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Pulitzers

I anticipate for Apr 20th every year when Pulitzers for excellence in journalism. This year there were two finalists from my home town paper Plain Dealer. They were Regina Brett for commentary and Diane Suchetka and feature writing

Description of their work is given below

Diane Suchetka’s five-part series was about a mechanic whose arms were severed in a shop accident and who had them reattached. Pulitzer judges called “Fixing Mr Fix-It,” which ran in December, a “harrowing tale” and a “disciplined narrative that takes readers on the man’s painful, personal and physical journey to recover.”

Regina Brett was a finalist for commentary for the second year in a row with her columns about releasing evidence to defendants in criminal cases and passing on a breast cancer gene to her daughter.

You may agree or disagree with Regina but she does adhere to high standards of journalism, who doesn't get beaten down by nasty comments to her stories on the Plain Dealer website

It was sad both of the missed Pulitzers, I congratulate them for coming so close. Regina next year it is going to be third time lucky.