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Pulitzers: Capital Gazette wins for coverage of newsroom massacre | Pulitzers: Capital Gazette wins for coverage of newsroom massacre |
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A US local newspaper has won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of a mass shooting in its own newsroom. | A US local newspaper has won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of a mass shooting in its own newsroom. |
But there was no celebration as the Capital Gazette in Maryland learned on Monday it had won the most prestigious prize in American journalism. | But there was no celebration as the Capital Gazette in Maryland learned on Monday it had won the most prestigious prize in American journalism. |
Staff quietly hugged in memory of five colleagues slain when a gunman burst into their office in June 2018. | Staff quietly hugged in memory of five colleagues slain when a gunman burst into their office in June 2018. |
Pulitzers also went to the New York Times and Wall Street Journal for investigations of President Trump. | Pulitzers also went to the New York Times and Wall Street Journal for investigations of President Trump. |
The Capital Gazette in Annapolis won a special Pulitzer Prize citation for its coverage and courage in the face of one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in American history. | The Capital Gazette in Annapolis won a special Pulitzer Prize citation for its coverage and courage in the face of one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in American history. |
The Pulitzer board awarded the citation with a $100,000 grant to further the newspaper's journalism. | The Pulitzer board awarded the citation with a $100,000 grant to further the newspaper's journalism. |
Employees John McNamara, Wendi Winters, Rebecca Smith, Gerald Fischman and Rob Hiaasen died in last summer's attack. | Employees John McNamara, Wendi Winters, Rebecca Smith, Gerald Fischman and Rob Hiaasen died in last summer's attack. |
But the staff still managed to publish a newspaper on schedule the next day. | But the staff still managed to publish a newspaper on schedule the next day. |
A man with a longstanding grudge against the Capital Gazette is charged with the attack. He pleaded not guilty last year. | A man with a longstanding grudge against the Capital Gazette is charged with the attack. He pleaded not guilty last year. |
Coverage of mass shootings netted Pulitzers for two other local newspapers. | Coverage of mass shootings netted Pulitzers for two other local newspapers. |
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette received a breaking news award for its "immersive, compassionate" reporting of last October's attack at a Pennsylvania synagogue that left 11 people dead. | The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette received a breaking news award for its "immersive, compassionate" reporting of last October's attack at a Pennsylvania synagogue that left 11 people dead. |
And the South Florida Sun Sentinel won a Pulitzer for its reporting on the February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 dead. | And the South Florida Sun Sentinel won a Pulitzer for its reporting on the February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 dead. |
It received the public service award for "exposing failings by school and law enforcement officials before and after the deadly shooting rampage". | It received the public service award for "exposing failings by school and law enforcement officials before and after the deadly shooting rampage". |
The New York Times won a prize for explanatory reporting of Mr Trump's finances and tax avoidance and another for editorial writing. | The New York Times won a prize for explanatory reporting of Mr Trump's finances and tax avoidance and another for editorial writing. |
The Wall Street Journal won the national reporting prize for uncovering the president's secret payoffs to two alleged former mistresses during his campaign. | The Wall Street Journal won the national reporting prize for uncovering the president's secret payoffs to two alleged former mistresses during his campaign. |
The Washington Post also won two Pulitzers for photojournalism in Yemen and for criticism, covering book reviews and essays. | |
Reuters news agency received an award for its investigation into the killing of 10 Rohingya men in a village in Myanmar's Rakhine state. | Reuters news agency received an award for its investigation into the killing of 10 Rohingya men in a village in Myanmar's Rakhine state. |