editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer from June, 2003, to November, 2006, and prior to that was editor of the Herald-Leader in Lexington, KY. She also served for three years as managing editor/projects for The Oregonian in Portland. Bennett served as a Wall Street Journal reporter for more than 20 years.

Employer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Ordering weight
1