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Anders Gyllenhaal of The Miami Herald appointed chairman of The Pulitzer Prize Board
Anders Gyllenhaal, executive editor of The Miami Herald and longtime advocate of newspaper experimentation and online journalism, has been appointed chair of the Pulitzer Prize Board. A member of the Board since 2001, Gyllenhaal replaces Richard Oppel, former editor of the Austin American-Statesman. Board members serve a maximum of nine years.
2009 Pulitzer Prizewinners and Nominated Finalists
The 2009 Pulitzer Prizewinners and Nominated Finalists were announced Monday, April 20, 2009 at Columbia University. Prizewinning photos, cartoons, bios and photos of winners, and links to prizewinning stories are provided.
A prizewinning cartoon from the portfolio of Steve Breen, of The San Diego Union-Tribune..
Facts and figures about the 2009 prizes (pdf)
Slide show of 2009 Journalism Jurors in action
On March 2, 3 and 4, 77 jurors from across America assembled at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism to judge 1,028 entries in the Journalism competition and nominate three finalists in each of 14 categories. A snowstorm hit the night before opening day but jurors were undeterred.
Juror Mizell Stewart III reads an entry.
Pulitzer Prizewinners in the News
Links to stories about the 2009 Pulitzer Prizewinners including some about how the winners found out they had won. Also, interesting recent stories on past Pulitzer winners.
Mark Mahoney, of The Post-Star in Glens Falls, NY, finds out about his Pulitzer win.