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2010 Leonard Pitts |
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Leonard Pitts, Jr. joined The Miami Herald in 1991 as its pop music critic. Since 1994, he has penned a syndicated column of commentary on pop culture, social issues and family life. His book, Becoming Dad: Black Men and the Journey to Fatherhood, was released in May, 1999 and was reissued in paperback in 2006. In March of 2009, he published his first novel, Before I Forget. |
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2011 John S. Carroll |
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John S. Carroll, Pulitzer Prize-winning editor, received the William Allen White Foundation's 2011 national citation at a public ceremony Feb. 11 in the Kansas Union. He gave a speech titled "Ideology in a Hurricane" at the public ceremony. |
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2012 Candy Crowley |
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Candy Crowley is CNN's award-winning chief political correspondent and anchor of State of the Union with Candy Crowley, a political hour of newsmaker interviews and analysis of the week’s most important issues. Crowley took the reins of State of the Union in February 2010. In her role as chief political correspondent, Crowley covers a broad range of stories, including presidential, congressional and gubernatorial races and major legislative developments on Capitol Hill. |
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2013 Frank Deford |
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Frank Deford is an author and commentator. He wrote more than a dozen books, including his New York Times best seller, his memoir, "Over Time: My Life As A Sportswriter." He also was known for his National Public Radio commentaries. |
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2014 Paul Steiger |
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Paul Steiger was the founding editor-in-chief, CEO and president of ProPublica from 2008 through 2012. As executive chairman beginning in 2013, he remains actively involved in strategic issues, development, representing ProPublica in public venues, and consulting with management on business and editorial issues as needed. |
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2015 Bob Dotson |
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Bob Dotson is television journalist and New York Times bestselling author. His long-running series, "The American Story with Bob Dotson," was a regular feature on the NBC "Today" Show for 40 years. He is 1968 graduate of the William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications. |
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2016 Gwen Ifill |
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Gwen Ifill was moderator and managing editor of “Washington Week” and co-anchor and managing editor of “PBS NewsHour.” |
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2019 Sally Buzbee |
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Sally Buzbee, 1988 graduate of the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications, received the William Allen White Foundation National Citation Award in 2019. Sally Buzbee was named executive editor of The Washington Post in May 2021, and before that she was executive editor of The Associated Press. |
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2021 Martin Baron |
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Martin Baron became executive editor of The Washington Post in 2013, overseeing the newspaper’s print and digital news operations and a staff of more than 800 journalists. He retiredin 202. Newsrooms under his leadership have won 17 Pulitzer Prizes, including 10 at The Post. |
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2022 Dr. Sanjay Gupta |
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta has won multiple Emmy awards as chief medical correspondent for CNN and host of the CNN podcast “Chasing Life.” He is a practicing neurosurgeon and plays an integral role in CNN’s reporting on health and medical news and regularly contributes to CNN.com. |
