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