Roy J. Harris Jr.'s Blog

Journalists are sure to remember 2021 as a remarkable news year. Starting with penetrating Jan. 6 coverage of the Capitol rioting and its devastating fallout, the media also provided insightful […]

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Of the thousands of stories written and broadcast to coincide with this month’s anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, few have focused on what newsrooms, across the range of national and local media, learned from covering the catastrophe. The two of us — former Wall Street Journal reporting colleagues from the pre-9/11 years […]

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The approaching 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington is sure to recall haunting images for veteran journalists around the country. But for many Wall Street Journal staffers who were based in the paper’s headquarters — across the street from the twin […]

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Three themes dominated American journalism in 2020: A global pandemic that killed hundreds of thousands here and otherwise uprooted normal life. President Donald Trump embroiled in nearly nonstop controversy, ending with a failed bid for a second term. And raging debate over the death of Black Americans at the hands of law enforcement, often focused […]

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With the 2020 Pulitzer Prizes scheduled to be announced next Monday after a two-week delay because of the coronavirus pandemic, Poynter has a chance to update its earlier Pulitzer preview to include some additional exceptional candidates. In recent days, Investigative Reporters and Editors selected winners for its annual awards — from entries that, like the […]

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As journalists look forward to the Pulitzer Prize announcements — still set for April 20, at least for now — will even the most dramatic winners feel a bit stale? To qualify for a 2020 Pulitzer, after all, stories must have appeared during the prior calendar year. And this year, the coronavirus pandemic threatens to […]

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The nation’s most prestigious awards for journalism and the arts capped a normally predictable presentation ceremony with a Pulitzer surprise: bringing Jennifer Hudson onstage for a musical tribute to posthumous honoree Aretha Franklin. Most of the hundreds in attendance at Tuesday’s Pulitzer Prize luncheon at Columbia University were either winners in the 21 categories, or […]

Handing out the Pulitzer Prizes usually is a low-key affair compared with the surprise-filled April winners announcement. The private-invitation award luncheon at Columbia University’s staid Low Library — to be held today  — is best known for the photo op it offers honorees: professional journalists, along with winners from the world of arts, letters and […]

On the sixth floor of their midtown Manhattan offices, Wall Street Journal team members huddled around the Page One department, awaiting word about how their “Trump Hush Money” series fared in the 2019 Pulitzer Prizes. Their category, National Reporting, was about to be announced — when suddenly a cheer went up across the office, leaving […]

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