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The 2017 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Commentary

Finalist: Chicago Tribune, by Dahleen Glanton

For bold, clear columns by a writer who cast aside sacred cows and conventional wisdom to speak powerfully and passionately about politics and race in Chicago and beyond.

Nominated Work

Biography

Dahleen Glanton is a news columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Since joining the Tribune in 1989 from the Los Angeles Times, she has held several positions, ranging from associate metro editor to bureau chief in Atlanta. As a longtime reporter, she covered some of the biggest stories of the last two decades, including Hurricane Katrina, President Barack Obama’s 2008 election and military families during the Iraq War. As a columnist, she addresses a variety of subjects but has a keen interest in encouraging dialogue on race, poverty and violence. She has received several media awards from groups such as the National Association of Black Journalists and the Society of Professional Journalists. She holds a B.A. in journalism from the University of Georgia. She grew up in Georgia and resides in Chicago.

Winners

Prize Winner in Commentary in 2017:

Peggy Noonan

For rising to the moment with beautifully rendered columns that connected readers to the shared virtues of Americans during one of the nation’s most divisive political campaigns. Commentary

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Commentary in 2017:

Trudy Rubin of Philadelphia Media Network

For eloquent commentary written in world hotspots from Molenbeek near Brussels to the chancelleries of Beijing, reminding Americans of the importance of the foreign beat during a year when their tendency was to turn inward.

The Jury

Seth Lipsky(Chair)

Editor

Rick Christie

Editor of the Editorial Page

Laura Gunderson

Editorial and Commentary Editor

Ruben Navarrette, Jr.

Syndicated Columnist

Colleen McCain Nelson*

Vice President/Editorial Page Editor

Alana Newhouse

Editor

Dawn Turner

freelance journalist

Winners in Commentary

2016

Farah Stockman

For extensively reported columns that probe the legacy of busing in Boston and its effect on education in the city with a clear eye on ongoing racial contradictions.
2015

Lisa Falkenberg

For vividly-written, groundbreaking columns about grand jury abuses that led to a wrongful conviction and uncovered other egregious problems in the legal and immigration systems.
2014

Stephen Henderson

For his columns on the financial crisis facing his hometown, written with passion and a stirring sense of place, sparing no one in their critique.
2013

Bret Stephens

For his incisive columns on American foreign policy and domestic politics, often enlivened by a contrarian twist.
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2017 Prize Winners

Feature Writing

C. J. Chivers

For showing, through an artful accumulation of fact and detail, that a Marine’s postwar descent into violence reflected neither the actions of a simple criminal nor a stereotypical case of PTSD.
Commentary

Peggy Noonan

For rising to the moment with beautifully rendered columns that connected readers to the shared virtues of Americans during one of the nation’s most divisive political campaigns.
Criticism

Hilton Als

For bold and original reviews that strove to put stage dramas within a real-world cultural context, particularly the shifting landscape of gender, sexuality and race.
Editorial Writing

Art Cullen

For editorials fueled by tenacious reporting, impressive expertise and engaging writing that successfully challenged powerful corporate agricultural interests in Iowa.
See All 2017 Winners