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1. April 20, 2011 12:35 PM

   Be a Pulitzer Judge

   To which finalist would you give the Breaking News prize?

   By The Editors

   On Monday, the Pulitzer Prize Board handed out awards in 13 out of 14 categories for journalism. No award was given, for the first time in Pulitzer history, in the Breaking News Reporting category. The non-awarding of this award led the Associated Press's report on the Pulitzers (headline: "No breaking news Pulitzer in year of disasters"): The earthquake in Haiti...

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2. September 12, 2012 07:00 PM

   Putting crime on Chicago Tribune’s map

   Crime may not pay, but it does display

   By Anna Codrea-Rado

   Data journalism and information visualization is a burgeoning field. Every week, Between the Spreadsheets will analyze, interrogate, and explore emerging work in this area. Between the Spreadsheets is brought to you by CJR and Columbia’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism. On Sunday, Homicide Watch DC, close to the brink of closure, came back to life. The independent news source for...

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3. February 8, 2011 12:36 PM

   Snow Job

   Just what constitutes a “record”?

   By Merrill Perlman

   The snowstorm that hit much of the United States last week was one for the books. In Chicago, the 20.2 inches that fell was a “record.” It wasn’t the most snow Chicago had ever received in one storm; that honor belongs to a 1967 storm that left twenty-three inches over two days in January; last week’s accumulation was only the...

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4. May 21, 2012 11:07 AM

   The Chicago Tribune lights up the flame-retardant industry

   An outstanding investigation show how chemical companies preserve a toxic cash cow

   By Ryan Chittum

   A tremendous Chicago Tribune investigation into flame-retardant chemical manufacturers shows how they push their poisons on an unsuspecting public despite repeated findings that their products do nothing to prevent or delay fires. It's a sordid tale of powerful corporations, paid shills, and legislative and regulatory impotence—one of the best examples I've seen of how private special interests dominate the public...

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