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2 Pulitzer winners on the changing landscape of local news

These journalists just won Pulitzer Prizes. But can they keep their jobs?

05/08/2020

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2 Pulitzer winners on the changing landscape of local news

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These journalists just won Pulitzer Prizes. But can they keep their jobs?

This year’s Pulitzer Prizes underscore the value of local reporting at a time when many papers and newsrooms have been closed or downsized. According to a recent estimate, more than 35,000 news media employees have experienced job or income loss since the pandemic began. Jeffrey Brown talks to two winners, Joe Sonka of the Louisville Courier-Journal and Kyle Hopkins of the Anchorage Daily News.

05/08/2020

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