American journalist
Brian Donovan
Brian Donovan
Born (1941-03-11 ) March 11, 1941Died June 20, 2018(2018-06-20) (aged 77) Alma mater Syracuse University Spouse Ellen Kanner[1] Children 2
Brian Donovan (March 11, 1941 – June 20, 2018[2] ) was an American journalist for Newsday who won the Pulitzer Prize twice, in 1970 and in 1995 .[3] He was inducted into the Press Club of Long Island's Hall of Fame.[4]
Biography [ edit ] Donovan was born on March 11, 1941, in Syracuse, New York , and had one sibling. His parents were William Donovan, a commercial insurance agent, and Marion Donovan. He earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications of Syracuse University .[5] Donovan was married to Ellen Kanner,[1] with whom he had two children.[5]
He first worked for three years at the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle , and was then hired by Newsday in 1967. He retired from Newsday in 2002 to focus on a book, "Hard Driving" about Wendell Scott .[5]
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Previously the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, No Edition Time from 1953–1963 and the Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting from 1964–1984
1953–1975 1976–2000 Chicago Tribune (1976) Acel Moore & Wendell Rawls Jr. (1977) Anthony R. Dolan (1978) Gilbert M. Gaul & Elliot G. Jaspin (1979) Stephen Kurkjian , Alexander B. Hawes Jr. , Nils Bruzelius , Joan Vennochi & Robert M. Porterfield (1980) Clark Hallas & Robert B. Lowe (1981) Paul Henderson (1982) Loretta Tofani (1983) Kenneth Cooper , Joan Fitz Gerald , Jonathan Kaufman , Norman Lockman , Gary McMillan , Kirk Scharfenberg & David Wessel (1984) Lucy Morgan , Jack Reed & William K. Marimow (1985) Jeffrey A. Marx & Michael M. York (1986) Daniel R. Biddle , H.G. Bissinger , Fredric N. Tulsky & John Woestendiek (1987) Dean Baquet , William C. Gaines & Ann Marie Lipinski (19) Bill Dedman (1989) Lou Kilzer (1990) Joseph T. Hallinan & Susan M. Headden (1991) Lorraine Adams & Dan Malone (1992) Jeff Brazil & Steve Berry (1993) Providence Journal-Bulletin (1994) Stephanie Saul & Brian Donovan (1995) The Orange County Register (1996) Eric Nalder , Deborah Nelson & Alex Tizon (1997) Gary Cohn & Will Englund (1998) Miami Herald (1999) Sang-Hun Choe , Charles J. Hanley & Martha Mendoza (2000) 2001–2025 David Willman (2001) Sari Horwitz , Scott Higham & Sarah Cohen (2002) Clifford J. Levy (2003) Michael D. Sallah , Joe Mahr & Mitch Weiss (2004) Nigel Jaquiss (2005) Susan Schmidt , James V. Grimaldi & R. Jeffrey Smith (2006) Brett Blackledge (2007) Walt Bogdanich , Jake Hooker & Chicago Tribune (2008) David Barstow (2009) Barbara Laker , Wendy Ruderman & Sheri Fink (2010) Paige St. John (2011) Matt Apuzzo , Adam Goldman , Eileen Sullivan , Chris Hawley , Michael J. Berens & Ken Armstrong (2012) David Barstow & Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab (2013) Chris Hamby (2014) Eric Lipton & The Wall Street Journal (2015) Leonora LaPeter Anton , Anthony Cormier , Michael Braga & Esther Htusan (2016) Eric Eyre (2017) The Washington Post (2018) Matt Hamilton , Harriet Ryan & Paul Pringle (2019) Brian Rosenthal (2020) Matt Rocheleau , Vernal Coleman , Laura Crimaldi , Evan Allen & Brendan McCarthy (2021) Corey G. Johnson , Rebecca Woolington & Eli Murray (2022) Staff of The Wall Street Journal (2023)