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News Articles: Pulitzer Prize

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Georgia's latest Pulitzer Prize winner awarded posthumously

The late Winfred Rembert rose from humble beginnings in Cuthbert, Ga. to critical acclaim.

May 26, 2022
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  • Orlando Montoya
Journalists conduct interviews on the doorstep of an hotel on Maidan Square on March 1, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The Pulitzer Prize Board is honoring the courage and commitment of Ukranian journalists.

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Ukranian journalists win a Pulitzer citation for their courage and persistence

At least seven journalists have been killed while covering the war in Ukraine, while many face shelling, shooting and detention on the job. They were recognized by the Pulitzer Prize Board on Monday.

May 10, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Walter Duranty, pictured in 1936 at a luncheon given in his honor by the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents at the Hotel Lombardy in New York, repeatedly defended Soviet Premier Josef Stalin.

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'The New York Times' can't shake the cloud over a 90-year-old Pulitzer Prize

In 1932, The New York Times' Walter Duranty won a Pulitzer for stories defending Soviet policies that led to the deaths of millions of Ukrainians. The Times disavows his work but not the prize.

May 09, 2022
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  • David Folkenflik
Jaquel Spivey performs as Usher in <em>A Strange Loop</em> at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington D.C.

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A Pulitzer winner at the worst possible time, 'A Strange Loop' is Broadway-bound

Michael R. Jackson put 20 years into polishing his audacious, autobiographical musical, and then theaters went dark. Now, 'A Strange Loop' is building buzz on its way to New York City.

December 11, 2021
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  • Neda Ulaby
A police body camera image shows bystanders including Darnella Frazier (third from right filming) as former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was recorded pressing his knee on George Floyd's neck in Minneapolis.

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Darnella Frazier, Who Filmed George Floyd's Murder, Wins An Honorary Pulitzer

Committee officials who give out the prestigious prize in journalism and the arts said Frazier's recording highlighted "the crucial role of citizens in journalists' quests for truth and justice."

June 11, 2021
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  • Joe Hernandez
Emory University professor and poet Jericho Brown is now the receipient of literature's highest honor, the Pulitzer Prize.

Georgia Poet, Emory Professor Wins Pulitzer Prize

An Emory University professor and poet is now the recipient of literature's highest honor, the Pulitzer Prize.

May 05, 2020
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  • Sarah Rose

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On Second Thought For Friday, July 12, 2019

Alice Walker, the author of the The Color Purple , turns 75 this Saturday. The Georgia Writers Museum, a nonprofit organization and exhibit space that...

July 12, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • La'Raven Taylor ,
  • and 5 more
 Alice Walker stands in front of a picture of herself from 1974 as she tours her archives at Emory University, in Atlanta.

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Author Alice Walker Honored In Hometown Of Eatonton

The town of Eatonton, Georgia, will honor one of its own this weekend: prolific poet, Pulitzer prize winning novelist and activist Alice Walker. The...

July 12, 2019
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  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott
This week, Kendrick Lamar's "DAMN." became the first non-jazz, non-classical winner of the Pulitzer Prize for music.

The Breakroom: Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer Prize, Starbucks Arrests And #Beychella

This week we talked about mandatory gun owernship laws, Vidalia onions and the Pulitzer Prize — and that doesn't even include the week's news. On Second...

April 20, 2018
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  • Fenly Foxen and
  • Tony Harris

On Second Thought For Thursday, April 19, 2018

This year's Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists were announced Tuesday . We listened back to interviews with four past and present honorees. Renee...

April 19, 2018
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  • Sean Powers ,
  • Adam Ragusea ,
  • and 6 more

On Second Thought For Tuesday, March 27, 2018

A teenager in Thomasville, Georgia is facing charges for allegedly stealing a gun from a car earlier in March. We've seen this problem across the state....

March 27, 2018
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  • Adam Ragusea ,
  • Sean Powers ,
  • and 6 more
Joshua Jackson and Lauren Ridloff in "Children of a Lesser God."

Tony-Award Winning Director Kenny Leon On His “Children Of A Lesser God” Revival

On this edition of “Two Way Street,” we’re talking to Tony-award winning director, Kenny Leon , about his Broadway revival of the play, “ Children of a...

March 22, 2018
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  • Bill Nigut
An illustration to go with Doctors & Sex Abuse series by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

AJC Named Pulitzer Finalist For Doctor Sex Abuse Coverage

This week, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution was honored as a Pulitzer Prize finalist for its investigation of thousands of doctors across the country ....

April 13, 2017
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  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Sean Powers
Syndicated columnist Cynthia Tucker won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2007.

Pulitzer Peaches: Cynthia Tucker Shares Insight On The Art Of Editorial Writing

2016 is the centennial year of the Pulitzer Prize. The honor has been awarded to dozens of people from or living in Georgia. And so we've asked past...

October 11, 2016
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  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Amanda Art

Pulitzer Peaches: Bill Dedman

2016 is the centennial year of the Pulitzer Prize. So we’ll spend some time with past winners who are connected to Georgia in a new series called, ...

August 01, 2016
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  • Adam Ragusea and
  • Linda Chen
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