Dana Canedy (born June 8, 1965) is an American journalist, author, editor, and publishing executive who worked at the New York Times for over 20 years, winning a Pulitzer Prize in 2001.

"[12] In January 2018, Sony Pictures hired Academy Award-nominated writer Virgil Williams (Mudbound) to adapt Canedy's book into a film directed and co-produced by Denzel Washington.

In August 2017, Canedy became administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes at Columbia University, the first woman and first person of color to hold the position.

[9][10][14] As Pulitzer Prize administrator, Canedy said the organization would do more to defend press freedom, "especially at a time when the news media is under extraordinary assault.

"[6] On May 30, 2018, she oversaw the annual awards luncheon at Columbia, telling Kendrick Lamar (the first non-classical, non-jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music) that "we're both making history this year.