Dana Canedy

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Dana Canedy
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Canedy in 2018
Born (1965-06-08) June 8, 1965 (age 59)
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater University of Kentucky (B.A.)
Occupation(s)Journalist, publishing executive
Notable workA Journal for Jordan
Children1

Dana Canedy (born June 8, 1965) is an American journalist, author, editor, and publishing executive who worked at the New York Times for over 20 years, winning a Pulitzer Prize in 2001. She served as the first African American and first woman administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, a position she held from 2017 to 2020, [1] [2] and as the first African American to head a "major publishing imprint", as senior vice president and publisher of Simon & Schuster's flagship eponymous imprint from 2020 to 2022. [3] [4]

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Canedy is currently the managing editor of Guardian US , a position she has held since 2023. [5]

Early life and career

Canedy was born in Indianapolis [6] and grew up in Radcliff, Kentucky, near Fort Knox, in a military family. [7] She graduated from the University of Kentucky and worked at The Palm Beach Post and The Plain Dealer before joining The New York Times in 1996. [8] She was named a senior editor at The New York Times in 2006. [8] In August 2017, Canedy became administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes at Columbia University, the first woman and first person of color to hold the position. [9] [10] [11]

She is co-author of the series "How Race Is Lived in America", which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2001. [9] [10] Canedy's segment in the series, "The Hurt Between the Lines: A Newsroom Divides After a Healing Series on Race," focused on the similar yet divergent paths of two award-winning columnists, one white, one black, from the Akron Beacon-Journal . [12]

She is the author of the memoir A Journal for Jordan: A Story of Love and Honor (2008), which grew out of an essay she wrote for The New York Times about the death of her fiancé, United States Army First Sergeant Charles Monroe King, in the Iraq War and the journal he left for their son. [7] In a 2009 interview, Canedy said: "I needed to do something with my grief, after Charles died, something productive." [13] In January 2018, Sony Pictures hired Academy Award-nominated writer Virgil Williams ( Mudbound ) to adapt Canedy's book into a film directed and co-produced by Denzel Washington. [14] [8] The resulting film, A Journal for Jordan, was released on Christmas Day, 2021, to mixed reviews.

As Pulitzer Prize administrator, Canedy said the organization would do more to defend press freedom, "especially at a time when the news media is under extraordinary assault." [6] On May 30, 2018, she oversaw the annual awards luncheon at Columbia, telling Kendrick Lamar (the first non-classical, non-jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music) that "we're both making history this year." [15]

Canedy lives in New York City. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Journalist, Author Dana Canedy Is Elected Administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes". www.pulitzer.org. 12 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Pulitzer Administrator Dana Canedy Steps Down To Accept Publisher Role at Simon & Schuster". www.pulitzer.org. 6 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Martin, Rachel (8 July 2020). "Dana Canedy Is 1st Black Person To Head Major Publishing Imprint". NPR.org.
  4. ↑ Maher, John (19 July 2022). "Dana Canedy to Step Down at Simon & Schuster". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  5. ↑ GNM Press Office (2023-04-11). "The Guardian welcomes Dana Canedy as managing editor of Guardian US". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  6. 1 2 Harris, Roy (2017-09-22). "Changes ahead for Pulitzers? Stay tuned, says new administrator". Poynter.org. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  7. 1 2 Canedy, Dana (2007-01-01). "From Father to Son, Last Words to Live By". New York Times. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "History Makers - Dana Canedy".
  9. 1 2 "The Pulitzer Prizes". pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  10. 1 2 "Journalist, Author Dana Canedy Is Elected Administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes". Columbia University. 2017-07-12. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  11. ↑ Ember, Sydney (2017-07-12). "Dana Canedy, Former Times Editor, Will Administer the Pulitzers". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  12. ↑ Canedy, Dana (2000-06-29). "The Hurt Between the Lines: A Newsroom Divides After a Healing Series on Race". New York Times. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  13. ↑ Canedy, Dana (2009-01-21). "Dana Canedy On Why She Wrote "A Journal For Jordan"'". Crown Publishing Group. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  14. ↑ McNary, Dave (2018-01-29). "'Mudbound' Writer Virgil Williams to Adapt Denzel Washington's 'A Journal for Jordan'". Variety. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  15. ↑ Beard, David (2018-05-31). "Inviting someone new to the Pulitzer party". Poynter.org. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
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