:Monica Ulmanu

{{Short description|Romanian journalist and graphics editor}}

Monica Ulmanu is a Romanian journalist and graphics editor. She has worked as a graphics editor for The Washington Post since 2018, where she has specialised in working on climate and health-related topics.{{Cite web |title=Monica Ulmanu |url=https://nationalpress.org/award-winner/monica-ulmanu/ |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=National Press Foundation |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Zachary Goldfarb, Juliet Eilperin and Monica Ulmanu to lead The Washington Post's climate and environment coverage |url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/zachary-goldfarb-juliet-eilperin-and-monica-ulmanu-to-lead-the-washington-posts-climate-and,222012 |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Editor and Publisher |language=en}}

She graduated from the University of Bucharest, and then received a Fulbright award in 2008.{{Cite web |title=Monica Ulmanu » Fulbright Romania |url=https://fulbright.ro/alumni/monica-ulmanu/ |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Fulbright Romania |language=en-US}} She completed her studies with a master's degree in visual communication at the Hussman School of Journalism and Media, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has also worked as a visual journalist for other media outlets such as The Guardian, Reuters, The Boston Globe, and The New York Times.

In 2020 she was part of the team who won a Pulitzer prize for the "2C: Beyond the Limit", covering the risk of temperature increase in planet earth.{{Cite web |last=roinsider |date=2020-05-05 |title=Romanian journalist, part of Pulitzer Prize-winning team of Washington Post |url=https://www.romania-insider.com/monica-ulmanu-pulitzer-washington-post-2020 |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Romania Insider |language=en}} She has also won other design awards, such as the Malofiej Infographics Awards and the European Digital Media Awards, among others.

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