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AcademicsWhat We DoJournalismPulitzer Prize Winners

Pulitzer Prize Winners

Ethan Forman

Job Title: Reporter

Graduated: COM ’93

Project Title: Staff of The Eagle-Tribune for its detailed, well-crafted stories on the accidental drowning of four boys in the Merrimack River.

Year Won: 2003

Press: Pulitzer.org

Daniel Goodrich

Job Title: Special Photographer

Graduated: COM ’75

Project Title: Newsday team crash of TWA Flight 800

Year Won: 1997

Stan Grossfeld

Job Title: Associate Editor at Boston Globe

Graduated: MS’80

Project Title 1: For his series of unusual photographs which reveal the effects of war on the people of Lebanon; in Spot News Photography

Year Won: 1984

Project Title 2: For his images of starvation in Ethiopia and illegal aliens on the border of Mexico.

Year Won: 1985

Press: Bostonglobe.com, Pulitzer.org

Joseph Hallinan

Job Title: Reporter

Graduated: 1984 Magna Cum Laude

Project Title: While at The Indianapolis Star medical malpractice system in Indiana (investigative piece)

Year Won: 1991

Press: news.vanderbilt.edu, Pulitzer.org

Karen Elliott House

Job Title:

Graduated: ’03 Honorary Degree

Project Title: For her extraordinary series of interviews with Jordan’s King Hussein which correctly anticipated the problems that would confront the Reagan administration’s Middle East peace plan. While at The Wall Street Journal in international reporting

Year Won: 1984

Press: Pulitzer.org

Kenneth Irby

Job Title: Visual Journalist

Graduated: ‘83

Project Title: For his poignant photographs of the devastating injury to Barbaro, the famed racehorse.

Year Won:

Press: Pulitzer.org

Justin Lane

Job Title: New York Times visual journalist

Graduated: COM ‘95

Project Title: For its consistently outstanding photographic coverage of the terrorist attack on New York City and its aftermath.

Year Won: 2002

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Patricia Maldonado

Job Title: Communications Director

Graduated: ‘91 M.S.

Project Title: For its detailed reporting that revealed pervasive voter fraud in a city mayoral election, that was subsequently overturned.

Year Won: 1999

Press: Pulitzer.org

Gerard O’Neill

Job Title: Reporter at Boston Globe

Graduated: 70’ M.S.

Project Title: For their exposure of widespread corruption in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Year Won: 1972 became the first t BU alumnus to receive the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism

Press: Pulitzer.org

Mark Thompson

Job Title: Senior Correspondent for Time

Graduated: ‘75

Project Title: For reporting which revealed that nearly 250 U.S. servicemen had lost their lives as a result of a design problem in helicopters built by Bell Helicopter– a revelation which ultimately led the Army to ground almost 600 Huey helicopters pending their modification.

Year Won: 1985

Press: Pulitzer.org

Helen Ubinas

Job Title: Columnist at the Hartford Courant

Graduated: ‘94

Project Title: For its clear and detailed coverage of a shooting rampage in which a state lottery worker killed four supervisors then himself.

Year Won:

Press: Pulitzer.org

Don Van Natta Jr

Job Title: Investigative Correspondent at the New York Times

Graduated: ‘86

Project Title 1: For a series of articles that disclosed the corporate sale of American technology to China, with U.S. government approval despite national security risks, prompting investigations and significant changes in policy.

Year Won: 1999

Project Title 2: For its informed and detailed reporting, before and after the September 11th attacks on America, that profiled the global terrorism network and the threats it posed.

Year Won: 2002

Press: Pulitzer.org, Pulitzer.org

Joan Vennochi

Job Title: Columnist at the Boston Globe

Graduated: ‘75

Project Title: For articles on Boston’s transit system.

Year Won: 1980

Press: Pulitzer.org

Susan Walsh

Job Title: Staff Photographer at the Associated Press

Graduated: ‘87

Project Title: For its striking collection of photographs of the key players and events stemming from President Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky and the ensuing impeachment hearings.

Year Won: 1999

Press: Pulitzer.org

Meredith Warren

Job Title:

Graduated: ‘01

Project Title: For its detailed, well-crafted stories on the accidental drowning of four boys in the Merrimack River.

Year Won: 2003

Press: Pulitzer.org

George F. Will

Job Title: Columnist at the Washington Post Writers Group

Graduated: Honorary Degree ‘03

Project Title: For distinguished commentary on a variety of topics.

Year Won: 1977

Press: Pulitzer.org

Tyler Hicks

Job Title: Staff Photographer at the New York Times

Graduated: ‘92

Project Title: For photographs that captured the resolve of refugees, the perils of their journeys and the struggle of host countries to take them in.

Press: Pulitzer.org

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