Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1994, i a ia e noho ana hei Tumuaki Tari o "The New York Times" i Chicago, ko ia te wahine tuatahi o te tuku iho o Awherika-Amerika i toa i te Tohu Pulitzer i roto i te mahi nūpepa, i toa i te tohu tuhituhi mo tana korero mo te "The New York Times"
Ko ngā waipuke o te takiuru o waenganui o te tau 1993 me tōna whakaahua o tētahi tamaiti 10 tau te pakeke i te kawenga mō ōna teina tokowhā. He maha nga tuhinga a Wilkerson kei roto i te pukapuka "Pulitzer Prize Feature Stories: Amerika's Best Writing, 1979 - 2003", na David Garlock i whakatika.