The Pulitzer Prizes were announced earlier this week, and it's a good reminder of why journalism is important. Many of the prizes were awarded for investigative or enterprise reporting that made a difference. The Washington Post won six awards, including one for its expose on treatment of war veterans at Walter Reed. In a piece about the story on the Poynter Institute site, reporter Anne Hull said: "As a journalist you go about your daily work life trying to get a story out or make someone's life better or shine a light on wrongdoing.... The Walter Reed stuff landed with a ferocious wallop. Washington -- Congress, the Pentagon, the White House -- all reacted in dramatic fashion. It was a reminder to everyone in the Post newsroom that journalism is still this mighty tool for good."
Take some time this week to look over the winners and read the good work. The best reporters learn from reading others.
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