Pulitzer Pride

Three Ohio State alums take journalism's top honor

(editorial cartoons courtesy Nick Anderson, Louisville Courier-Journal)

When one Ohio State graduate takes home journalism's top honor, that's something to trumpet. When three alumni win Pulitzers in the same year, well, we don't have a horn that big. (But we do have sousaphones.) Congratulations to Nick Anderson, Julia Keller, and Walt Bogdanich on their recognition, and for demonstrating, among other things, the long-term benefits of an Ohio State education at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

COLUMBUS – Three graduates of The Ohio State University won the coveted Pulitzer Prize this week for excellence in editorial cartooning, national reporting and feature writing.

All three say their Ohio State education and experiences were instrumental in helping them capture the prize.

Nick Anderson, editorial cartoonist for the Louisville Courier-Journal, was cited “for his unusual graphic style that produced extraordinarily thoughtful and powerful messages.” Anderson, who earned his B.A. in Political Science in 1990, was cartoonist for Ohio State’s student newspaper, The Lantern, during his career as a student. In 1989, he won the Charles M. Schulz Award for best college cartoonist in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Walt Bogdanich, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, won his second career Pulitzer “for his heavily documented stories about the corporate cover-up of responsibility for fatal accidents at railway crossings.” Bogdanich earned his master’s degree in 1976 as part of the Kiplinger Program in the School of Communication.

Julia Keller, a Chicago Tribune reporter, was recognized “for her gripping, meticulously reconstructed account of a deadly 10-second tornado that ripped through Utica, Ill.” Keller earned her Ph.D. in English from Ohio State in 1995. She reported for The Columbus Dispatch from 1981 to 1998.

In addition, Kevin Boyle, associate professor of history, was one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in the American history book category for “Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights and Murder in the Jazz Age.” Arc of Justice earned Boyle the 2004 National Book Award for nonfiction. (read the full news release)

(excerpted from a news release by Amy Murray, Ohio State Media Relations)









Related links: Ohio State Alumni Association @Ohio State - News for Ohio State alumni School of Communication Nick Anderson in the Louisville Courier-Journal Julia Keller in the Chicago Tribune Walt Bogdanich in The New York Times * * (free subscription required)

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