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Pulitzer Prize
Man Held in Theft of Pulitzer Prize Medals From Sacramento Bee Newsroom
The gold-plated medals—awarded in 1935 and 1992—were stored in a locked glass cabinet.
Book Review: 40 Years Later, ‘Power Broker’ Is Standard Reading
Carl Weisbrod was two years out of graduate school, planning a career in law, when a new book about municipal builder Robert Moses changed his life: Robert Caro’s “The Power Broker.”
Pulitzers Awarded at the ‘Taj Mahal of Journalism’ for Snowden Stories While TV Networks Grumble
First the good news: The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service was not only the best-covered of its awards this year, but it recognized a series of disclosures that made many media outlets nervous, if not adversarial—the publication of NSA secrets leaked by Edward Snowden.
Books In The News: 2012 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced
The 2012 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced on April 16.
Award-Winning Journalist Donates $10,000 in Prize Money
Two years ago Daniel Gilbert was a young reporter working on a small-town Virginia newspaper.
To Kill A Mockingbird Marks 50th Anniversary
The classic novel To Kill A Mockingbird is being honored in a new special edition marking the 50th anniversary.
Author John Updike Dead From Lung Cancer
At 76, Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Updike passed away at a hospice in Beverly Farms, Mass. on Jan 27. The cause of death was lung cancer.
