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Connections: Small newspapers that won Pulitzer Prizes

This year's Pulitzer Prize committee recognized some of the smallest newspapers in the country with awards. The Storm Lake Times in Iowa and the Charleston Gazette-Mail in West Virginia won Pulitzers for their investigative reporting and editorial work.

We talk to the awardees about small town journalism and the value of print reporting. Our guests:

  • Art Cullen, co-owner and editor of the Storm Lake Times
  • Eric Eyre, statehouse reporter for the Charleston Gazette-Mail
  • Justin Murphy, education reporter for the Democrat and Chronicle
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Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
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