Awards & Winners

Cynthia Tucker

Date of Birth 13-March-1955
Place of Birth Monroeville
(Monroe County, Alabama, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Journalist, Editor
Cynthia Tucker, one of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s highest-profile columnists for more than 20 years, left the AJC to become a visiting professor at the University of Georgia’s journalism school in Aug, 2011. As an American columnist and blogger for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate, she received a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2007 "for her courageous, clear-headed columns that evince a strong sense of morality and persuasive knowledge of the community." She was also a Pulitzer finalist in 2004 and 2006. Tucker is on the Advisory Council at the International Women's Media Foundation.

Awards by Cynthia Tucker

Check all the awards nominated and won by Cynthia Tucker.

2007


Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
(For her courageous, clear-headed columns that evince a strong sense of morality and persuasive knowledge of the community.)

Nominations 2007 »

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Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
For her courageous, clear-headed columns that evince a strong sense of morality and persuasive knowledge of the community.

2006


Nominations 2006 »

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Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
For her pungent, clear-eyed columns that tackled controversial issues with frankness and fortitude.

2004


Nominations 2004 »

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Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
For her forceful, persuasive columns that confronted sacred cows and hot topics with unswerving candor.