Society of Professional Journalists. It awards $75,000 each year to an outstanding editorial writer or columnist to help broaden his or her journalistic horizons and knowledge of the world. Stockman was writing a study of race relations, especially in Boston, riven by the 1974 court order to bus students to address de facto segregation in the schools. In 2016, Stockman was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, in recognition of a series of articles examining the effects of busing on Boston schools. References External links Twitter account American women journalists 1974 births Living people Pulitzer Prize for Commentary winners The Boston Globe people 21st-century American journalists Radcliffe College alumni 21st-century American women writers The New York Times editorial board People from East Lansing, Michigan Journalists from Michigan 20th-century American journalists 20th-century American women writers