When Pulitzer Prizes for journalism are awarded each year, the most coveted is the Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal, which is awarded to newspapers for public service. One winning newspaper’s editor described it as "not only a Pulitzer, but the Pulitzer."
Pulitzer winners have exposed government corruption, environmental and health threats, abuses of power and other wrongdoings, often under threat of severe reprisals.
Roy Harris is the author of "Pulitzer’s Gold: Behind the Prize for Public Service Journalism." Jeff Leen heads the investigations unit of The Washington Post.
In the past 10 years, the Post has won the public service award three times — including the 2008 Pulitzer on the treatment of veterans at Walter Reed Hospital — and has been a finalist five times.
Join Harris and Leen for a discussion on the in-depth reporting that is vital to a well-functioning democracy. A book signing will follow the program.
The event was moderated by Sonya Gavankar, from the Newseum.
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