Pulitzer news this afternoon: S T A Y T U N E D

**Reality_Check** · April-20-09, 06:14 AM

Jim Schaefer and M.L. Elrick received a Watchdog Award last evening in East Lansing at Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame induction ceremonies for Jack Kresnak, Joe Grimm and others.

And at 3 p.m. today, Columbia University announces the 2009 Pulitzer Prize winners . . .

**Reality_Check** · April-20-09, 02:07 PM

Top journalism prize in local reporting for the Freep staff, shared with a small Arizona paper.

Judges say the Pulitzer is "awarded to Detroit Free Press Staff, and notably Jim Schaefer and M.L. Elrick, for their uncovering of a pattern of lies by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick that included denial of a sexual relationship with his female chief of staff, prompting an investigation of perjury that eventually led to jail terms for the two officials."

**aoife** · April-20-09, 02:48 PM

Congrats to Jim Schaefer, M.L. Elrick, and the Free Press- that is fantastic news!

**buildingsofdetroit** · April-20-09, 02:55 PM

That's great news for the Free Press, Detroit journalism and the whole city of Detroit!

**pffft** · April-20-09, 03:06 PM

Yep. Hope the Anchor has enough beer...

**firstandten** · April-20-09, 03:07 PM

well done! congrats !

**compn** · April-25-09, 07:51 PM

since when did they give pulitzers for tabloid reporting?

whos next? perez hilton?

i'm sorry, i just think this was a crappy story to win it. a crappy circumstance to get the mayor in jail [[his corruption and other things [[manoogian mansion party) go uninvestigated??). just a crappy situation all around.

**Gistok** · April-25-09, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by compn

since when did they give pulitzers for tabloid reporting?

whos next? perez hilton?

i'm sorry, i just think this was a crappy story to win it. a crappy circumstance to get the mayor in jail [[his corruption and other things [[manoogian mansion party) go uninvestigated??). just a crappy situation all around.

Wanna know what would be even crappier??

If they never stuck their nose into KK's business, and never reported on all this... and all the money that they would have continued to siphon off of city contracts, sponge free flights and spa vacations off of millionaires, and continued to spend their foundations money on personal needs, and he continued to be in charge in Detroit... now that would be even crappier.....

Also... FYI... the lawsuit related to the strippers death has yet to go to trial, and Ms. Hilton is still called PARIS....

**Servite76** · April-25-09, 08:38 PM

Gistok, It couldn't have been any more eloquent then that. Nice response.

**vivadetroit** · April-25-09, 08:45 PM

uh, no, there are two P Hiltons. Paris is the blond rich one and Perez is not. Perez Hilton has a celebrity/gossip site: http://www.perezhilton.com/

**Gistok** · April-26-09, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by vivadetroit

uh, no, there are two P Hiltons. Paris is the blond rich one and Perez is not. Perez Hilton has a celebrity/gossip site: http://www.perezhilton.com/

Thanks for correcting me on that one vivadetroit... not familiar with that gissip girl...

But there's a world of difference between responsible journalism and gossip journalism...

To paraphrase BlackSoul_X and Jjaba [[2 poles apart on the "reality check" scale).... "Snitching" and "Kvetsching" are not the same....