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1. March 21, 2012 12:34 AM

   Audit Notes: Newspaper of the Year, Leverage, Wemple vs. Wolff

   By Ryan Chittum

   In 2011, The Guardian had one of the best years any paper has ever had. Its reporting on the systemic corruption of the News of the World, The Sun, and the authorities gravely wounded the Murdoch empire, once virtually invincible in the UK. So the British press gets together to hand out awards every year, as the press anywhere is...

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2. October 11, 2012 03:00 PM

   Jackpot lost

   Is a $75K prize or better training more likely to improve environmental coverage?

   By Curtis Brainard

   The backers of one of journalism’s richest awards are bringing the prize to an end, betting that professional development, rather than financial incentive, will do more to improve coverage of the environment. The Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting announced Tuesday that the $75,000 Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment is no more. After six years,...

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3. October 25, 2012 05:15 PM

   Junkets masquerading as prizes

   To avoid conflicts of interest, read the fine print

   By Curtis Brainard

   With dwindling support for travel in most newsrooms, journalists may be tempted to apply for one of the many prizes or programs that offer the chance to get out of the office and visit a new destination—but buyer beware. The Knight Science Journalism Tracker’s Paul Raeburn wrote a series of three posts about the risks associated with some of these...

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4. April 18, 2012 12:04 PM

   What the Loebs Can Learn From the Pulitzers

   By Felix Salmon

   I’m not a huge fan of journalism awards. The Pulitzers, in particular, are a peculiar fish: they tend to award long and worthy work which almost nobody had the time to wade through when it first came out. That’s a type of journalism, to be sure — but is it the very best journalism that the profession produces? And while...

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