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Vendaval -> Pulitzer Prices for newspapers (4/20/2009 3:56:15 PM)
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[sm=champ.gif] And the Pulitzer Prizes for newspaper journalism go to The New York Times and The Detriot Free Press.
"Papers win Pulitzers for bringing down gov, mayor"
By DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press Writer
"NEW YORK – Two newspapers hit hard by a historic downturn won Pulitzer Prizes on Monday for exposing sex scandals that brought down a governor and a big-city mayor, in what was hailed as a victory for old-fashioned watchdog journalism at a time when the industry's very survival is in question.
The New York Times received five Pulitzers in all, including one for being the first to report that then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer was a client of a high-priced call girl ring — a discovery that led to his resignation. The Detroit Free Press won for obtaining a cache of steamy text messages that destroyed then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's political career.
Three Pulitzers were awarded for coverage of Barack Obama's historic election. But in a surprising turn, not one prize was handed out for the other big story of 2008 — the financial meltdown. Some suggested it could be a criticism of the press for not sounding enough of a warning before the crisis."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090420/ap_on_re_us/pulitzers;_ylt=AlrGN9DgADUHcEF7ejjsamFvzwcF
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