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LATimes Wins Public Service Pulitzer For Uncovering Bell Corruption

Mary Slosson |
April 18, 2011 | 1:28 p.m. PDT

Executive Producer

The Los Angeles Times won two Pulitzer Prizes Monday, including one for uncovering the corruption among city officials in Bell, California. 

Reporters found that officials in Bell were recieving salaries higher than the President of the United States.  Many of the officials resigned in the wake of the allegations.  Former city manager Robert Rizzo and his assistant are facing charges of embezzling up to $6.7 million from the city.

The paper was awarded "for a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper or news site through the use of its journalistic resources."

An LATimes photographer, Barbara Davidson, also won a Pulitzer for her work on victims of gang crimes.

Other notable wins include two Pulitzers for the New York Times, and a second Pulitzer in as many years for online investigative outlet ProPublica, which won for National Reporting on Wall Street.

The full list of recepients can be found here.



 

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