Roy J. Harris Jr.
Roy Harris, a former Wall Street Journal reporter, is the author of Pulitzer's Gold: A Century of Public Service Journalism. Among his contributions to Poynter are an annual journalism Pulitzer Prize preview. After 23 years with the Journal, including six as Los Angeles deputy bureau chief, he worked from 1996 to 2009 as senior editor at The Economist Group’s CFO Magazine, and was founding editorial director in 2011 for CFOworld, an online corporate-finance site. Early in his career he reported for the Los Angeles Times and St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He contributes often to Poynter on the Pulitzer Prizes and other topics. He lives in Hingham, Massachusetts.
Pulitzer preview: While journalists pursue today’s story of a lifetime, a moment to recognize 2019’s best work
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Parkland student journalists will be special guests at today’s Pulitzer Prize luncheon
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A Wall Street Journal Pulitzer win brings pride — and relief — about their work exposing hush-money payments
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2019 Pulitzer Preview: Not all, but many, winners may be about the president
As the Pulitzer Prize Board prepares to select its slate of 2019 winners to announce…
Puzzling over Pulitzers at The Wall Street Journal
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After Pulitzer win, Ronan Farrow feels like he did right by his sources in Weinstein story
Monday’s awarding of Public Service Pulitzers to both the New Yorker and the New York…
Pulitzer Preview: Will this years Pulitzers join the #MeToo movement?
Every few years a dominant story — brilliantly handled — emerges as front-runner for the…
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