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The Pulitzer Prizes:
Full list of 2017 Pulitzer Prize winners for journalism — Public Service New York Daily News and ProPublica For uncovering, primarily through the work of reporter Sarah Ryley, widespread abuse of eviction rules by the police to oust hundreds of people, most of them poor minorities.
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East Bay Times, Nieman Lab, CNNMoney, @markknoller, The Wrap, @tammymills1, @poynter, KTLA, @jbenton, Crain's New York Business, @dorieturner, The Huffington Post, @pulitzerprize, Axios, @jaketapper, @dangillmor, Washington Post, @newyorker, @benmullin, @chrisvognar, @brianstelter, @joestrupp, @jbenton and @aliwatkins
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold wins Pulitzer Prize for national reporting, marking the third year in a row the Post has won in national category — Trump called The Washington Post's David Fahrenthold a “nasty guy.” — Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold …
James Warren / Poynter:
Q&A with Art Cullen, from the family-run, twice-weekly, 3,000-circulation Storm Lake Times, on his Pulitzer for editorials confronting big business in Iowa — If you know Art Cullen, it's not exactly a surprise to learn his initial words upon watching the livestream of the Pulitzer announcements …
The Trace:
2017 Pulitzer-winning New York Daily News reporter Sarah Ryley joins The Trace, a journalism non-profit dedicated to covering gun violence — The Trace is pleased to announce that award-winning investigative reporter Sarah Ryley has joined the nonprofit news site's growing investigative team as a staff writer.
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
The New York Daily News and ProPublica win Pulitzer Prize for public service for a series on the NYPD's abuse of a decades-old law
The New York Daily News and ProPublica win Pulitzer Prize for public service for a series on the NYPD's abuse of a decades-old law
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@teamtrace, @teamtrace, @mlcalderone, The Week, @tripgabriel, @nytimes, @pulitzerprize, @propublica and @nydailynews
Franco Ordoñez / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, McClatchy, and Miami Herald win Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting on the Panama Papers
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, McClatchy, and Miami Herald win Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting on the Panama Papers
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New York Times, Current, @icijorg, @francoordonez, @mcclatchydc, @alex_roarty, @pulitzerprize, @miamiherald and @icijorg
Lindsey Adler / Deadspin:
The NYT's Sports account sent a tweet critical of the paper's Public Editor Liz Spayd, in response to her column about sports coverage — New York Times public editor Liz Spayd wrote an exceptionally stupid column this weekend criticizing the newspaper's sports section.
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@lindseyadler, @_cingraham, @shakersamman, @mikeisaac, @lindseyadler, @benshpigel and @nytsports
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
comScore: 53% of over 49M US homes with WiFi use at least one OTT video service, with Netflix reaching 75% of those homes, YouTube reaching 53% and Amazon 33% — According to new data from comScore released this morning, more than half (53 percent) of Wi-Fi households in the U.S. are now using …
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Forbes, New York Times, and other publishers abandon or scale back on Facebook's Instant Articles due to lack of monetization — Facebook's Instant Article push is in danger of fizzling. — Many publishers are deeply unhappy with the monetization on these pages, with major partners …
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@mdudas, @tessthornton, @rafat, MediaNama and Publishing Executive
Bloomberg:
Sources: Comcast plans to debut an online video service offering hit shows from its NBCUniversal TV networks in the next 12 to 18 months — Service said to include NBC programs, perhaps SyFy, Bravo, USA — Regulatory restrictions hamstring cable giant until next year
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Fortune, GeekWire, BGR, Consumerist, Deadline, @sherman4949 and @lucas_shaw, more at Techmeme »
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Altice USA, owner of Cablevision, files for IPO to raise up to $100M — Altice USA, formed from the acquisition of cable operators Cablevision Systems and Suddenlink Communications, has filed for an initial public offering. — In the SEC filing Tuesday, Altice USA indicated that it plans …
Ellen McCarthy / Washington Post:
Profile of Brian Stelter, who started TVNewser in his college freshman year and is now the anchor of CNN's Reliable Sources — On March 3, the day Brian Stelter was scheduled to take part in a Columbia Journalism School panel discussion on Trump and the media, he sent his first tweet at 6:04 a.m.
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@jasongay, @bypetevernon, @katebennett_dc, @carlquintanilla and CNN
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Daily Show comedian Hasan Minhaj to headline WHCD; the comic is not as well-known as performers from previous years like Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel — A Trump-less correspondents' dinner — The White House Correspondents' Association has tapped “Daily Show” comedian Hasan Minhaj to perform at its ballyhooed annual dinner.
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The Huffington Post, @brianstelter, @grynbaum and @zekejmiller
Helen Rosner / Eater:
How Lucky Peach's irreverent, experimental, and often jarring approach to publication design completely changed the stagnant visual language of food media — A celebration of the art and design of the almost-closed quarterly — In the summer of 2011, chefs were the coolest people alive …
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@zenoffood, @eater, @bradfordpearson and @nicole_soojung