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Pulitzer Prize Winners for
Commentaries
2005 - Connie Schultz of Plain Dealer, Cleveland -
For her pungent columns that provided a voice for the underdog
and underprivileged
(Nominated Finalists)
Nicholas D. Kristof of New York Times - For his powerful
columns that portrayed suffering among the developing world’s
often forgotten people and stirred action
Tommy Tomlinson of Charlotte (N.C.) Observer
For his provocative columns with a wide-ranging human touch.
2004 - Leonard Pitts Jr. of Miami Herald - For his
fresh, vibrant columns that spoke, with both passion and
compassion, to ordinary people on often divisive issues.
(Nominated Finalists)
Nicholas Kristof of New York Times - For his columns
that, through rigorous reporting and powerful writing, often
gave voice to forgotten people trapped in misery.
Cynthia Tucker of Atlanta Journal-Constitution - For her
forceful, persuasive columns that confronted sacred cows and hot
topics with unswerving candor.
2003 - Colbert I. King of Washington Post - For his
against-the-grain columns that speak to people in power with
ferocity and wisdom
(Nominated Finalists)
Edward Achorn of Providence Journal - For his clear,
tenacious call to action against government corruption in Rhode
Island.
Mark Holmberg of Richmond Times-Dispatch - For his
thought provoking, strongly reported columns on a broad range of
topics.
2002 - Thomas Friedman of New York Times - For his clarity
of vision, based on extensive reporting, in commenting on the
worldwide impact of the terrorist threat.
(Nominated Finalists)
Michael Daly of Daily News, New York - For his
compassionate and humane columns, particularly those written
after the terrorist attack on New York City
Nat
Hentoff of Village Voice, a New York City weekly - For
his persuasive and authoritative columns on the threats to
American civil liberties following the September 11th terrorist
attacks
2001 - Dorothy Rabinowitz of Wall Street Journal - For her
articles on American society and culture.
(Nominated Finalists)
Derrick Z. Jackson of Boston Globe - For his perceptive,
versatile columns on such subjects as politics, education and
race.
Trudy Rubin of Philadelphia Inquirer - For her keenly
analytical columns on the Middle East.
Karen Heller of Philadelphia Inquirer - For her humorous
columns on modern life and popular culture
2000 - Paul A. Gigot of Wall Street Journal - For his
informative and insightful columns on politics and government.
(Nominated Finalists)
Colbert I. King of Washington Post - For his caring,
persuasive columns addressing social and urban problems.
Michael Kelly of Washington Post Writers Group - For his
enlightening and entertaining observations on cultural and
political issues.
1999 - Maureen Dowd of New York Times - For her fresh
and insightful columns on the impact of President Clinton's
affair with Monica Lewinsky.
(Nominated Finalists)
Donald Kaul of Des Moines Register - For his witty
columns from Washington on politics and other national issues.
Nat
Hentoff of Village Voice, a NYC weekly - For his
passionate columns championing free expression and individual
rights.
1998 - Mike McAlary of New York Daily News - For reporting
on the brutalization of a Haitian immigrant by police officers
at a Brooklyn stationhouse.
(Nominated Finalists)
Bob
Greene of Chicago Tribune - For his columns devoted to
local children whose lives were mishandled by the welfare and
judicial systems.
Patricia Smith of Boston Globe - For her lyrical and
evocative columns on an assortment of urban topics.
Robert J. Samuelson of Washington Post Writers Group -
For his knowledgeable and analytical columns on a wide variety
of national subjects.
1997 - Eileen McNamara of Boston Globe - For her many-sided
columns on Massachusetts people and issues.
(Nominated Finalists)
Tony Kornheiser of Washington Post - For his evocative
columns ranging from sports and politics to tales of heroes and
fools.
Deborah Work of Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. - For
speaking out in highly personal yet broadly relevant columns in
roles as diverse as parent, citizen, critic and philosopher.
1996 - E.R. Shipp of New York Daily News - For her
penetrating columns on race, welfare and other social issues.
(Nominated Finalists)
Herb Caen of San Francisco Chronicle - For his columns
about life in San Francisco and beyond.
Dorothy Rabinowitz of Wall Street Journal - For her
columns effectively challenging key cases of alleged child
abuse.
1995 - Jim Dwyer of Newsday, Long Island, N.Y. - For his
compelling and compassionate columns about New York City.
(Nominated Finalists)
Paul Gigot of Wall Street Journal - For his insightful
columns on Washington politics.
Carl T. Rowan of Chicago Sun-Times - For his columns
disclosing corruption and mismanagement at the NAACP, which
prompted reforms at the civil rights organization.
1994 - William Raspberry of Washington Post - For his
compelling commentaries on a variety of social and political
topics.
(Nominated Finalists)
Peter H. King of Los Angeles Times - For his columns
about California, filed from around the state
Jane Daugherty of Detroit Free Press - For her "Children
First" columns, about issues affecting the youngest Americans
1993 - Liz Balmaseda of Miami Herald - For her commentary
from Haiti about deteriorating political and social conditions
and her columns about Cuban-Americans in Miami.
