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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

Stephanie Zacharek

Publication
The Village Voice
Citation
For film criticism that combines the pleasure of intellectual exuberance, the perspective of experience and the transporting power of good writing.
Location
New York, NY
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Categories: Criticism

Manohla Dargis

Publication
The New York Times
Citation
For film criticism that rises from a sweeping breadth of knowledge – social, cultural, cinematic – while always keeping the viewer front and center.
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Categories: Criticism

Jennifer Gonnerman

Publication
The New Yorker
Citation
For a taut, spare, devastating re-creation of the three-year imprisonment of a young man at Rikers Island, much of it spent in solitary confinement, after he was arrested for stealing a backpack.
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Categories: Feature Writing

Sarah Schweitzer

Publication
The Boston Globe
Citation
For her masterful narrative of one scientist's mission to save a rare whale, a beautiful story fortified by expansive reporting, a quiet lyricism and disciplined use of multimedia.
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Categories: Feature Writing

Walt Bogdanich and Mike McIntire

Publication
The New York Times
Citation
For stories exposing preferential police treatment for Florida State University football players who are accused of sexual assault and other criminal offenses.
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Categories: National Reporting
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