Charles Michael Pride (July 31, 1946 – April 24, 2023) was an American author and journalist best known for his long tenure as editor of the Concord Monitor of Concord, New Hampshire. He was the author or co-author of several books on the American Civil War and World War II.
A four-time Pulitzer Prize juror, he later served as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board for 9 years, ending his service as co-chair in April 2008.[3]
Pride retired from the Monitor in 2008 but returned in early 2014 to serve briefly as editor during a management transition, stepping down again in May. From September 2014 to July 2017, he served as the administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, becoming the first (and to date, only) former member of the Pulitzer Board to hold the position. In this capacity, Pride oversaw the awards program's centennial celebration in 2016.[5]
Influence
Those who worked in the Monitor newsroom under Pride's leadership include Bob Hohler of the Boston Globe, Serial host Sarah Koenig, New York Times reporter Margot Sanger-Katz and Pultizer-winning photographer Preston Gannaway.
Pride was the co-editor, with Felice Belman, of The New Hampshire Century: Concord Monitor Profiles of One Hundred People Who Shaped It (2001). He was also co-author, with Mark Travis, of My Brave Boys: To War With Colonel Cross and the Fighting Fifth (2001),[7] with Steve Raymond, of Too Dead to Die: A Memoir of Bataan and Beyond (2006),[8] with Meg Heckman, of We Went to War: New Hampshire Remembers (2008).
Pride was the author of Our War: Days and Events in the Fight for the Union (2012).[9] His book, Storm Over Key West: The Civil War and the Call of Freedom, was published by Pineapple Press in 2020.[10]