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2025-26 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row (sitting) left to right: N. Trethewey, C. Lozada, N. Carroll, N. Barnes, M. Miller, G. Chua; back row left to right: K. Lytle Hernández, V. T. Nguyen, A. Applebaum, J. Archibald, D. Remnick, J. Pace, V. Iyer, G. Escobar, G. Thompson, K. Merida (absent: J. Cobb). (Photo by Jose R. Lopez)
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Nancy Barnes and Nicole Carroll, co-chairs; Marjorie Miller, administrator

Julie Pace

Job title
Senior Vice President and Executive Editor
First name
Julie
Last name
Pace
Years

Julie Pace is Senior Vice President and Executive Editor of The Associated Press, leading global news coverage from more than 100 countries. Since Pace assumed the role in 2021, AP has significantly expanded its digital news offerings for media and technology customers and led the growth of AP’s direct to consumer platforms, which are among the fastest growing in the U.S.

Employer
The Associated Press
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Kevin Merida

Job title
Independent Journalist
First name
Kevin
Last name
Merida
Years

Kevin Merida is an independent journalist, storyteller and media executive. He is the former executive editor of the Los Angeles Times. Under his leadership, the newspaper won four Pulitzer Prizes and its first Oscar for the documentary short film, “The Last Repair Shop.” The Times also implemented a range of new initiatives, including the “Fast Break Desk” for breaking news and trending topics, “the 404” social content creation team, the Latino identity and culture vertical “De Los,” and a reimagined climate, science and health coverage department.

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Vijay Iyer

Job title
Composer, Pianist and Franklin D. and Florence Rosenblatt Professor of the Arts
First name
Vijay
Last name
Iyer
Years

Described by The New York Times as a “social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway,” Vijay Iyer has carved out a unique path as a prolific, shape-shifting presence in American music. A composer and pianist active across multiple musical communities, Iyer has created a consistently innovative, emotionally resonant body of work over the last thirty years.

Employer
Harvard University
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Gina Chua

Job title
Executive Director, Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism & Executive Editor at Large
First name
Gina
Last name
Chua
Years

Gina Chua is the Executive Director of the Tow-Knight Center at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where she focuses on the intersection of journalism and AI. She’s concurrently Executive Editor at Large at Semafor, a global news startup she joined in May 2022 as part of the founding team. She was previously Executive Editor at Reuters, where she oversaw newsroom operations, logistics, budgets, safety and security, and worked with technology teams to develop newsroom tools, among other responsibilities.

Employer
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY and Semafor
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Nancy Barnes

Job title
Editor At Large
First name
Nancy
Last name
Barnes
Years

Nancy Barnes is an Editor At Large of The Boston Globe. A veteran journalist who has held the top job at news organizations across the country, Barnes has produced journalism of the highest caliber. Prior to joining the Globe, she was the SVP/News & Editorial Director of NPR from 2018 through 2022, where she led a team of more than 500 journalists and newsroom executives and oversaw NPR's journalism across platforms and around the world. Barnes has a proven track record of elevating metro news outlets to their highest potential.

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The Boston Globe
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