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Pulitzer Prize for Commentary

HONOR

The Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, awarded since 1970.

1970
Marquis W. Childs St. Louis Post-Dispatch, distinguished commentary during 1969
1971
William A. Caldwell Record, Hackensack, New Jersey, for his commentary in his daily column
1972
Mike Royko Chicago Daily News, for his columns during 1971
1973
David Broder Washington Post, for his columns during 1972
1974
Edwin A. Roberts Jr National Observer, for his commentary on public affairs during 1973
1975
Mary McGrory Washington Star, for her commentary on public affairs during 1974
1976
Walter Wellesley Smith New York Times, for his commentary on sports in 1975 and for many other years
1977
George Will Washington Post Writers Group, for distinguished commentary on a variety of topics
1978
William Safire New York Times, for commentary on the Bert Lance affair
1979
Russell Baker New York Times
1980
Ellen Goodman Boston Globe
1981
Dave Anderson New York Times, for his commentary on sports
1982
Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times Syndicate
1983
Claude Sitton Raleigh (N. C.) News & Observer,
1984
Vermont Royster Wall Street Journal,
1985
Murray Kempton Newsday, Long Island, N.Y., for witty and insightful reflection on public issues in 1984 and throughout a distinguished career
1986
Jimmy Breslin New York Daily News, for columns which consistently champion ordinary citizens
1987
Charles Krauthammer Washington Post Writers Group, for his witty and insightful columns on national issues
1988
Dave Barry Miami Herald, for his consistently effective use of humor as a device for presenting fresh insights into serious concerns
1989
Clarence Page Chicago Tribune, for his provocative columns on local and national affairs
1990
Jim Murray Los Angeles Times, for his sports columns
1991
Jim Hoagland Washington Post, for searching and prescient columns on events leading up to the Gulf War and on the political problems of Mikhail Gorbachev
1992
Anna Quindlen New York Times, for her compelling columns on a wide range of personal and political topics
1993
Liz Balmaseda Miami Herald, for her commentary from Haiti about deteriorating political and social conditions and her columns about Cuban-Americans in Miami
1994
William Raspberry Washington Post, for his compelling commentaries on a variety of social and political topics
1995
Jim Dwyer Newsday, Long Island, N.Y., for his compelling and compassionate columns about New York City
1996
E. R. Shipp New York Daily News, for her penetrating columns on race, welfare and other social issues
1997
Eileen McNamara Boston Globe, for her many-sided columns on Massachusetts people and issues
1998
Mike McAlary New York Daily News, for reporting on the brutalization of a Haitian immigrant by police officers at a Brooklyn stationhouse
1999
Maureen Dowd New York Times, for her fresh and insightful columns on the impact of President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky
2000
Paul A. Gigot Wall Street Journal, for his informative and insightful columns on politics and government
2001
Dorothy Rabinowitz Wall Street Journal, for her articles on American society and culture
2002
Thomas Friedman New York Times, for his clarity of vision, based on extensive reporting, in commenting on the worldwide impact of the terrorist threat
2003
Colbert King Washington Post, for his against-the-grain columns that speak to people in power with ferocity and wisdom
2004
Leonard Pitts, Jr Miami Herald, for his fresh, vibrant columns that spoke, with both passion and compassion, to ordinary people on often divisive issues
2009
Eugene H. Robinson Washington Post, for his columns on the 2008 presidential campaign



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