The 2015 Pulitzer Prizes

JOURNALISM

Public Service

The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.

Breaking News Reporting

The Seattle Times Staff

Investigative Reporting (two prizes)

Eric Lipton of The New York Times

and The Wall Street Journal Staff

Carol D. Leonnig of The Washington Post

International Reporting

The New York Times Staff

Feature Writing

Diana Marcum of the Los Angeles Times

Commentary

Lisa Falkenberg of the Houston Chronicle

Criticism

Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times

Editorial Writing

Daniel Berehulak, freelance photographer,

The New York Times

LETTERS AND DRAMA

Fiction

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

(Scribner)

Drama

Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis

History

Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the

Mandan People by Elizabeth A. Fenn (Hill and Wang)

The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius

XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe

by David I. Kertzer (Random House)

Poetry

Inc.)

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The 2015 Pulitzer Prizes-Fact Sheet

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OVERVIEW

 More than 2,500 entries are submitted each year

to the Pulitzer Prize competition and 21 prizes are

awarded (22 this year).

 The year-long process begins with the appointment

 In Journalism, there was a robust competition with

nalists coming from 24 different news organiza-

tions. Winners represented 12 organizations.

 This year, two categories, Investigative Reporting

 A New Yorker story by Jennifer Gonnerman was a

nalist in Feature Writing.

 The board awarded two Pulitzer Prizes in

(11 more than last year). They also reviewed 198

Music entries and 105 plays.

 This year’s arts and letters recipients are all rst-

time Pulitzer Prize winners. Julia Wolfe, the Music

winner, was a nominated nalist in the category

in 2010.

BOARD

 The Board is composed of 18 members, 16 of

 Members serve a maximum of three three-year terms.

JURIES

 Juries range in size. Journalism juries generally

 Prizes are awarded by majority vote of the Board,

AWARDS LUNCHEON

 The prizes will be awarded at a luncheon on May

SYMBOL OF THE PRIZES

 The iconic Gold Medal is awarded each year to

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Scott Kraft, deputy managing editor, Los Angeles Times (Chair)

Rebecca Blumenstein, deputy editor-in-chief, The Wall

Street Journal

Robin Fields, managing editor, ProPublica, New York, NY

Martin Gottlieb, editor, The Record and Herald News of

North Jersey

Josh Meyer, director of education and outreach of the

National Security

Journalism Initiative, Northwestern University

Naedine Hazell, special projects and publications editor,

Hartford Courant

Fred Kalmbach, managing editor, The Advocate, Baton

Rouge, LA

Mark Luckie, manager, journalism and media, Twitter, New

York, NY

*Mark Schoofs, investigations and projects editor, BuzzFeed

News, New York, NY (Chair)

*Brett Blackledge, investigations editor, Naples Daily News,

Tim Golden, managing editor, news and investigations, The

Marshall Project, New York, NY

Marty Kaiser, former editor and senior vice president,

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Emily Ramshaw, editor, The Texas Tribune

Susan Snyder, reporter, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Alan White, editor, Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, MA

Jennifer Orsi, managing editor, Tampa Bay Times (Chair)

Deb Anderluh, senior editor for investigations and

enterprise, Sacramento Bee

Thomas Fladung, managing editor, The Plain Dealer,

Cleveland, OH

Amalie Nash, editor and vice president for audience

engagement, The Des Moines Register

Monica Richardson, managing editor, Atlanta Journal-

Constitution

Mary Elson, managing editor, Tribune Content Agency,

Brian McGrory, editor, The Boston Globe

Terri Thompson, director, Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in

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writing, Southern Methodist University

Dominic P. Papatola, theater critic, St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chair)

Misha Berson, drama critic, The Seattle Times

Elysa Gardner, entertainment critic, USA Today

* Lynn Nottage, playwright, New York, NY

Marc Robinson, professor of English and theater studies,

Yale University

Lawrence N. Powell, professor emeritus, Tulane University

David Nasaw, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Professor of

History, CUNY Graduate Center (Chair)

Barbara Ransby, professor of African American studies,

gender and women’s studies and history, University of

Illinois at Chicago

Judith Thurman, biographer and staff writer, The New Yorker

literature, Boston University (Chair)

University of Missouri, Columbia

David Orr, poetry columnist, The New York Times

* Mark Feeney, arts writer, The Boston Globe

(Chair)

* Dan Fagin, associate professor and director of the science,

Steven Mackey, composer, professor and chair, department

of music, Princeton University

The 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners

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The 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners

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The 2015 Pulitzer Prizes-Breaking News Photography

CHRISTIAN GOODEN, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Aug. 22, 2014

Roses stretch more than 60 yards through the Caneld Green Apartments to the Michael Brown memorial as Theo Murphy, left, of

Florissant, Mo., and his brother Jordan Marshall, 11, light candles.

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The 2015 Pulitzer Prizes-Feature Photography

DANIEL BEREHULAK, The New York Times, Dec. 30, 2014

Joseph S. Gbembo leans over the grave of his mother, Sia, at the cemetery in Foya, Liberia, where four members of the family who died