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Comment on Charlotte Cusmano Redux by mike dunn

mike dunn — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:52:37 +0000

what an awesome job for her straight out of college - nice of you to post about it too…

she’s on the same floor as me so i’ll stop by and wish her well

Comment on Does anyone know the last time a New Jersey newspaper won a Pulitzer? by Andy Schotz

Andy Schotz — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:15:47 +0000

Hi-

I saw your blog and the questions about past New Jersey honorees.

-Andy Schotz
Hagerstown, Md.

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For the Pulitzer Prize (www.pulitzer.org):

2005
BREAKING NEWS REPORTING

For a distinguished example of local reporting of breaking news, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to the Staff of The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J., for its comprehensive, clear-headed coverage of the resignation of New Jersey’s governor after he announced he was gay and confessed to adultery with a male lover.

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For the Polk:
TV in 1999 and print in 1995
http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/polk/prevwinn.html

1999
Local Television Reporting–The “I” Team, WWOR-TV, for the culmination of a decade-long series of more than 100 reports that documented New Jersey’s widespread practice of “racial profiling,” the singling out of minority targets by police.

1995
Local Reporting
Elizabeth Llorente, The Record (of Bergen County)

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For the Peabody Award (http://www.peabody.uga.edu):
That’s tougher to pinpoint, but here are two possibilities…

Year: 1943
Title: Junior Commandos
Producing Organization(s): WSNJ Radio

City/State: Bridgeton New Jersey
Outstanding Community Service by a Local Station: Honorable mention to station WSNJ, Bridgeton, New Jersey, for its program, “Junior Commandos,” which proved of special incentive and interest in the juvenile field.

Year: 1959
Title: The Play of the Week
Producing Organization(s): WNTA-TV

City/State: Newark New Jersey
Television Entertainment (Non-Musical): A Peabody Award to “The Play Of The Week,” WNTA-TV, Newark, New Jersey, with a bow to Ely Landau for sponsoring and developing an outstanding dramatic program.

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For the DuPont Award (http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/cs/ContentServer/jrn/1165270069766/page/1175295284582/JRNSimplePage2.htm):
No idea

Comment on Does anyone know the last time a New Jersey newspaper won a Pulitzer? by Gregg Morris

Gregg Morris — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:09:05 +0000

Note: Bernard Stein is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who teaches in the Department of Film and Media Studies at Hunter College, City University of New York.