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2014 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row, left to right: J. Diaz, E. Robinson, P. Tash, S. Gissler, D. Allen, G. Collins. R. Beck; back row, left to right: J. Daniszewski, K. Boo, S. Engelberg, J. Dehli, K. Willey, S. Coll, A. Marques, B. Blau, S. Hahn, Q. Hudes and P. Gigot (absent from photo: L. Bollinger)

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Paul C. Tash, chair; Sig Gissler, administrator

Chris Hamby

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Lee Bollinger and Chris Hamby
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For his reports on how some lawyers and doctors rigged a system to deny benefits to coal miners stricken with black lung disease, resulting in remedial legislative efforts.
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Location
Washington, DC
Categories: Investigative Reporting
Publication
The Center for Public Integrity

Staff

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Mike Bello, Jennifer Peter and Christine Chinlund
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For its exhaustive and empathetic coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings and the ensuing manhunt that enveloped the city, using photography and a range of digital tools to capture the full impact of the tragedy.
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Categories: Breaking News Reporting
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The Boston Globe

The Washington Post

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Lee Bollinger, Martin Baron and Barton Gellman
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For its revelation of widespread secret surveillance by the National Security Agency, marked by authoritative and insightful reports that helped the public understand how the disclosures fit into the larger framework of national security.
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Categories: Public Service
Publication
The Washington Post

John Luther Adams

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Lee Bollinger and John Luther Adams
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A haunting orchestral work that suggests a relentless tidal surge, evoking thoughts of melting polar ice and rising sea levels.
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Categories: Music
Publisher
Taiga Press/Theodore Front Musical Literature
Publication
Become Ocean

Dan Fagin

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Lee Bollinger and Dan Fagin
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A book that deftly combines investigative reporting and historical research to probe a New Jersey seashore town's cluster of childhood cancers linked to water and air pollution.
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Categories: General Nonfiction
Publisher
Bantam Books
Publication
Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation

Vijay Seshadri

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Lee Bollinger and Vijay Seshadri
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A compelling collection of poems that examine human consciousness, from birth to dementia, in a voice that is by turns witty and grave, compassionate and remorseless.
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Categories: Poetry
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Publication
3 Sections

Megan Marshall

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Lee Bollinger and Megan Marshall
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A richly researched book that tells the remarkable story of a 19th century author, journalist, critic and pioneering advocate of women's rights who died in a shipwreck.
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Categories: Biography
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication
Margaret Fuller: A New American Life

Alan Taylor

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Lee Bollinger and Alan Taylor
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A meticulous and insightful account of why runaway slaves in the colonial era were drawn to the British side as potential liberators.
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Categories: History
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Publication
The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832

Annie Baker

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Lee Bollinger and Annie Baker
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A thoughtful drama with well-crafted characters that focuses on three employees of a Massachusetts art-house movie theater, rendering lives rarely seen on the stage.
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Categories: Drama
Publication
The Flick

Donna Tartt

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Lee Bollinger and Donna Tartt
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A beautifully written coming-of-age novel with exquisitely drawn characters that follows a grieving boy's entanglement with a small famous painting that has eluded destruction, a book that stimulates the mind and touches the heart.
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Categories: Fiction
Publisher
Little, Brown
Publication
The Goldfinch
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