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| name = Dana Canedy<br />
| image = Dana Canedy, 2018.jpg<br />
| caption = Canedy in 2018 <br />
| birth_place = [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], U.S.<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|June 8, 1965}}<br />
| nationality = American<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Kentucky]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])}}<br />
| occupation = Journalist, publishing executive<br />
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| organization =<br />
| notable_works = ''A Journal for Jordan''<br />
| children = 1<br />
}}<br />
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'''Dana Canedy''' (born June 8, 1965) is an American journalist, author, and publishing executive who worked at the ''[[New York Times]]'' for over 20 years, winning a [[Pulitzer Prize]] in 2001. She was appointed senior vice president and publisher of [[Simon & Schuster]]'s flagship eponymous imprint in July 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Elizabeth A. |title=Simon & Schuster Names Dana Canedy New Publisher |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/books/dana-canedy-named-simon-schuster-publisher.html |work=The New York Times |date=6 July 2020}}</ref> She is the first African-American to head a "major publishing imprint".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Rachel |title=Dana Canedy Is 1st Black Person To Head Major Publishing Imprint |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/07/08/888846267/dana-canedy-is-first-black-person-to-head-a-publishing-giant |work=NPR.org |date=8 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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From 2017 to 2020, she served as administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Journalist, Author Dana Canedy Is Elected Administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/news/journalist-author-dana-canedy-elected-administrator-pulitzer-prizes |website=www.pulitzer.org |language=en |date=12 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pulitzer Administrator Dana Canedy Steps Down To Accept Publisher Role at Simon & Schuster |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/news/pulitzer-administrator-dana-canedy-steps-down-accept-publisher-role-simon-schuster |website=www.pulitzer.org |language=en |date=6 July 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and career==<br />
Canedy was born in [[Indianapolis]]<ref name="auto1">{{cite news|last1=Harris|first1=Roy|title=Changes ahead for Pulitzers? Stay tuned, says new administrator|url=https://www.poynter.org/news/changes-ahead-pulitzers-stay-tuned-says-new-administrator|accessdate=2018-04-13|work=Poynter.org|date=2017-09-22}}</ref> and grew up in [[Radcliff, Kentucky]], near [[Fort Knox]], in a military family.<ref name="auto2">{{cite news|last1=Canedy|first1=Dana|title=From Father to Son, Last Words to Live By|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/us/01charles.html|accessdate=2018-04-01|work=New York Times|date=2007-01-01}}</ref> 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.<ref name="HM">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/dana-canedy|title=History Makers - Dana Canedy}}</ref> She was named a senior editor at ''The New York Times'' in 2006.<ref name="HM" /> 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.<ref name="pulitzer"/><ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/12/business/media/dana-canedy-times-editor-pulitzer-prizes.html|title=Dana Canedy, Former Times Editor, Will Administer the Pulitzers|last=Ember|first=Sydney|date=2017-07-12|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-29|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><br />
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She is co-author of the series "How Race Is Lived in America", which won a [[2001 Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]] in 2001.<ref name="pulitzer">{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/news/journalist-author-dana-canedy-elected-administrator-pulitzer-prizes|publisher=pulitzer.org|title=The Pulitzer Prizes|accessdate=2017-07-12}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url= http://news.columbia.edu/content/Journalist-Author-Dana-Canedy-Is-Elected-Administrator-of-the-Pulitzer-Prizes |title= Journalist, Author Dana Canedy Is Elected Administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes |date=2017-07-12 |publisher= Columbia University |accessdate= 2017-08-02}}</ref> 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]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Canedy|first1=Dana|title=The Hurt Between the Lines: A Newsroom Divides After a Healing Series on Race|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/race/062900canedy-paper.html|accessdate=2018-04-04|work=New York Times|date=2000-06-29}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref name="auto2"/> In a 2009 interview, Canedy said: "I needed to do something with my grief, after Charles died, something productive."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Canedy|first1=Dana|title=Dana Canedy On Why She Wrote "A Journal For Jordan"'|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5HH4yX9iy0|accessdate=2018-04-01|work=Crown Publishing Group|date=2009-01-21}}</ref> In January 2018, [[Sony Pictures]] hired [[Academy Award]]-nominated writer [[Virgil Williams]] (''[[Mudbound (film)|Mudbound]]'') to adapt Canedy's book into a film directed and co-produced by [[Denzel Washington]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|title='Mudbound' Writer Virgil Williams to Adapt Denzel Washington's 'A Journal for Jordan'|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/virgil-williams-journal-for-jordan-denzel-washington-1202680446/|accessdate=2018-04-01|work=Variety|date=2018-01-29}}</ref><ref name="HM" /> The resulting film ''[[A Journal for Jordan]]'' was released on Christmas Day, 2021 to mixed reviews.<br />
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As Pulitzer Prize administrator, Canedy has said the organization will do more to defend press freedom, "especially at a time when the news media is under extraordinary assault."<ref name="auto1"/> 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."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Beard|first1=David|title=Inviting someone new to the Pulitzer party|url=//www.poynter.org/news/inviting-someone-new-pulitzer-party|accessdate=2018-06-12|work=Poynter.org|date=2018-05-31}}</ref><br />
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Canedy lives in New York City.<ref name="HM" /><br />
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