Lisa Dawn Falkenberg (born July 12, 1978) is an American journalist. She is the ''

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'' vice president/editor of opinion.

Early life and education

Falkenberg was born on July 12, 1978, and raised in

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. She began her career as a journalist writing for her high school newspaper. She attended the

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and was awarded a degree in journalism in 2000.

Journalism career

For the next four years, Falkenberg worked for the

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. In 2004, she was named the Texas AP writer of the year. The following year, she became a state correspondent for the ''

''. She became a columnist for that paper in 2007. In 2022, She shared the prize for Editorial Writing with Michael Lindenberger, Joe Holley and Luis Carrasco In 2014, Falkenberg's editor nominated her for the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. She was one of two finalists, but did not win. The following year, she won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, for a series of columns she had written about corrupt grand jury practices in Texas. The Pulitzer announcement noted that her win stemmed from "vividly-written, groundbreaking columns about grand jury abuses that led to a wrongful conviction and other egregious problems in the legal and immigration systems."

References

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2015 Pulitzer nomination package
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