Guild Members Shine as Winners of 2014 Pulitzers
Monday, April 21, 2014(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
More than half of the Pulitzer Prizes
awarded this year went to journalists in TNG-CWA-represented newsrooms,
including at The Washington
Post. "We take enormous pride in the fact that Guild members
and the news organizations they work for represent the very best of American
journalism," TNG-CWA President Bernie Lunzer said. "The Pulitzers,
like the Guild's coveted Heywood Broun award, illustrate how and why quality
journalism is essential to our democracy. You don't get an informed citizenry
by recycling news releases online. And that's what fills a lot of space when
newsrooms are cut to the bone. The Guild is committed to the fight to preserve
-- and restore -- good jobs for dedicated journalists like today's
winners." The TNG-CWA-represented Washington
Post newsroom shares the Public Service award with The Guardian
for
"its revelation of widespread secret surveillance by the National Security
Agency, marked by authoritative and insightful reports that helped the public
understand how the disclosures fit into the larger framework of national
security." Eli Saslow (left)
of The
Washington Post wins the Explanatory Reporting award for "his
unsettling and nuanced reporting on the prevalence of food stamps in
post-recession America, forcing readers to grapple with issues of poverty and
dependency."
- CWA Newsletter; photo courtesy
Washington Post