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New York, NY (July 6, 2020) — Pulitzer Administrator Dana Canedy is stepping down from her role at the Prizes to become senior vice president and publisher of Simon & Schuster’s namesake imprint.
Longtime Deputy Administrator Edward Kliment will act as interim administrator while the Pulitzer Board conducts a nationwide search for Canedy’s successor.
"Dana has been a dynamic leader of the Pulitzers for the past three years. She has been a force for change and a champion of journalism and journalists at time of enormous challenges. We congratulate her on her new post and will tremendously miss her energy and innovation. The Board is launching a national search for her successor,” Pulitzer Prize Board Co-Chairs Stephen Engelberg and Aminda Marqués González said.
Prior to her tenure at the Prizes, Canedy was a journalist at the New York Times and penned the memoir “A Journal for Jordan.” She was part of the Times’ 2001 National Reporting-winning series, “How Race is Lived in America.” During Canedy’s Pulitzer tenure, special citations were issued to Ida B. Wells, Aretha Franklin and the staff of the Capital Gazette, and a new Audio Reporting category was launched.
“It has been an honor serving as administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes for the last three years. I have enjoyed every minute of celebrating the work of the best and most inspirational authors, journalists, musicians and playwrights whose work exposes and highlights the best and most challenging parts of us, our country and world. It has also been a great joy working with my incredibly talented fellow Pulitzer Board members, whom I consider friends. Of course none of the work we accomplished together would have been possible without the support of the staff of the Pulitzer office. I am grateful for your tremendous commitment and contributions.”