Andie Dominick (born 1971) is an editorial writer at the ''

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''. She received the 2018

Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing is one of the fourteen American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Journalism. It has been awarded since 1917 for distinguished editorial writing, the test of excellence being clearness of style, ...

for "examining the damaging consequences for poor Iowa residents of privatizing the state’s administration of Medicaid."

Early life and education

Dominick was born and raised in Iowa. Her older sister Denise, whom she idolized, was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes as a baby. As a child, Dominick would retrieve her sisters needles from the trash and use them as squirt guns, until she herself was diagnosed with the disease at the age of nine. Dominick attended and graduated from

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in 1994, and earned her

Master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

in literature and creative writing three years later.

Career

After graduating from Iowa State, Dominick published her first book titled "''Needles: A Memoir of Growing Up with Diabetes''". She began writing this book after her older sister died of a heart attack, cocaine, and diabetes abuse. In 2001, Dominick joined the editorial writing staff at the ''

.'' Her journalism pieces earned her a nomination for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing. She would later win the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for "examining the damaging consequences for poor Iowa residents of privatizing the state’s administration of Medicaid."

Personal life

Dominick and her husband have three adopted children together.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dominick, Andie Living people Journalists from Iowa Iowa State University alumni American women journalists Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing winners 21st-century American journalists 1971 births 21st-century American women