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A journalism student who found out she won a Pulitzer in class

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Re: A journalism student who found out she won a Pulitzer in class

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This is exactly it. This was clearly a team effort. Like 60 people won the same Pulitzer. But it's quite clear that even as an intern, this individual's contributions were very important . I love team awards.

Team awards don’t seem to exist for the advertising industry even tho its a team effort to do the work to win them.

That’s a shame spreading the credit helps build loyalty which keeps those award winning teams in place.

Re: A journalism student who found out she won a Pulitzer in class

#12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is exactly it. This was clearly a team effort. Like 60 people won the same Pulitzer. But it's quite clear that even as an intern, this individual's contributions were very important . I love team awards.

Team awards don’t seem to exist for the advertising industry even tho its a team effort to do the work to win them.

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Re: A journalism student who found out she won a Pulitzer in class

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post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Team awards don’t seem to exist for the advertising industry even tho its a team effort to do the work to win them.

That’s a shame spreading the credit helps build loyalty which keeps those award winning teams in place.

To play devil's advocate, an intern with a Pulitzer (or similarly prestigious award) on their resume is going to have a lot of job opportunities.

Re: A journalism student who found out she won a Pulitzer in class

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post #7

This is the series: https://www.cincinnati.com/pages/interactives/seven-days-of-... It is a tremendous work of crafting mixed media.

This kind of reporting is becoming an endangered species.

It requires a lot of man-hours, and isn't as profitable as the minimal effort required to regurgitate whatever the latest sensational scandal is.

Re: A journalism student who found out she won a Pulitzer in class

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post #13
post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s a shame spreading the credit helps build loyalty which keeps those award winning teams in place.

To play devil's advocate, an intern with a Pulitzer (or similarly prestigious award) on their resume is going to have a lot of job opportunities.

You’d be surprised how dire the situation is in most newsrooms, and how petty the competition is.

Re: A journalism student who found out she won a Pulitzer in class

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post #5

Much of the credit goes to The Cincinnati Enquirer for having the ethics to include interns on the byline. As they should, but not everyone would do so.

Agreed. New Zealand’s semi national paper prints unattributed reddit comments on a regular basis. It’s grim.

Re: A journalism student who found out she won a Pulitzer in class

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Congratulations to her. I remember reading the piece at the time (linked from here actually!) and thinking it was a sad but powerful expose on the epidemic. It's so easy to see the statistics and just move on, but the Enquirer team did a fantastic job at providing human insight and showing the stark impact the opioid crisis is having on entire communities.

Re: A journalism student who found out she won a Pulitzer in class

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post #8

That’s awesome! But I kept getting distracted thinking “why does safari cut her face and legs get in portrait mode”

I don't know about Safari, but the website kinda sucks in general.

I wasn't able to scroll for the first few minutes the page was open. I switched tabs to whine about it here, switched back, and suddenly I could scroll.

Re: A journalism student who found out she won a Pulitzer in class

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post #7

This is the series: https://www.cincinnati.com/pages/interactives/seven-days-of-... It is a tremendous work of crafting mixed media.

Gods above, "tremendous" is an understatement. I don't think I'd be strong enough to work on a story like that.
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