Va. Paper Wins Pulitzer for Gas Royalties Series: ; Hard-Hitting News, Use of New Media Helped to Win Over Award Judges
Charleston Daily Mail › April 13, 2010
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NEW YORK - The Bristol Herald Courier, a small paper in the coalfields of Appalachia, beat out journalism's powerhouses to win the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for uncovering a scandal in which Virginia landowners were deprived of millions in natural gas royalties.
The seven-reporter daily was honored for what many regard as an endangered form of journalism in this age of wrenching newspaper cutbacks - aggressive reporting on local issues.See the full content of this document
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Va. Paper Wins Pulitzer for Gas Royalties Series: ; Hard-Hitting News, Use of New Media Helped to Win Over Award Judges
The Washington Post received four Pulitzers - for international reporting on Iraq, feature writing, commentary and criticism. The New York Times won three - for national reporting, for explanatory reporting, and for investigative reporting for collaborating with the fledgling nonprofit news service ProPublica for a story on the life-and-death decisions made by New Or...
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