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American journalist

Brian Donovan
Born	(1941-03-11)March 11, 1941 Syracuse, New York
Died	June 20, 2018(2018-06-20) (aged 77)
Alma mater	Syracuse University
Spouse	Ellen Kanner
Children	2

Brian Donovan (March 11, 1941 – June 20, 2018) was an American journalist for Newsday who won the Pulitzer Prize twice, in 1970 and in 1995. He was inducted into the Press Club of Long Island's Hall of Fame.

Biography

Donovan was born on March 11, 1941, in Syracuse, New York, and had one sibling. His parents were William Donovan, a commercial insurance agent, and Marion Donovan. He earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications of Syracuse University. Donovan was married to Ellen Kanner, with whom he had two children.

Career

He first worked for three years at the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, and was then hired by Newsday in 1967. He retired from Newsday in 2002 to focus on a book, "Hard Driving" about NASCAR driver Wendell Scott.

References

^ "Ellen B. Kanner Bride of Brian Donovan". Retrieved 2018-11-11.
Award-winning Newsday reporter Brian Donovan dies at 77
"1995 Pulitzer Prizes JOURNALISM". www.pulitzer.org. 1995. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
"Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Brian Donovan dies at 77". Press Club of Long Island. 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
^ "Award-winning Newsday reporter dies at 77". Newsday. Retrieved 2018-11-11.

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Previously the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, No Edition Time from 1953–1963 and the Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting from 1964–1984
1953–1975	Edward J. Mowery (1953) Alvin McCoy (1954) Roland Kenneth Towery (1955) Arthur Daley (1956) Wallace Turner (1957) George Beveridge (1958) John Harold Brislin (1959) Miriam Ottenberg (1960) Edgar May (1961) George Bliss (1962) Oscar Griffin Jr. (1963) James V. Magee, Albert V. Gaudiosi & Frederick Meyer (1964) Gene Goltz (1965) John Anthony Frasca (1966) Gene Miller (1967) J. Anthony Lukas (1968) Al Delugach & Denny Walsh (1969) Harold E. Martin (1970) William Jones (1971) Timothy Leland, Gerard M. O'Neill, Stephen Kurkjian & Ann Desantis (1972) The Sun Newspapers of Omaha (1973) William Sherman (1974) The Indianapolis Star (1975)
1976–2000	Chicago Tribune (1976) Acel Moore & Wendell Rawls Jr. (1977) Anthony R. Dolan (1978) Gilbert M. Gaul & Elliot G. Jaspin (1979) Stephen Kurkjian, Alexander B. Hawes Jr., Nils Bruzelius, Joan Vennochi & Robert M. Porterfield (1980) Clark Hallas & Robert B. Lowe (1981) Paul Henderson (1982) Loretta Tofani (1983) Kenneth Cooper, Joan Fitz Gerald, Jonathan Kaufman, Norman Lockman, Gary McMillan, Kirk Scharfenberg & David Wessel (1984) Lucy Morgan, Jack Reed & William K. Marimow (1985) Jeffrey A. Marx & Michael M. York (1986) Daniel R. Biddle, H.G. Bissinger, Fredric N. Tulsky & John Woestendiek (1987) Dean Baquet, William C. Gaines & Ann Marie Lipinski (19) Bill Dedman (1989) Lou Kilzer (1990) Joseph T. Hallinan & Susan M. Headden (1991) Lorraine Adams & Dan Malone (1992) Jeff Brazil & Steve Berry (1993) Providence Journal-Bulletin (1994) Stephanie Saul & Brian Donovan (1995) The Orange County Register (1996) Eric Nalder, Deborah Nelson & Alex Tizon (1997) Gary Cohn & Will Englund (1998) Miami Herald (1999) Sang-Hun Choe, Charles J. Hanley & Martha Mendoza (2000)
2001–2025	David Willman (2001) Sari Horwitz, Scott Higham & Sarah Cohen (2002) Clifford J. Levy (2003) Michael D. Sallah, Joe Mahr & Mitch Weiss (2004) Nigel Jaquiss (2005) Susan Schmidt, James V. Grimaldi & R. Jeffrey Smith (2006) Brett Blackledge (2007) Walt Bogdanich, Jake Hooker & Chicago Tribune (2008) David Barstow (2009) Barbara Laker, Wendy Ruderman & Sheri Fink (2010) Paige St. John (2011) Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Eileen Sullivan, Chris Hawley, Michael J. Berens & Ken Armstrong (2012) David Barstow & Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab (2013) Chris Hamby (2014) Eric Lipton & The Wall Street Journal (2015) Leonora LaPeter Anton, Anthony Cormier, Michael Braga & Esther Htusan (2016) Eric Eyre (2017) The Washington Post (2018) Matt Hamilton, Harriet Ryan & Paul Pringle (2019) Brian Rosenthal (2020) Matt Rocheleau, Vernal Coleman, Laura Crimaldi, Evan Allen & Brendan McCarthy (2021) Corey G. Johnson, Rebecca Woolington & Eli Murray (2022) Staff of The Wall Street Journal (2023)

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