Karen Elliot House

1984 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting

Karen Elliott House received the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 in international reporting while a reporter with the Wall Street Journal. She was awarded the prize for her series of interviews with Jordan's King Hussein, which correctly anticipated the problems that would confront the Reagan administration's Middle East peace plan.

House graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the Department of Journalism in 1970.

House joined the Wall Street Journal in Washington, D.C., as a reporter in 1974 and later was named diplomatic correspondent in 1978, assistant foreign editor in 1983 and foreign editor a year later. She was appointed vice-president, International Group, for Dow Jones in 1989, and also was named to the Dow Jones management committee. In 1995, House was named president of the International Group.

Source: Business Wire, "Dow Jones announces executive appointments," Business Wire, Inc., January 19,1995.