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Erik Lukens Pulitzer Prize Awarded In 2014

 
Erik Lukens

Erik Lukens

Award Name : Pulitzer Prize

Year of Award : 2014

Award for : Journalism

Location : Portland, Oregon, United States

 

Erik Lukens, city editor of The Bulletin in Bend and former longtime editorial page editor of the paper, has been named editorial/commentary editor of The Oregonian."Erik brings great intellect, leadership skills and a love of Oregon to this position. We are looking forward to his strong contribution to our creating community conversation about what's important to Oregonians," said N. Christian Anderson III, president and publisher of The Oregonian.Lukens has worked at The Bulletin since 1998, serving as editorial page editor until 2011.

 He previously worked at The Trentonian newspaper in Trenton, N.J. He holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from Cornell University and a master's and doctorate in English literature from Princeton University. He has won numerous state and regional awards for editorial writing and served on the Pulitzer Prize editorial writing juries in 2007 and 2008.Erik Lukens won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing for work that focused on reforms to the Public Employees Retirement System.

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