Upcoming Event: Pulitzer on the Road in Jackson, Mississippi
From left: 2023 General Nonfiction winner Robert Samuels, 2024 Biography winner Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Board member Kelly Lytle Hernández
Pulitzer on the Road comes to Jackson for the Mississippi Book Festival on Saturday September 14, 2024, where Pulitzer Prize-winning authors and journalists will discuss their work at two different panels:
Award-Winning Biographies:
2024 Biography winner Jonathan Eig, author of King: A Life, and 2023 General Non-Fiction winner Robert Samuels, journalist and co-author with Toluse Olorunnipa of His Name is George Floyd, will be in conversation with historian and Pulitzer Board member Kelly Lytle Hernández about their books on two men whose lives are forever connected to major movements in American history.
Investigative Journalism (panel presented by Mississippi Today):
2023 Local Reporting winner Anna Wolfe and 2024 Local Reporting finalist Jerry Mitchell, both of Mississippi Today, and 2023 Investigative Reporting contributor Brody Mullins, formerly of The Wall Street Journal, will be in conversation with Layne Bruce, executive director of the Mississippi Press Association.
Both events will be held in the Old Supreme Court Room in the State Capitol Building in Jackson, Mississippi, on Saturday September 14, 2024. Event times and full details on how to attend can be found on the Mississippi Book Festival website.