This week the winners of the 2007 Pulitzer Prizes were announed. Ken Weiss, Rick Loomis, and Usha Lee McFarling won Pulitzers for their explanatory reporting in their widely acclaimed five-part series Altered Oceans (see blogroll) in the Los Angeles Times, proving not only good reporting but worthy subject matter.
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The LA Times won the explanatory reporting prize for a 5 part series on ocean pollution:
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