Pulitzer Prizes: a Moment of Reflection on the Year
I haven't heard much from Mr Lee, the other contributor, and so I've decided to take a moment to reflect on the past year by way of mentioning a couple notable Pulitzer Prize winners.
This cartoon by Mike Luckovich of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution won the Editorial Cartoon prize, and seems to speak for itself. (Or does it? In case it's too small to read, the word 'why' is made up of the names of the US soldiers killed in Iraq.)
Two Public Service prizes were awarded for coverage of Hurricane Katrina, one to the Sun Herald of Biloxi, Mississippi, and one to the Times-Picayune of New Orleans. Grim reminders of a tragic event, and of a tragic failure of government.
The coverage of the Jack Abramoff scandal in the Washington Post won for Investigative Reporting; here's hoping the indictments keep coming.
The San Diego Union-Tribune and Copley News Service won a prize in National Reporting for their disclosure of Republican Congressman Randy 'Duke' Cunningham's bribe-taking.
And finally, what would the Pulitzers be without the New York Times? James Risen and Eric Lichtblau's reporting on domestic spying for the Times also won in the National Reporting category. Click here to read. It boggles my mind that more people aren't horrified by this obviously illegal violation of American citizens' rights; maybe this prize will re-invigorate discussion.
(Note: some links may take you to more stories than were considered for the prizes; for a complete list of winners, click here.)
posted by Unknown @ 7:04 AM
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CR seems to have abandoned the blogosphere altogether. But this is a great inaugural post, Yance.
It seems the administration and congressional leaders deserve honorary Pulitzers for triggering so much great investigative journalism. Where would Woodward and Bernstein be, after all, without Nixon?
It's also interesting that the Risen story on wiretapping, and the leaks that led to it, are considered treasonous (in a very literal sense) by conservatives. It's sad how wide the perception gap is between the Left and the Right, on media issues in particular.
My dad drew my attention to the winner for Feature Photography, an incredibly moving series which the Pulitzer citation describes as follows:
"Awarded to Todd Heisler of the Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colo., for his haunting, behind-the-scenes look at funerals for Colorado Marines who return from Iraq in caskets."
Click here to begin viewing the series of photos.
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