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News May 15, 2013

Paul Tash, CEO of Tampa Bay Times, elected chair of Pulitzer Prize Board

An honors graduate of Indiana and Edinburgh Universities, Tash started with the St. Petersburg [Tampa Bay] Times in the fall of 1978 as a reporter covering local news. He went on to cover state government in Tallahassee and served as city editor, metropolitan editor, Washington bureau chief and, ultimately, editor of the Times.

News January 15, 2014

Pulitzer Administrator Sig Gissler to retire

"For a dozen years, Sig has been a devoted and wise steward of the Pulitzer Prizes and the machinery that produces them," said Paul Tash, chairman of the Pulitzer Board. "It is a little hard to imagine the Prizes without him."

News August 20, 2014

Mike Pride, former Concord Monitor editor, elected Pulitzer Prize administrator

"Mike Pride is the ideal candidate to take the Pulitzer Prizes into their next phase. He is committed to a free press and community journalism as pillars of democracy. He is a warm person of sound judgment and inspiring creativity. His deep experience with the Prizes equips him brilliantly to help us navigate the new while also steering a course true to our original values."