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Sarasota Herald-Tribune’s Paige St. John awarded 2011 Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism

Sarasota Herald-Tribune’s Paige St. John awarded 2011 Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism

For a distinguished example of investigative reporting by an individual or team, presented as a single article or series, using any available journalistic tool including text reporting, videos, databases, multimedia or interactive presentations or any combination of those formats, in print or online or both, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

Awarded to Paige St. John of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune for her examination of weaknesses in the murky property-insurance  system vital to Florida homeowners, providing handy data to assess insurer reliability and stirring regulatory action.

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Finalists

Also nominated as finalists in this category were: Walt Bogdanich of The New York Times for his spotlighting of medical radiation errors that injure thousands of Americans, sparking national discussion and remedial steps; and Sam Roe and Jared S. Hopkins of the Chicago Tribune for their investigation, in print and online, of 13 deaths at a home for severely disabled children and young adults, resulting in closure of the facility.

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