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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Pulitzer Day


One award for coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean went to Patrick Farrell at The Miami Herald for his portraits of the aftermath of hurricane season in Haiti. See them here. The poorest country in the Western Hemisphere got slammed by storm after storm last year.

And here's Alexander Cockburn (via Slate) on why the Pulitzers are a sham.

*Updated April 22
Posted by Bells & Cockleshells at 2:37 PM

1 comment:

Brian Harkin said...

this is a good take on awards, too:

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/12/26/051226crbo_books

9:21 AM

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