Gene Roberts (journalist) Gene Roberts (journalist) Eugene Leslie Roberts, Jr. (born June 15, 1932) is an American journalist and professor of journalism. He has been a national editor of "The New York Times", executive editor of "The Philadelphia Inquirer" from 1972 to 1990, and managing editor of "The New York Times" from 1994 to 1997. Roberts is most known for presiding over "The Inquirer"'s "Golden Age", a time in which the newspaper was given increased freedom and resources, won 17 Pulitzer Prizes in 18 years, displaced "The Philadelphia Bulletin" as the city's "paper of record", and was considered to be Knight Ridder's crown
2014 Pulitzer Prize "mixed reviews" from literary critics. Other contenders for the fiction prize included "The Son" by Philipp Meyer and "The Woman Who Lost Her Soul" by Bob Shacochis. Vijay Seshadri won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his collection "3 Sections". Other literary winners included "The Internal Enemy" by Alan Taylor, "" by Dan Fagin, and Megan Marshall's biography of Margaret Fuller. There were 20 prizes awarded in 21 categories – no award in the category Feature Writing. Not awarded in 2014. 2014 Pulitzer Prize The 2014 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded by the Pulitzer Prize Board for work during the 2013