The Tampa Bay Times vice president and editor 'will help Poynter build upon its success as a place that improves journalism and strengthens democracy, both across the United States and around the world.'
Neil Brown, editor and vice president of the Tampa Bay Times, and Tommie Shelby, a philosopher, Africana studies scholar and professor at Harvard University, have been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board, Columbia University announced today.
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.
"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."
"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."
