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Sidney Winner John Branch Wins Pulitzer Prize for Feature Reporting

Congratulations to John Branch of the New York Times on winning the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for his account of a lethal avalanche.

Branch won the first Sidney Award of 2013 for his three-part series on the life and death of NHL enforcer Derek Boogaard from drug abuse and suspected post-concussion syndrome.