Board. [applause] thank you very much. It is my pleasure to introduce a number of great winners to the Pulitzer Prizes tonight. Let me take a moment of personal privilege to recognize one of my predecessors both as the chair of the Tampa Bay Times company and of the Pulitzer Prize, andy barnes is with us. [applause] our purpose here this evening is to say happy birthday to the Pulitzer Prizes. They turn 100 years old this year, which is older than anybody in this room, i believe. [laughter] this is a great tribute to a robust and resilient american institution. So, lets also say thank you to Joseph Pulitzer who created these prizes. It is a very hard thing to when win a pulitzer. It is hard even to become one of the three finalists. Hundreds and hundreds of entries arrive in new york each year for prizes given in journalism, literature, and the arts. Volunteer juries of experts spend days willing down the entries down to a final three. These are submitted to the thetzer prize board and
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