Editing Pulitzer Prize (section)

==Board==
[[File:Columbia University, NYC (June 2014) - 01.JPG|thumb|Pulitzer Hall on the campus of [[Columbia University]] in New York City]]
The nineteen-member Pulitzer Prize Board<ref>{{cite press release|date=May 30, 2016|title=Elizabeth Alexander elected to Pulitzer Prize Board|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/news/elizabeth-alexander-elected-pulitzer-prize-board|work=The Pulitzer Prizes|publisher=Columbia University|access-date=March 4, 2017}}</ref> convenes semi-annually, traditionally in the Joseph Pulitzer World Room at Columbia University's Pulitzer Hall. It comprises major editors, columnists and media executives in addition to six members drawn from academia and the arts, including the [[president of Columbia University]], the dean of the [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]] and the [[chief operating officer|administrator]] of the prizes, who serves as the board's secretary. The administrator and the dean (who served on the board from its inception until 1954 and beginning again in 1976) participate in the deliberations as ''[[ex officio]]'' members, but cannot vote. Aside from the president and dean (who serve as permanent members for the duration of their respective appointments) and the administrator (who is re-elected annually), the board elects its own members for a three-year term; members may serve a maximum of three terms. Members of the board and the juries are selected with close attention "given to professional excellence and affiliation, as well as diversity in terms of gender, ethnic background, geographical distribution and size of news organization."

Former [[Associated Press]] and ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' editor Marjorie Miller was named administrator in April 2022.<ref name="auto">{{cite press release |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/news/journalist-marjorie-miller-elected-administrator-pulitzer-prizes |title=Journalist Marjorie Miller is Elected Administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes |publisher=The Pulitzer Prizes |date=March 31, 2022 |access-date=April 22, 2022}}</ref> She succeeded former ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' senior editor [[Dana Canedy]], who served in the role from 2017 to 2020. Canedy was the first woman and first person of color to hold the position.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/news/journalist-author-dana-canedy-elected-administrator-pulitzer-prizes|title=Journalist, Author Dana Canedy Is Elected Administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes|work=The Pulitzer Prizes|publisher=Columbia University|date=July 12, 2017|access-date=April 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/staff-50|title=The 2001 Pulitzer Prize Winner in National Reporting|work=The Pulitzer Prizes|publisher=Columbia University|access-date=April 17, 2018}}</ref> Edward Kliment, the program's longtime deputy administrator, was appointed acting administrator in July 2020 when Canedy became senior vice president and publisher of [[Simon & Schuster]]'s flagship [[eponym]]ous imprint.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/news/pulitzer-administrator-dana-canedy-steps-down-accept-publisher-role-simon-schuster|title=Pulitzer Administrator Dana Canedy Steps Down To Accept Publisher Role at Simon & Schuster|work=The Pulitzer Prizes|publisher=Columbia University|date=July 6, 2020|location=New York|access-date=July 12, 2020}}</ref> He chose not to contend for the position and returned to his previous role upon Miller's appointment.<ref name="auto"/>

In addition to Canedy, past administrators include [[John Hohenberg]] (the youngest person to hold the position to date; 1954–1976), fellow Graduate School of Journalism professor Richard T. Baker (1976–1981), former ''[[Newsweek]]'' executive editor [[Robert Christopher]] (1981–1992), former ''New York Times'' managing editor [[Seymour Topping]] (1993–2002), former ''[[Milwaukee Journal]]'' editor [[Sig Gissler]] (2002–2014) and former ''[[Concord Monitor]]'' editor [[Mike Pride (writer)|Mike Pride]] (the only former board member to hold the position to date; 2014–2017). Prior to the installation of Hohenberg, the program was jointly administered by members of the Journalism School's faculty (most notably longtime dean [[Carl W. Ackerman]]) and officials in Columbia's central administration, with the latter primarily under the aegis of [[Frank D. Fackenthal]].

Following the retirement of [[Joseph Pulitzer Jr.]] (a grandson of the endower who served as permanent chair of the board for 31 years) in 1986, the chair has typically rotated to the most senior member (or members, in the case of concurrent elections) on an annual basis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/page/biography-joseph-pulitzer|title=Biography of Joseph Pulitzer|first=Seymour|last=Topping|author-link=Seymour Topping|work=The Pulitzer Prizes|publisher=Columbia University|access-date=May 16, 2017}} Updated 2013 by [[Sig Gissler]].</ref>

Since 1975, the board has made all prize decisions; prior to this point, the board's recommendations were subsequently ratified by a majority vote of the [[Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York|Trustees of Columbia University]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kihss |first=Peter |date=1975-05-06 |title=Pulitzer Prizes Awarded 2 Biographers and Albee |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/05/06/archives/pulitzer-prizes-awarded-2-biofraphers-and-albee-contrasting.html |access-date=2023-09-14 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Although the administrator's office and staff are housed alongside the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia's Pulitzer Hall and several administrators have held concurrent full-time or adjunct faculty appointments at the Journalism School, the board and administration have been operationally separate from the school since 1950.<ref name=Boylan-2003>{{cite book|last=Boylan|first=James|year=2003|title=Pulitzer's School: Columbia University's School of Journalism, 1903–2003|oclc=704692556|publisher=[[Columbia University Press]]|location=New York|isbn=978-0-231-50017-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HQ6FAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA118|via=Google Books|access-date=March 4, 2017}}</ref>{{rp|121}}