The Pulitzer Prizes were announced this week. The Bristol Herald Courier won the Pulitzer for Public Service for its story about energy corporations who failed to pay thousands of Virginia landowners after draining their natural gas.
Online news websites were also honored for the first time. Mark Fiore of the San Francisco Chronicle (who created the video shown here) won for editorial cartooning, and Sheri Fink of ProPublica, in collaboration with the New York Times Magazine, won one of two prizes for investigative journalism.
It also marks the first time a Pulitzer has been given to a co-published, collaborative story, BBC News says. The article also has a quote by the administrator of the Pulitzer prizes, Sig Gissler, about the increase in collaboration. “I expect we are going to see more of it in the years ahead, as organizations face tougher financial situations,” Gissler said.
A complete list of the awards can be found on the Pulitzer website. Also read Attorney General Eric Holder’s memo concerning FOIA denials, and take The Pulitzer Quiz!
