Opinion
2011 Journalism Pulitzers
This year's list of Pulitzer Prizes—and the runners-up too—featuring public service reporting, investigative reporting, and local stories that had an impact on their communities, proves that hard-hitting journalism is not dead in the Twitter era. (And for the second year in a row, the online-only gumshoes at ProPublica won a Pulitzer, this time for their investigations into Wall Street chicanery.)
Speaking of Wall Street reporting, I was bummed not to see Rolling Stone on the list; Matt Taibbi's exposés on Wall Street, taken as a serialized collection, deserved some kind of recognition . Check out his latest (and I think his best yet) on the other budget—the Federal Reserve—and its outrageous line items.
[pullquote]I was bummed not to see Rolling Stone on the list; Matt Taibbi's exposés on Wall Street, taken as a serialized batch, deserved some kind of recognition.[/pullquote]
Oddly, there was no award given for breaking news, but look for the New York Times to get it next year, either for their breath taking coverage of the Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shooting, which happened early in 2011, or for their coverage of the Egyptian uprising, reported expertly by their blog, The Lede.
Speaking of Wall Street reporting, I was bummed not to see Rolling Stone on the list; Matt Taibbi's exposés on Wall Street, taken as a serialized collection, deserved some kind of recognition . Check out his latest (and I think his best yet) on the other budget—the Federal Reserve—and its outrageous line items.
[pullquote]I was bummed not to see Rolling Stone on the list; Matt Taibbi's exposés on Wall Street, taken as a serialized batch, deserved some kind of recognition.[/pullquote]
Oddly, there was no award given for breaking news, but look for the New York Times to get it next year, either for their breath taking coverage of the Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shooting, which happened early in 2011, or for their coverage of the Egyptian uprising, reported expertly by their blog, The Lede.
