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  Pulitzer Prize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pulitzer Prize for Music — for a distinguished musical contribution by an American that had its first performance or recording in the United States during the year.
Pulitzer Prize for Photography, was divided in 1968 into Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography and a spot news category, which became the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography.
Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, became the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pulitzer Prize for Criticism has been presented since 1970 to a newspaper writer who has demonstrated 'distinguished criticism'.
Recipients of the award are chosen by an independent board and officially administered by Columbia University.
Louis Post-Dispatch, for his music criticism during 1971.
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 Roger Ebert to Have Radiation for Cancer
Pulitzer Prize winning film critic Roger Ebert will undergo radiation treatment for cancer next month.
The 61-year-old critic underwent surgery twice in February 2002 for cancer in his thyroid and salivary gland.
He won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1975, the same year he teamed up with the late Gene Siskel of the rival Chicago Tribune to launch their movie-review show.
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 Pulitzer Prizes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
(1932-) won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his piece, Deja Vu for Percussion Quartet and Orchestra, which was commissioned and premiered by the New York Philharmonic.
(1924-) shared the 1974 Pulitzer Prize for Local General Spot News Reporting with fellow U of I alumnus Arthur M. Petacque for uncovering new evidence that led to the reopening of efforts to solve the 1966 murder case of Illinois Sen. Charles Percy’s daughter.
(1944-) shared the 1995 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Journalism for his work on a family’s struggle with poverty, illiteracy, crime, and drug abuse in Washington, D.C. Dash became a U of I faculty member in 1998 and is a Swanlund Chair and professor of journalism and Afro-American Studies.
www.publications.uiuc.edu /info/pulitzer.html   (792 words)

  
 ASNE - New York Times Makes Pulitzer History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Coverage of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks dominated the Pulitzer Prize awards Monday as The New York Times won an unprecedented seven awards, and The Wall Street Journal was honored for breaking news after it was forced to evacuate its lower Manhattan newsroom.
Eight of the 14 journalism Pulitzers were given for Sept. 11-related coverage, highlighted by the Times’ public service award for “A Nation Challenged,” a special, daily section that chronicled the aftermath of the worst terrorist assault in U.S. history.
The Pulitzer Prize for criticism was awarded to Justin Davidson of Newsday for his portrayal of classical music.
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 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
1974:, Newsday, for her critical writing about art and artists.
1976:, Washington Post, for his critical writing about dance during 1975.
1983:, Wall Street Journal, for her wide-ranging criticism on the arts and other subjects.
www.florence.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Criticism   (487 words)

  
 CTV.ca | Cuban boy focus of Pulitzer prizes for news
The staff of the Miami Herald won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting for its coverage of the raid that led to the 6-year-old Cuban child being reunited with his father.
The Pulitzer for breaking news photography was awarded to Alan Diaz of the Associated Press for his picture of the armed agents who seized the boy from his Miami relatives' home in a dramatic predawn raid on April 22, 2000.
Dorothy Rabinowitz of The Wall Street Journal won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, and the Pulitzer Prize for criticism was given to Gail Caldwell of The Boston Globe.
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 "The Pulitzer Prize in Music: 1943-2002"
Joseph Pulitzer was born in Hungary and grew up amid affluence and aristocratic privilege.His decision to come to America in 1864 was a direct result of his determination to become a soldier.While on a visit to Germany, he had met U.S. recruiters and enlisted to fight as a Union soldier in the Civil War.
A controversial music Pulitzer was awarded in 1992 and spawned a tidal wave of responses and commentaries in newspapers throughout the country.
The 1996 prize was awarded to George Walker for his "Lilacs" (on a text from Walt Whitman for voice and orchestra) which was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
www.american.edu /heintze/Pul1.htm   (3152 words)

  
 Contributors | Metropolis Magazine | March 2001
Robert Campbell is an architect in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and architecture critic for the Boston Globe.
Paul Goldberger is the architecture critic for the New Yorker and the Executive Editor of Architectural Digest.
He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1984 for his criticism in the New York Times.
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 ABS-CBN Interactive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The prize for drama went to "Doubt, a parable" by John Patrick Shanley, and the prize for history went to "Washington's Crossing" by David Hackett Fischer, published by Oxford University Press.
The Pulitzer Prize for biography was awarded to "de Kooning: An American Master," written by Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan and published by Alfred A. Knopf.
The Pulitzer Prize for poetry was given to "Delights and Shadows" by Ted Kooser, published by Copper Canyon Press, while the award for general nonfiction went to "Ghost Wars" by Steve Coll, published by The Penguin Press.
www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=1967   (1506 words)

