News Media Initiative

2011 PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING RIT ALUMNI
Paul Benoit ’76
Robert Bukaty ’82
Ken Geiger ’80
Stan Grossfeld ’73
Daniel Loh ’95
William Snyder ’81
Anthony Suau ’78 

2010 MARK MIKOLAJCZYK
President and Publisher of FLORIDA TODAY

2005-2009  Award Not Issued

2005 THOMAS CURLEY
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Associated Press

2004 Award Not Issued

2003 ARTHUR O. SULZBERGER, JR.
Chairman and Publisher, The New York Times Company

2002 TIM O'REILLY
Founder and CEO, O'Reilly & Associates

2001 JOHN W. SEYBOLD
Founder and CEO, Rocappi Company

2000 WILLIAM BURLEIGH
Chairman, The E.W. Scripps Company

1999 GARY B. PRUITT
President and CEO, The McClatchy Company

1998 DONA VIOLET A BARRIOS de CHAMORRO
Sra. Expresidenta de Nicaragua

1997 P. ANTHONY RIDDER
Chairman and CEO, Knight-Ridder, Inc.

1996 FRANK BATTEN
Chairman of the Board, Landmark Communications, Inc.

1995 LAWRENCE A. LESER
Chairman and CEO, The E. W. Scripps Company

1994 JOHN J. CURLEY
Chairman, President and CEO, Gannett Company, Inc.

1993 CHARLES T. BRUMBACK
Chairman and CEO, Tribune Company

1992 ROBERT F. ERBURU
Chairman and CEO, Times-Mirror Company

1991  JAMES C. KENNEDY
Chairman and CEO, Cox Enterprises, Inc.

1990 FRANK A. BENNACK JR.
President and CEO, The Hearst Corporation

1988  WARREN H. PHILLIPS
Chairman and CEO, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

1987 STANTON R. COOK
President and CEO, Tribune Company

1986 ALVAH H. CHAPMAN JR.
Chairman and CEO, Knight-Rider Newspaper, Inc.

1985 OTIS CHANDLER
Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Times Mirror Company

1984  ARTHUR OCHS SULZBERGER
Chairman and CEO, New York Times Company

1983 KATHARINE GRAHAM
President, Washington Post Company

1982 EDWARD W. ESTLOW
President, The E. W. Scripps Company

1981 ALLEN H. NEUHARTH
Chairman and President, Gannett Company, Inc.

1980  ROBERT G. MARBUT
President and CEO, Hart-Hanks Communications, Inc.

1979  RONALD A. WHITE
President, Graphic Systems Division, Rockwell International