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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

Jason Cherkis

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The Huffington Post
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For deeply researched multimedia reporting on opioid addiction that punctured conventional wisdom by showing how many drug overdose deaths may have been preventable, not inevitable.
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Categories: National Reporting

Alissa J. Rubin

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Alissa J. Rubin of The New York Times
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For thoroughly reported and movingly written accounts giving voice to Afghan women who were forced to endure unspeakable cruelties.
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Categories: International Reporting
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The New York Times

Michael LaForgia, Cara Fitzpatrick and Lisa Gartner

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Cara Fitzpatrick, Lisa Gartner and Michael LaForgia of the Tampa Bay Times.
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For exposing a local school board's culpability in turning some county schools into failure factories, with tragic consequences for the community. (Moved by the Board from the Public Service category, where it was also entered.)
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Categories: Local Reporting
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Tampa Bay Times

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

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Gloria
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A play of wit and irony that deftly transports the audience from satire to thriller and back again.
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Categories: Drama

Stephen Karam

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The Humans
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A profoundly affecting drama that sketches the psychological and emotional contours of an average American family.
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Categories: Drama

Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Lin-Manuel Miranda
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A landmark American musical about the gifted and self-destructive founding father whose story becomes both contemporary and irresistible.
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Categories: Drama
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Hamilton

Colin Woodard

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Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
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For a compelling account of dramatic ecological changes occurring in the warming ocean region from Nova Scotia to Cape Cod.
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Categories: Explanatory Reporting
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