  
 The Humanities and Dance Criticism
The critic should educate an audience about what to look at and provide a historic and stylistic context enhancing the appreciation and understanding of a particular performance.
Although many audience members are quite knowledgeable about dance, the critic functions as a leader of the continuing dialogue among members of that audience, enhancing their understanding of dance.
Rather, the critic reflects the collective dialogue within an audience, though one hopes it is more informed and articulate than the audience at large.
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 New York State Writers Institute - Margo Jefferson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Jefferson joined the "New York Times" in 1993 as a critic on the culture desk, became the Sunday theater critic in 1995, and was appointed critic-at-large in 1996.
Prior to that, she served as associate editor at "Newsweek," and as contributing editor at "Vogue" and "7 Days." Her criticism has also appeared in "The Village Voice," "The Nation," "Harper's," and "Grand Street." She received the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1995.
She is currently working on two books: one, an experiment in "cultural autobiography," combining memoir and cultural criticism; the other, a collection of essays on issues of race, gender, and the hybridization of American culture.
www.albany.edu /writers-inst/jefferson_margo.html   (341 words)

  
 eG Forums -> do food critics deserve Pulitzers?
To some in the critical community who encounter automobiles only when they take taxis, the awarding this week of the Pulitzer Prize for criticism to someone who writes about cars was enough to fog the opera glasses.
Criticism, at its root, is the ability to examine something and say, not only whether you liked it or not, but why, and to put it in context with other things in that category and outside the category as well.
Criticism at its best will make you want to find out more about the subject even if it's not something in which you'd normally take an interest.
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 Pulitzer Prize Article, PulitzerPrize Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Pulitzer Prize is a United States literary awardgiven out each April.
Theprize was established by Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-Americanjournalist and newspaper publisher in the late 19th century.
In addition to the prizes, Pulitzer fellowships are awarded to four outstanding students of the Graduate School of Journalismas selected by the faculty.
www.anoca.org /reporting/distinguished/pulitzer_prize.html   (555 words)

  
 ULI J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development. The Jury   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
As architecture critic for the Boston Globe, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1996.
She contributes to professional journals, is a trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and is a member of a number of professional and civic organizations.
He is chairman of the ULI Foundation; a trustee of the Urban Land Institute; a member of the executive committee and immediate past chairman of the advisory board of the Wharton Real Estate Center at the University of Pennsylvania; and a member of the Real Estate Roundtable.
www.nicholsprize.org /jury   (5331 words)

  
 Roger Ebert of Siskel & Ebert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Roger Ebert, the only film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, begins his 20th season teamed with Gene Siskel as television's most influential film critics in their movie review program, Siskel and Ebert.
In 1975, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism for his work at the paper.
Ebert was nominated for an Emmy for his 20-part WTTW series, "The World of Ingmar Bergman," in 1973-74, for "At the Movies" in 1984 and 1985, and for Siskel and Ebert in 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989.
www.wchstv.com /synd_prog/rogerebert.html   (502 words)

  
 obitpage.com :: great obits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Among Shaw's targets were movie criticism, best-seller lists, editorial cartooning, the use and abuse of political polls, the perceived influence of editorial endorsements in politics, coverage of the abortion issue, restaurant criticism, the Pulitzer Prize selection process, coverage of the pope and obituary writing.
During the campaign, Rafferty was critical of the country's youth, denouncing what he saw as a decline in patriotism as opposition to the Vietnam War was steadily increasing.
On April 9, 1991, the day Shaw won the Pulitzer Prize, colleagues gathered around his desk, but it was not the large crowd that usually materialized on such an occasion.
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 ECU graduate wins Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Board wrote that the $10,000 prize was awarded to Neil for his "one-of-a-kind reviews of automobiles, blending technical expertise with offbeat humor and astute cultural observations."
A native of New Bern, Neil is known for his criticism of large, gas-consuming vehicles and advocacy of small, efficient ones.
Ten columns were submitted to the Pulitzer board for consideration.
www.ecu.edu /cs-admin/news/releases/2004/04/danneilpulitzer.cfm   (325 words)

