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May 02, 2006
Wow....That's Attitude
Nice to see somone sticking up for the 'hood:
The Pulitzers are big, clunky trophies for the rich. They honor lavish work that has no bearing on the reasonable strivings of most journalists, dazzling achievements that are a galaxy apart from the nimble municipal reporting that energizes a robust civic culture. They amplify a structure of dominance within the profession that sneers at the work of most newsrooms, and every year they send out the same, deeply wrong-headed message: that great journalism is primarily national and international in scope, and is practiced mainly by the country's wealthiest news organizations.
For more see Edward Wasserman in the Miami Herald.
Posted by davidphinney at May 2, 2006 01:48 PM
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