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

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Randell Beck, Joyce Dehli and Keven Ann Willey, chairs; Mike Pride, administrator

Fred Hiatt

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The Washington Post
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For editorials about the U.S. presidential election that stood out for their peerless moral clarity in defending American values against the normalization of bigotry.
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Categories: Editorial Writing

Art Cullen

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For editorials fueled by tenacious reporting, impressive expertise and engaging writing that successfully challenged powerful corporate agricultural interests in Iowa.
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Storm Lake, IA
Categories: Editorial Writing
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The Storm Lake Times

Joe Holley and Evan Mintz

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Houston Chronicle
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For editorials on gun laws, gun culture and gun tragedies that combined wit, eloquence and moral power in a fine brew of commonsense argumentation.
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Categories: Editorial Writing

Laura Reiley

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Tampa Bay Times
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For lively restaurant reviews, including a series that took on the false claims of the farm-to-table movement and prompted statewide investigations.
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Categories: Criticism

Hilton Als

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For bold and original reviews that strove to put stage dramas within a real-world cultural context, particularly the shifting landscape of gender, sexuality and race.
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Categories: Criticism
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The New Yorker

Ty Burr

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The Boston Globe
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For a wide range of finely cut reviews of films and other cultural topics written with wit, deep sensibility and a refreshing lack of pretension.
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Categories: Criticism

Peggy Noonan

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For rising to the moment with beautifully rendered columns that connected readers to the shared virtues of Americans during one of the nation’s most divisive political campaigns.
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Categories: Commentary
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The Wall Street Journal

Trudy Rubin of Philadelphia Media Network

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For eloquent commentary written in world hotspots from Molenbeek near Brussels to the chancelleries of Beijing, reminding Americans of the importance of the foreign beat during a year when their tendency was to turn inward.
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Categories: Commentary

Dahleen Glanton

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Chicago Tribune
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For bold, clear columns by a writer who cast aside sacred cows and conventional wisdom to speak powerfully and passionately about politics and race in Chicago and beyond.
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Categories: Commentary

Eli Saslow

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The Washington Post
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For a nuanced and empathetic portrait of America created through human stories that chronicled the fissures, resentments, failures and disappointments that marked a divided and restive body politic.
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Categories: Feature Writing
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