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New York, NY (Nov. 6, 2019) — Carlos Lozada, an associate editor and book critic for The Washington Post, and David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, have been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board, Columbia University announced today.
“Both as distinguished journalists and past Pulitzer Prize winners, Lozada and Remnick bring deep knowledge and a wealth of experience to the board. We are delighted to welcome them,” Pulitzer Administrator Dana Canedy said.
Carlos LozadaDuring his 14 years at the Post, Lozada has overseen coverage of economics and national security and has served as editor of the paper’s Sunday Outlook section. He became a book critic in 2015, with a focus on nonfiction works.
Lozada received the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2019 for his “trenchant and searching essays and reviews that joined warm emotion and careful analysis in examining a broad range of books addressing government and the American experience.” He also was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2018.
“Receiving the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism earlier this year was such an honor, and I can’t think of a better way to show my gratitude than to help shape and promote the long-term mission of the Pulitzers, especially in a moment of such challenges for journalism and truth. Thanks to the Board members for their vote of confidence — I’m excited to get started,” Lozada said.
Before joining the Post in 2005, Lozada was managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine, which he helped lead to the 2003 National Magazine Award for general excellence. And for the past decade he has taught an undergraduate seminar on political journalism at the University of Notre Dame.
Lozada graduated from Notre Dame in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in economics and government and earned a master’s degree from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs in 1997. He was a Knight-Bagehot fellow in economics and business journalism at Columbia University in the 2004-05 academic year. A native of Lima, Peru, Lozada lives outside Washington, D.C., with his wife and three young children.
David Remnick. Photo: Brigitte LacombeDavid Remnick has been the editor of The New Yorker since 1998 and a staff writer since 1992. His articles for the magazines include pieces from Russia, the Middle East and Europe. He also serves as the host of the magazine’s national radio program and podcast, “The New Yorker Radio Hour,” which airs weekly.
He began his reporting career in 1982, as a staff writer for The Washington Post. In 1988, he began a four-year tenure as a Moscow correspondent, an experience that formed the basis of his 1993 book on the former Soviet Union, “Lenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire.” In 1994, “Lenin’s Tomb” received the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction.
Under Remnick’s leadership, The New Yorker became the first magazine to receive a Pulitzer Prize in 2016, and now has won four, including a Prize for Public Service.
“I'm delighted to join the Pulitzer Board. At a time when so much journalism and creative work is under assault, even at the highest levels here and around the world, it is an honor to help shine a light on the best that free expression can offer,” Remnick said.
Remnick was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2016. He has written six books: “Lenin’s Tomb,” “Resurrection: The Struggle for a New Russia,” “King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero,” “The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama,” and “The Devil Problem” and “Reporting,” which are collections of some of his articles from the magazine. He has edited many anthologies of New Yorker pieces, including “Life Stories,” “Wonderful Town,” “The New Gilded Age,” “Fierce Pajamas,” “Secret Ingredients,” “Disquiet, Please!,” “The 40s,” “The 50s” and “The 60s.”
Remnick has contributed to The New York Review of Books, Vanity Fair, Esquire and The New Republic. He has been a visiting fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and has taught at Princeton, where he received his B.A., in 1981, and Columbia University. He lives in New York with his wife; they have three children.
The Pulitzer Prize Board chooses the winners of the Prizes in journalism, books, drama and music each April. Board members serve a maximum of nine years in three-year terms.
The Pulitzer Prizes were established by Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-American journalist and newspaper publisher, who left money to Columbia University upon his death in 1911. A portion of his bequest was used to found the School of Journalism in 1912 and establish the Pulitzer Prizes, which were first awarded in 1917. The 19-member Pulitzer Board is composed mainly of leading journalists or news executives from media outlets across the U.S., as well as five academics or persons in the arts. The dean of Columbia's journalism school and the administrator of the prizes are nonvoting members. The chair rotates annually to the most senior member or members. The board is self-perpetuating in the election of members. Voting members may serve three terms of three years for a total of nine years.
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