  
 L.A. Times critic, UCLA alumnus dies at 62 - THE DAILY BRUIN ONLINE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Pulitzer Prize winner praised for examination of molestation case
Shaw was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1991 for his hard-hitting examination of the McMartin molestation case.
Throughout his career, Shaw took in criticism from other writers for his coverage of the media and publications, but wasn't bothered when colleagues and other reporters approached him, Bill Boyarsky, a retired city editor, columnist and political reporter for the Los Angeles Times, told the publication.
www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /news/articles.asp?id=34003   (767 words)

  
 Alumnus wins Pulitzer for criticism - The Brown and White
A Lehigh alumnus who writes a weekly film criticism column in the Wall Street Journal was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for criticism in early April.
On average, 2,000 people apply for the Pulitzer Prize each year, and there are only 14 categories for the award.
He said he was surprised to win the Pulitzer Prize.
www.bw.lehigh.edu /story.asp?ID=18716   (365 words)

  
 Dan Neil - TheBestLinks.com - Literature, New York Times, United States, Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Neil won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2004 for his columns in the Times.
Neil was born in New Bern, North Carolina and received a B.A. degree in Creative Writing from East Carolina University and an M.A. degree in English Literature from North Carolina University.
Neil was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for these columns in 2004.
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 David Shaw, 62; Pulitzer Prize winner set standards for media criticism - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Obituaries - ...
Shaw's targets were movie criticism, best-seller lists, editorial cartooning, the use and abuse of political polls, the perceived influence of editorial endorsements in politics, coverage of the abortion issue, restaurant criticism, the Pulitzer Prize selection process, coverage of the pope, and obituary writing.
Shaw was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1991 for his four-part series examining coverage of the McMartin molestation case.
The case, which gained national attention, involved allegations that more than 60 children had been subject to sexual abuse and satanic rites while in the care of McMartin Preschool in Manhattan Beach, Calif. The legal proceedings dragged on for seven years, and ultimately no one was convicted of a crime.
www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/08/03/david_shaw_62_pulitzer_prize_winner_set_standards_for_media_criticism?mode=PF   (1059 words)

  
 Kerr, Walter Francis --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1978 he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for criticism for "the whole body of his critical work." Kerr's reviewing career began when he was 13, critiquing films for the Evanston Review.
In 1978 he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for criticism for "the whole body of his critical work." Kerr's reviewing career began when he was 13, critiquing films for the Evanston...
The English critic and man of letters Walter Raleigh was a prominent figure at the University of Oxford in his time.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9113223   (753 words)

  
 Poynter Online - Passing a Torch to the New Pulitzer Winners
Today, a year to the day after Blair Kamin received the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, he will speak at his alma mater, Ahmerst College in Massachusetts.
Although she is grateful for the career opportunities that accompanied her Pulitzer, Wells says she tries not to let the attention go to her head and advises this year's winners to do the same.
I think most of the people who are lucky enough to win a Pulitzer know that it is because they are doing good journalism.
www.poynter.org /content/content_view.asp?id=3605   (724 words)

  
 NewMusicbox
John Corigliano has won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Symphony No. 2.
Commissioned by the Boston Symphony to commemorate the centenary of Symphony Hall, the work is an expansion of the string quartet the composer wrote for the farewell tour of the Cleveland Quartet, in 1996.
The other finalists for the prize in music were Tituli by Stephen Hartke, premiered on Jan. 15, 2001, at Alfred Newman Recital Hall, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; and Time After Time by Fred Lerdahl, premiered on Dec. 12, 2000, at Merkin Hall in New York City.
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 Broadway: The American Musical . Critics Corner . Margo Jefferson | PBS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Jefferson joined the TIMES in July 1993 as a critic on the culture desk and became Sunday theater critic in January 1995.
She had been a lecturer and taught American literature, performing arts criticism, writing, and English at Columbia University from 1991 until 1993.
Jefferson was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for criticism.
www.pbs.org /wnet/broadway/pop_critics/critic5.html   (95 words)

  
 On The Media- A Perfect Vehicle for Criticism
We spoke to him last year, when he was the unlikely winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for criticism.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: We spoke to Keith Bradsher who's the author of the book High and Mighty about SUVs, and he says that, among critics, auto reviewers are the most likely to be compromised by the industry they cover; that they're often quitting their jobs to take industry PR jobs for big bucks.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: Dan Neil is automobile critic for the Los Angeles Times and recipient of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.
www.onthemedia.org /transcripts/transcripts_041505_vehicle.html   (756 words)

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