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2016 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row left to right: J. Diaz, R. Blau, K. Willey, P. Gigot, M. Pride, J. Dehli, G. Collins; back row left to right: N. Brown, K. Boo, J. Daniszewski, R. Beck, E. Robinson, S. Engelberg, A. Marqués, T. Shelby, S. Hahn, S. Coll (absent: L. Bollinger)

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Paul Gigot, chair; Mike Pride, administrator

'Unbelievable' Debuts on Netflix

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Read T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong's original reporting for ProPublica, which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting and inspired the eight-episode show.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Almost Like Praying' tops iTunes charts

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Pulitzer winner for 'Hamilton' gathers more than a dozen voices, from Jennifer Lopez to Marc Anthony to Rita Moreno, to benefit Hispanic Federation's Unidos Disaster Relief Fund in wake of Hurricane Maria.

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Book entry deadline is Oct. 1

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Book entry deadline is Oct. 1

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The deadline for entry in the 2017 Pulitzer Prize Book competition is October 1, 2016.

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2016 winning books
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2016 book winners

Joyce Dehli

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Edmond J. Safra Fellow-in-Residence for 2016-2017
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Joyce
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Dehli
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Joyce Dehli is an Edmond J. Safra Fellow-in-Residence at Harvard University for 2016-17 and former Vice President of News for Lee Enterprises. She joined the Pulitzer Prize Board in May 2008.

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Harvard University
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Joyce Dehli
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Co-winner added to Editorial Writing prize

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Co-winner added to Editorial Writing prize

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Brian Gleason, former editorial page editor of Sun Newspapers in Charlotte Harbor, Fla, has been added to the newspaper’s 2016 Pulitzer Prize-winning entry in Editorial Writing. The prize now goes to Gleason and John Hackworth, the newspapers’ editor.

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T.J. Stiles

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Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America
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A rich and surprising new telling of the journey of the iconic American soldier whose death turns out not to have been the main point of his life. (Moved by the Board to the History category.)
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Alfred A. Knopf
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Manohla Dargis

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The New York Times
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For reviews and essays that take on the sacred cows of film culture with considerable style and admirable literary and historical reach.
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Hilton Als

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The New Yorker
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For theater reviews written with such erudition and linguistic sensitivity that they often become larger than their subjects.
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Steve Sack

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Star Tribune
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For painterly cartoons that both delight and provoke, leading readers to see the world and its pressing issues in new ways.
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Minneapolis
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Categories: Editorial Cartooning