Diana K. Sugg is a journalist and editor at ''

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''. Her work covering healthcare and medicine earned her the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting in 2003.

Biography

Sugg was raised in a large family in

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where she is the third of six children. She graduated

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in 1987 from

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, where she was an editor of the student newspaper ''

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''. She earned a master's degree in investigative journalism from

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on a Kiplinger Fellowship in 1992. Before joining ''The Baltimore Sun'', Sugg was a reporter with the

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in Philadelphia, the ''

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'' in South Carolina, and the '' Sacramento Bee''. In 1990, while covering crime in Sacramento, Sugg collapsed and has since battled strokes and seizures. Sugg married Albert Wu, an internist and public health researcher, on February 14, 2004. They have two sons, and currently live near Baltimore.

Awards

Sugg won the

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on April 8, 2003. The Pulitzer committee noted her "absorbing, often poignant stories that illuminated complex medical issues through the lives of people." Sugg's recognized work included pieces on stillbirth, sepsis, and the controversial practice of allowing patient families to be present during patient resuscitation efforts.

References

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