Pulitzer-Prize Winner Cynthia Tucker to Teach at the University of Georgia

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Cynthia Tucker will leave the Atlanta Journal-Constitution to become a visiting professor at the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. The appointment is effective on August 12. Tucker has been based in Washington, serving as a political columnist for the newspaper.

Tucker, a graduate of Auburn University, received a Pulitzer Prize in 2007 for political commentary. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer in both 2004 and 2006.