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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

The Wall Street Journal

Publication
The Wall Street Journal
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For "Deadly Medicine," a stellar reporting project that documented the significant cancer risk to women of a common surgery and prompted a change in the prescribed medical treatment.
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Categories: Public Service

The Boston Globe

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The Boston Globe
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For its stories, videos, photos and graphics exposing a poorly regulated, profit-driven housing system that subjected thousands of college students in Boston to unsafe, and even deadly, conditions.
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Categories: Public Service

Nick Bunker

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An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America
Citation
A bifocal perspective on the countdown to the American Revolution, placing the war within a broader crisis of globalization.
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
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Categories: History

Sven Beckert

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Empire of Cotton: A Global History
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A work of staggering scholarship arguing that slavery was crucial to the dynamism of the industrial revolution.
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
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Categories: History

Matthew Kaminski

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The Wall Street Journal
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For columns from Ukraine, sometimes reported near heavy fighting, deepening readers' insights into the causes behind the conflict with Russia and the nature and motives of the people involved.
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Categories: Commentary

The late David Carr

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The New York Times
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For columns on the media whose subjects range from threats to cable television's profit-making power to ISIS's use of modern media to menace its enemies.
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Categories: Commentary
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