More Kudos
Apr 17th, 2007 at 6:57 pm by Susie
This time, from Dan Froomkin:
Charlie Savage of the Boston Globe won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting yesterday, “for his revelations that President Bush often used ‘signing statements’ to assert his controversial right to bypass provisions of new laws.”
The stories that won Savage his prize are certainly familiar to White House Watch readers — and yet worth rereading.
And here’s a question White House correspondents should be asking themselves today: How did an investigative reporter at a regional newspaper end up winning an award on their beat?
According to Globe Editor Martin Baron, the answer is: “What Charlie does and the reason he won this richly deserved Pulitzer is because he covered what the White House does, not just what it says.”
Another thing to keep in mind: For entirely too long, Savage was a one-man band on this important national story.
For this story and others, the Boston Globe has been a must-read for at least the past year. I hope some of you will check it out - they are an excellent paper.
What Froomkin points out should be pounded home in every newsroom in the country: There are few stories “too big for us to cover.” Notice Charlie Savage didn’t need special sources on the inside to do his job; he just did it.
