COMM 337:

Go to Pulitzer Prize website at http://www.pulitzer.org/ and click on the "Archive" link. It will take you to a READ WINNERS and SEARCH page. Click on "SEARCH." In the timeline at the top of the page, click on "2006." You'll reach a page with a directory of winners in all categories. Click on "PUBLIC SERVICE." It will take you to a splash page with the Pulitzer Prize committee's citation, their reason for giving the award. It will say:

For a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper through the use of its journalistic resources which, as well as reporting, may include editorials, cartoons, photographs, graphics and online material, a gold medal.

Two Prizes of a gold medal each:

Awarded to the Sun Herald, Biloxi-Gulfport, Miss., for its valorous and comprehensive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, providing a lifeline for devastated readers, in print and online, during their time of greatest need.

and:

Awarded to The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, for its heroic, multi-faceted coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, making exceptional use of the newspaper's resources to serve an inundated city even after evacuation of the newspaper plant.

Click on the gray tab that says "Works" and then on the link to The Times-Picayune's winning stories. Please note: This is a DIFFERENT batch of stories from the selection I asked you to read and analyze for Friday's assignment. Start now, because the computers are slow today.