Kevin Sack, an American journalist, is a senior reporter for ''

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''. Sack shared a

Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting This Pulitzer Prize has been awarded since 1942 for a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs in the United States. In its first six years (1942–1947), it was called the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting – National. Li ...

in 2001 for a ''New York Times'' series on race. While at

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, he received the 2003

, with Alan Miller, ''for their revelatory and moving examination of a military aircraft, nicknamed "The Widow Maker," that was linked to the deaths of 45 pilots.'' He was a member of ''The New York Times'' reporting team that received the 2015

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for coverage of the 2014

Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa The 2013–2016 epidemic of Ebola virus disease, centered in Western Africa, was the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history. It caused major loss of life and socioeconomic disruption in the region, mainly in Guinea, Liberia and S ...

. Team members named by The Times were Pam Belluck,

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, Adam Nossiter,

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, Sack, and Ben C. Solomon.

Career

Before joining the Times, Sack was a national correspondent in the Atlanta bureau of ''The Los Angeles Times'', Atlanta bureau chief and correspondent for ''The New York Times'', and a reporter for ''

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''.

Education

Sack is a graduate of Duke University, 1981, with a B.A. in history. He attended the

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in South Africa on a Rotary Foundation fellowship.

References

* http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/09/behind-the-cover-story-kevin-sack-on-his-friendship-with-a-lost-boy/ * http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2015-International-Reporting * * * *

External links

Kevin Sack archive
''The New York Times''

Pulitzer Prize-winning articles on Ebola

Kevin Sack new article on three-time Pulitzer winner

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