Upon his hiring by The Denver Post , that newspaper became the largest in the U.S. with an African-American editor . In his first week on the job , Moore oversaw one of the biggest breaking news stories to occur in Colorado , an arsonist 's wildfire that was later dubbed the Hayman Fire . The conflagration took six weeks to extinguish , destroying 132 homes and of drought-ravaged forest . During Moore 's tenure , '' The Denver Post '' won four Pulitzer Prizes , one for breaking news reporting , one for editorial cartooning and two for feature photography . Moore announced his retirement March 15 , 2016 , telling his staff that it was time for " new challenges . " Moore is a founding member of the Cleveland chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists ( NABJ ) and a former member of the national association 's board . In 1996 , he was named Journalist of the Year by the association 's New England region . In 2013 , NABJ gave its Lifetime Achievement Award to Moore . In 2004 , he was elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board , and he was named its co-chair in 2012 . His nine-year term on the board ended in 2013 . From 1998 to 2004 , he served on the board of directors of the American Society of Newspaper Editors , and he has been an instructor at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies and the American Press Institute
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Gregory L. Moore