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2012 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row, left to right: M. Sullivan, N. Lemann, J. Amoss, S. Gissler, A. Lipinski, R. Beck. K. Carroll; back row, left to right: T. Friedman, J. Diaz, R. Blau, G. Moore, P. Gigot, D. Allen, P. Tash, S. Hahn, E. Robinson, K. Willey, J. Dehli and J. VandeHei.

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Kathleen Carroll, Ann Marie Lipinski and Jim Amoss, co-chairs; Sig Gissler, administrator

Paula Dwyer and Mark Whitehouse

Publication
Bloomberg News
Citation
For their analysis of and prescription for the European debt crisis, dealing with important technical questions in ways that the average readers could grasp.
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Categories: Editorial Writing

Francine Orr

Publication
the Los Angeles Times
Citation
For her poignant portrait of the suffering by desperate families and misunderstood children who live with autism.
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Categories: Feature Photography

Tobi Tobias

Publication
ArtsJournal.com
Citation
For work that reveals passion as well as deep historical knowledge of dance, her well-expressed arguments coming from the heart as well as the head.
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Categories: Criticism

Philip Kennicott

Publication
The Washington Post
Citation
For his ambitious and insightful cultural criticism, taking on topical events from the uprisings in Egypt to the dedication of the Ground Zero memorial, causing readers to reflect on the world around them.
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Categories: Criticism

Steve Lopez

Publication
the Los Angeles Times
Citation
For his engaging commentary on death and dying, marked by pieces on his own father's rapid physical and mental decline, that stir readers to address end-of-life questions.
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Categories: Commentary

Nicholas Kristof

Publication
The New York Times
Citation
For his valorous columns that transport readers into dangerous international scenes, from Egypt to Kenya to Cambodia, often focusing on the disenfranchised and always providing insight.
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Categories: Commentary

Corinne Reilly

Publication
The Virginian-Pilot
Citation
For her inspiring stories that bring the reader side-by-side with the medical professionals seeking to save the lives of gravely injured American soldiers at a combat hospital in Afghanistan.
Location
Norfolk
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Categories: Feature Writing