Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A 1994, yayin da Shugabar Ofishin Chicago na "The New York Times", ta zama mace ta farko ta Afirka ta Amurka da ta lashe kyautar Pulitzer a aikin jarida, ta lashe kyautar rubutun da aka rubuta don rufe ambaliyar ruwa na 1993 na tsakiyar yamma
da kuma bayanin da ta yi game da wani yaro ɗan shekara 10 wanda ke da alhakin 'yan'uwansa huɗu. Da yawa daga cikin labaran Wilkerson an haɗa su a cikin littafin "Pulitzer Prize Feature Stories: America's Best Writing, 1979 - 2003", wanda David Garlock ya shirya.