Miscellaneous
The new batch of Pulitzer Prize winners was announced today, with journalists awarded for deep reporting on coverage of presidential finances and mass shootings, among an array of other topics. This year's Pulitzer for Editorial Writing went to Brent Staples of the New York Times -- breaking a two-year streak in which the award was won by Iowa writers. Art Cullen of the Storm Lake Times won in 2017. I happened to share a panel discussion with him last weekend, thanks to an invitation from fellow newsman Harry Smith of NBC. The three of us spent 90 minutes waxing poetic on the topic of storytelling at the Iowa Broadcast News Association's annual convention. As part of that, Cullen told the tale of winning the Pulitzer -- the reporting that led up to it and the exuberance of clinching the win. As a tip of the hat to all Pulitzer winners past and present, here's that colorful story from the convention. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/journalistsaremyheroes/support