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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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Post by pudo »

ChuckMcM wrote: post #26

That is both super amazing and uniquely hard to imagine experiencing. It has to be surreal, in a journalism class, learning you've won Journalism's highest honor. I thought it also interesting that the students were more concerned that they would get in trouble for using a phone in class than with the import of the event. I don't think she will have much difficulty finding a job after she graduates with that on her r…

I think the bit about not wanting to interrupt the class may also have to do with the lecturer. She's an amazing bad-ass herself:

"Her investigations have led to more than 50 criminal cases against politicians, businessmen and public officials, and pursued by law-enforcement in Costa Rica, the United Kingdom, France, Finland and the United States." (https://journalism.columbia.edu/columbia-journalism-school-a...)

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

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Post by rrcaptain »

toomanybeersies wrote: post #15
pgrote wrote: 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.

It's kind of ironic to hear that on Hacker News considering the decline in local investigative reporting is largely due to social media and ad-tech in general.

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

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Post by rootlocus »

Tagore wrote: post #55
Tagore wrote: post #43

Interestingly it is very difficult to figure out what the story she reported on is about given all the hoopla around a Latina winning the Pulitzer.

Note that the linked story is _about_ the fact that a female philipino undergrad won a Pulitzer, but does not explain much about about the story she reported on that won a Pulitzer I'm not arguing that she shouldn't have won a Pulitzer for her reporting if her reporting were genuinely worthy of a Pulitzer (it wasn't, but that's another story,) but... srsly?

> Note that the linked story is _about_ the fact that a female philipino undergrad won a Pulitzer

Nowhere in the article is mentioned that she's a philipino.

> but does not explain much about about the story she reported on that won a Pulitzer

   Published in September 2017, the story, “Seven Days of Heroin,” prompted a nationwide conversation about the opioid crisis, reflected in newsrooms around the country.
Just follow the link to the story and read the first paragraphs.

> I'm not arguing that she shouldn't have won a Pulitzer for her reporting if her reporting were genuinely worthy of a Pulitzer

Who would argue that and expect to be taken seriously?

> (it wasn't, but that's another story,)

Have you even read it?

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

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Post by pranau »

DonHopkins wrote: post #67
adfm wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly this. She deserves the attention she's getting. And she did the grunt work daily, which is important to call out. Reminds me of the ChicagoCrime.org feet-on-street data wrangling story. A great idea and the persistence to follow through.

Not to mention visiting the county jail each morning, when most interns would just be out getting Starbucks.

> when most interns would just be out getting Starbucks.

On the contrary, most interns I know wouldn't be doing this because of how overworked they are doing the grunt work.

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

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Post by toomanybeersies »

IAmEveryone wrote: post #27
toomanybeersies wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I love how even a story about excellent journalism can be turned into an insult of the profession at large. As far as I can tell, there is an avalanche (that’s a reference) of excellent, deeply reported stories, making good use of technology, on important subjects both titilating and not. Just go through the other award winners, or the webby award nominees in the relevant categories.

I'm not criticizing journalists. It's not the journos who are deciding to write clickbait, that's a corporate decision.

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

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Post by claforte »

mcherm wrote: 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.

I'm sure that sense of ethic will pay for itself for years to come. They will get the best students applying for internships.

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

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Post by smichel17 »

godzillabrennus wrote: post #30
tsunamifury wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

If your head hasn’t been in the ground for the last twenty years you should have an idea on how bad the business is. Here is a recent article about the situation if indeed your head is below ground: http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-news-041...

I found this comment fairly condescending and presumptuous. Not everyone has the time and ability to follow everything. That doesn't mean their "head is below the ground." Twenty years ago, I was an infant.

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

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Post by jacquesm »

RIMR wrote: post #58

That story was absolutely amazing. The most shocking part of it to me was that there is an organized effort to ban cops from carrying Naxalone, because some people actually believe that heroin addicts deserve to die... We live in a sick world...

> because some people actually believe that heroin addicts deserve to die...

You only have to look towards the Philippines to know the kind of results such an attitude if left unchecked can engender.

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