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News May 4, 2020

Announcement of the 2020 Pulitzer Prizes

Columbia University today announces the 2020 Pulitzer Prizes, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board. The Board also announces the election of its two co-chairs: Stephen Engelberg, Editor-in-Chief, ProPublica, and Aminda Marqués Gonzalez, President, Publisher and Executive Editor, Miami Herald.

News April 30, 2020

Pulitzer Prize Board Postpones Announcement of 2020 Awards

The Pulitzer Prize Board has decided to postpone the 2020 award winners’ announcement. Originally scheduled for Monday, April 20, 2020, the Prizes in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music now will be announced on Monday, May 4, 2020 at 3 p.m., streamed at Pulitzer.org.

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William Safire's Would-Be Apollo 11 Eulogy

The 1978 Commentary winner and former Pulitzer Prize Board member drafted an address that would have been delivered by President Nixon if Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had been marooned on the moon.