Pulitzer Winner Will Speak at Freedom of Information Congress March 4
For release: Feb. 24, 2003
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Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times correspondent Rick Bragg will discuss his career at the 22nd Annual Freedom of Information Congress on Tuesday, March 4, at The University of Memphis University Center Ballroom. A reception will begin at 6 p.m., followed by the program at 7. The event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the Zach Curlin garage.

Bragg's journalism career began in 1977, while he was a student at Jacksonville State University. The Alabama native has worked at The Birmingham News and as Miami bureau chief for The St. Petersburg Times. He joined The New York Times in 1993.

His work, including stories about the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, murderous unrest in Haiti, and the small-town sheriff who got a confession from child-killer Susan Smith, earned him the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. Bragg has twice won the American Society of Newspaper Editors Distinguished Writing Award, as well as other journalism prizes. He is the author of the best-selling memoir All Over but the Shoutin' and Somebody Told Me, a collection of newspaper stories.

Bragg's ability to see events through the eyes of those who live them is what sets his writing apart. As a quintessential Southern storyteller, he lets their experiences stand on their own. Bragg is based in New Orleans.

The FOI Congress is sponsored by The U of M chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Student Activities Council.

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