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2015 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row, left to right: P. Gigot, R. Blau, K. Willey, D. Allen, M. Pride, G. Collins, J. Diaz; back row, left to right: A. Marquez, K. Boo, S. Coll, S. Engelberg, S. Hahn, R. Beck, J. Daniszewski, E. Robinson, Q. Hudes (absent from photo: L. Bollinger, J. Dehli)

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Danielle Allen, chair; Mike Pride, administrator

Anthony Doerr

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Mike Pride, Lee Bollinger and Anthony doerr
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An imaginative and intricate novel inspired by the horrors of World War II and written in short, elegant chapters that explore human nature and the contradictory power of technology.
Tags: 2015
Categories: Fiction
Publisher
Scribner
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All the Light We Cannot See

Photography Staff

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch Photography Staff
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For powerful images of the despair and anger in Ferguson, MO, stunning photojournalism that served the community while informing the country.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Post and Courier

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Lee Bollinger with Post and Courier staff
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For "Till Death Do Us Part," a riveting series that probed why South Carolina is among the deadliest states in the union for women and put the issue of what to do about it on the state's agenda.
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Location
Charleston, SC
Categories: Public Service
Publication
The Post and Courier

Kevin Kallaugher

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The Baltimore Sun
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For simple, punchy cartoons with a classic feel lampooning the hypocrisy of not just his subjects but also his readers.
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Categories: Editorial Cartooning

Jill Burcum

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Star-Tribune
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For well-written and well-reported editorials that documented a national shame by taking readers inside dilapidated government schools for Native Americans.
Location
Minneapolis
Tags: 2015
Categories: Editorial Writing