(Nominated Finalists)
Betty DeRamus of Detroit News - For her columns about the
problems and promise of urban America
Bill Johnson of Orange County (Calif.) Register - For his
impressionistic accounts of his South Central Los Angeles
neighborhood before and after the riots.
1992 - Anna Quindlen of New York Times - For her
compelling columns on a wide range of personal and political
topics.
(Nominated Finalists)
Liz
Balmaseda of Miami Herald - For her columns about local
Cuban-Americans and the issues affecting the immigrant
community.
Robert Lipsyte of New York Times - For his insightful commentary
on the world of sports.
1991 - Jim Hoagland of Washington Post - For
searching and prescient columns on events leading up to the Gulf
War and on the political problems of Mikhail Gorbachev.
(Nominated Finalists)
William F. Woo of St. Louis Post-Dispatch - For his thoughtful
columns on local and national subjects.
Philip Terzian of Providence Journal-Bulletin - For his
gracefully written columns about national and international
events.
Rheta Grimsley Johnson of Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. -
For her insightful columns on a variety of topics
1990 - Jim Murray of Los Angeles Times - For his
sports columns.
(Nominated Finalists)
Richard Cohen of Washington Post - For his columns on national
issues.
Walter Goodman of New York Times - For his columns about
television.
1989 - Clarence Page of Chicago Tribune - For his
provocative columns on local and national affairs.
(Nominated Finalists)
Richard Cohen of Washington Post - For his clear and controlled
commentary on social and political topics.
Michael Kinsley of United Feature Syndicate
For informed commentary on a variety of national issues.
1988 - Dave Barry of Miami Herald - For his consistently
effective use of humor as a device for presenting fresh insights
into serious concerns.
(Nominated Finalists)
Ira
Berkow of New York Times - For thoughtful commentary on the
sports scene.
Molly Ivins of Dallas Times Herald - For her witty columns on a
variety of social and political issues.
Michael Kinsley of United Feature Syndicate - For his incisive
commentary on a wide range of political topics.
1987 - Charles Krauthammer of Washington Post Writers
Group - For his witty and insightful columns on national
issues.
(Nominated Finalists)
Donald Kaul of Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette - For his compelling
commentary on national events.
Richard Cohen of Washington Post Writers Group - For his
eloquent columns on social and political issues.
1986 - Jimmy Breslin of New York Daily News
For columns which consistently champion ordinary citizens
(Nominated Finalists)
Charles Krauthammer of Washington Post - For his gracefully
written and clear commentary on a variety of issues.
The
late Joseph Kraft of Los Angeles Times Syndicate - For incisive
and thoughtful commentary on a wide range of public issues
throughout a long and distinguished career.
1985 - Murray Kempton of Newsday, Long Island, N.Y.
For witty and insightful reflection on public issues in 1984 and
throughout a distinguished career.
(Nominated Finalists)
Martin F. Nolan of Boston Globe
Molly Ivins of Dallas Times Herald
1984 - Vermont Royster of Wall Street Journal
(Nominated Finalists)
Dorothy Storck of Philadelphia Inquirer
Arnold Rosenfeld of Dayton (Ohio) Daily News
1983 - Claude Sitton of Raleigh (N. C.) News & Observer
(Nominated Finalists)
Ross Mackenzie of Richmond (Va.) News Leader
David G. Rossie of Binghamton (N.Y.) Evening Press
1982 - Art Buchwald of Los Angeles Times Syndicate
(Nominated Finalists)
William Greider of Washington Post
William J. Raspberry of Washington Post
1981 - Dave Anderson of New York Times - For his
commentary on sports.
(Nominated Finalists)
Richard M. Cohen of Washington Post
Howard Rosenberg of Los Angeles Times
1980. - Ellen H. Goodman of Boston Globe
(Nominated Finalists)
Richard Reeves of Universal Press Syndicate
Carl T. Rowan of Chicago Sun-Times and Syndicate
1979 - Russell Baker of New York Times.
1978
William Safire of New York Times - For commentary on the
Bert Lance affair.
1977 - George F. Will of Washington Post Writers Group
- For distinguished commentary on a variety of topics.
1976 - Walter Wellesley (Red) Smith of New York Times - For
his commentary on sports in 1975 and for many other years.
1975 - Mary McGrory of Washington Star -For her
commentary on public affairs during 1974
1974 - Edwin A. Roberts Jr. of National Observer- For
his commentary on public affairs during 1973.
1973 - David S. Broder of Washington Post- For his
columns during 1972.
1972 - Mike Royko of Chicago Daily News - For his
columns during 1971.
1971- William A. Caldwell of Record, Hackensack, New
Jersey, For his commentary in his daily column.
1970 - Marquis W. Childs of St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
For distinguished commentary during 1969.
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