Dana Canedy, a Pulitzer Prize-winner herself, has been elected as the next administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, replacing Mike Pride, who retires after three years in the role.
Canedy had been a senior editor at The New York Times, where she worked for 20 years before taking a leaving late last year to focus on book writing. She has also been serving as special adviser to the publication’s CEO and executive editor. Canedy is the author of A Journal for Jordan: A Story of Love and Honor, a memoir about her partner and father of her son, who in 2006 was killed in action in Iraq.
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