COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW – 15/04/2019
Andrew McCormick
The first piece of journalism that Dana Canedy, administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, mentioned during Monday afternoon’s announcement of the 2019 prizes was one that did not win: a series of obituaries, by the staff of The Eagle Eye student newspaper at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. “These budding journalists remind us of the media’s unwavering commitment to bearing witness, even in the most wrenching of circumstances,” said Canedy, speaking from a podium in a crowded lecture hall at Columbia University that included dozens of student journalists.