# Jacqui Banaszynski

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{{Short description|American journalist}}
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| name          = Jacqui Banaszynski
| image         = Jacqui Banaszynski - Flickr - Knight Foundation.jpg
| alt           = A white woman with blue eyes and silver hair looks into the camera; she is wearing a red top
| caption       = Banaszynski in 2011
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1952|4|17|mf=y}}
| birth_place   = [Pulaski, Wisconsin](/source/Pulaski%2C_Wisconsin), United States
| birth_name    = Jacqueline Marie Banaszynski
| death_date    = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1952|4|17|mf=y}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) -->
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| occupation    = Journalist
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| known_for     = {{Plainlist}}
* "The Trail of Tears" <small>(1986 [Internat. Pulitzer](/source/Pulitzer_Prize_for_International_Reporting) finalist)</small>
* "AIDS in the Heartland" <small>(1988 [Feature Pulitzer](/source/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Feature_Writing))</small>
* [Knight Chair](/source/John_S._and_James_L._Knight_Foundation), [Missouri School of Journalism](/source/Missouri_School_of_Journalism)
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}}
[[File:Jacqui_Banaszynski_at_the_Missouri_School_of_Journalism_2008.jpg|alt=Jacqui Banaszynski, speaking at the Missouri School of Journalism in 2008|thumb|Jacqui Banaszynski speaking at the [Missouri School of Journalism](/source/Missouri_School_of_Journalism) in 2008]]
'''Jacqueline Marie Banaszynski''' (born April 17, 1952)<ref name="Who's Who">{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=63nvmt4HqTEC&q=jacqui+banaszynski&pg=PA218 |title=Jacqueline Marie Banaszynski |encyclopedia=Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners |editor-first1=Elizabeth A. |editor-last1=Brennan |editor-first2=Elizabeth C. |editor-last2=Clarage |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |date=1999 |isbn=9781573561112 |access-date=November 18, 2020 }}</ref> is an American journalist. She was the winner of the [Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing](/source/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Feature_Writing) in 1988. Banaszynski went on to become a professor and a [John S. and James L. Knight Foundation](/source/John_S._and_James_L._Knight_Foundation) Chair at the school of journalism at [University of Missouri](/source/University_of_Missouri).

== Biography ==
Born in [Pulaski, Wisconsin](/source/Pulaski%2C_Wisconsin),<ref name="Who's Who"/> Banaszynski began working as a journalist in high school and when she was 15, became the associate editor of the school paper, the ''[Pulaski News](/source/Pulaski_News)''.<ref name=":0" /> Part of the appeal of working on the paper was that the journalism program gave her access to sporting events at the school level.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5h&AN=2W62212892216&site=ehost-live|title=Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Speaks at UI|last=Rudd|first=Elizabeth|date=6 March 2015|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune|access-date=24 December 2018|url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOhost}}</ref> Banaszynski graduated from [Pulaski High School](/source/Pulaski_High_School) in 1970 and earned a degree in journalism from [Marquette University](/source/Marquette_University) in 1974., graduating {{lang|la|[magna cum laude](/source/magna_cum_laude)}}.<ref name="Who's Who"/><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://journalism.missouri.edu/staff/jacqui-banaszynski/|title=Jacqui Banaszynski|website=Missouri School of Journalism|date=October 12, 2011 |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220233408/https://journalism.missouri.edu/staff/jacqui-banaszynski/|archive-date=20 December 2018|access-date=2018-12-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26482034/star_tribune/|title=Picture|date=17 July 1983|work=Star Tribune|access-date=2018-12-24|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

Around 1984, Banaszynski started working for the ''[St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch](/source/St._Paul_Pioneer_Press)''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26481318/argusleader/|title=St. Paul Reporter Wins Pulitzer Prize|date=1 April 1988|work=Argus-Leader|access-date=2018-12-24|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1985, she went on assignment to [Africa](/source/Africa) and her story about [Sudan](/source/Sudan)ese victims of [famine](/source/famine), "The Trail of Tears," became a finalist for the [Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting](/source/Pulitzer_Prize_for_International_Reporting) in 1986.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://herstory.rjionline.org/001.html|title=Jacqui Banaszynski|website=Herstory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619124216/http://herstory.rjionline.org/001.html|archive-date=19 June 2017|url-status=live|access-date=2018-12-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/jacqui-banaszynski|title=The 1986 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in International Reporting|website=The Pulitzer Prizes|language=en|access-date=2018-12-24}}</ref>

Banaszynski wrote a special report called "AIDS in the Heartland" while she was a reporter at the ''St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26480794/green_bay_pressgazette/|title=Pulitzer Prize Winner Got Her Start on Newspaper at Pulaski|last=Lyons|first=Tom|date=1 April 1988|work=Green Bay Press-Gazette|access-date=2018-12-24|via=Newspapers.com}} and {{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26480908/green_bay_pressgazette/|title=Pulitzer|date=1 April 1988|work=Green Bay Press-Gazette|access-date=2018-12-24|page=A2|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The report was a series of stories that centered around the lives of two [gay](/source/gay) Minnesota farmers, Both had contracted and died of  [AIDS](/source/HIV%2FAIDS) .<ref name=":0" /> She and photographer Jean Pieri searched for a year for subjects that they felt could "humanize people afflicted by this terrifying new illness."<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.twincities.com/2016/07/25/aids-in-the-heartland/|title=Pulitzer Prize-winning series humanized AIDS crisis, divided Pioneer Press readers|last=Woltman|first=Nick|date=2016-07-25|website=Twin Cities|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915040343/https://www.twincities.com/2016/07/25/aids-in-the-heartland/|archive-date=15 September 2018|access-date=2018-12-24}}</ref> Their choice of following Dick Hanson and his partner, Bert Henningson, at first upset readers of the newspaper, but after the final installment of the 3 part series, most readers seemed to sympathize with both men.<ref name=":3" /> The series won a [Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing](/source/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Feature_Writing) in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/jacqui-banaszynski|title=The 1988 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Writing|website=The Pulitzer Prizes|language=en|access-date=2018-12-24}}</ref>

In 1997, Banaszynski began working for ''[The Seattle Times](/source/The_Seattle_Times)'' and in 2003, became the Associate Managing Editor for special projects and staff development.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2003|title=People & Places|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=9356332&site=ehost-live|journal=Quill|volume=91|issue=2|pages=37|url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOhost}}</ref>

Banaszynski was inducted into the [American Society of Sunday and Feature Editors](/source/American_Society_of_Sunday_and_Feature_Editors) Hall of Fame in 2008.<ref name=":2" /> She went on to become the Knight Chair at the [University of Missouri](/source/University_of_Missouri) [School of Journalism](/source/Missouri_School_of_Journalism).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mediaschool.indiana.edu/news/pulitzer-winner-banaszynski-urges-reporters-to-have-the-courage-to-care/|title=Pulitzer-winner Banaszynski urges reporters to have 'courage to care'|last=Moody|first=Kathryn|date=12 February 2015|website=IU Bloomington|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215162048/http://mediaschool.indiana.edu/news/pulitzer-winner-banaszynski-urges-reporters-to-have-the-courage-to-care/|archive-date=15 December 2018|access-date=2018-12-24}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.jacquibanaszynski.com/ Official site]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=_g9_CMV_zgg Oral history interview]

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