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Related: About this forumWashington Post wins Pulitzer Prize for series that detailed environmental devastation
in global hot spots.
'In late 2018, Washington Post environmental writer Chris Mooney began noticing a small but recurring theme in scientific studies about climate change: Most places on the planet had gotten warmer on average over the preceding century, but some had become hotter than others. Prolonged warming had changed these local ecosystems for the worse, indicating that climate change wasnt just an abstract future threat but an ongoing one.
Mooney began talking up the idea with his editor, Trish Wilson, and soon a series of articles, photos, videos and graphics was born. Eventually, the effort to document places on the planet that had experienced above-average warming involved 53 people in The Posts newsroom.
On Monday, a panel of judges awarded the series the Pulitzer Prize, journalisms highest honor. The project, dubbed 2C: Beyond the Limit for the benchmark two-degree Celsius temperature rise, won for explanatory journalism.'>>>
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/washington-post-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-series-that-detailed-environmental-devastation-in-global-hot-spots/2020/05/04/89b8c7d8-8da8-11ea-a0bc-4e9ad4866d21_story.html?
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)So Im not that impressed...
an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States. Was established over 100 years ago to honor exceptional achievements in journalism.
Joseph Pulitzer was a newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York World. He became a leading national figure in the Democratic Party and was elected congressman from New York. He crusaded against big business and corruption, and helped keep the Statue of Liberty in New York. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pulitzer
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)the Trump and the "Noble" prize kerfufle?
elleng
(135,777 posts)No, I didn't miss that kerfuffle!