Bristol Herald Courier Wins Pulitzer Prize

Bristol Herald Courier Wins Pulitzer Prize

04/13/10 | by captainkona [mail] | Categories: Bristol Local.

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LOL!

Well, it was a good job of investigative reporting. No one can deny that.

The Herald Courier has been around a long time. Founded in 1865, the BHC serves areas of both SW Virginia and NE Tennessee, the twin cities of Bristol, TN and Bristol, VA in particular.
My grandfather, Robert Loving, was a member of their team for many years.

Having been doomed to being a Right Wing tabloid under the leadership of Steve Kaylor, now editor, Todd Foster, has picked the paper up and brought it back to the middle where it belongs. No longer afraid to piss conservatives off with truth, the BHC has earned it’s self some respect and obviously, some recognition as well.

Congratulations, Todd. Keep up the good work. :)

From the Kingsport Times News:
NEW YORK — The Bristol Herald Courier beat out journalism’s powerhouses to win the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for uncovering a scandal in which Virginia landowners were deprived of millions in natural gas royalties.

The seven-reporter daily was honored for what many regard as an endangered form of journalism in this age of wrenching newspaper cutbacks — aggressive reporting on local issues.

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Comment from: victorg423 [Member] Email
Foster's efforts have produced results that I would have never dreamed of seeing when I was growing up in Bristol.

It is so gratifying to witness actual verifiable progress in action. In my youth, all I ever got to hear was the regurgitation of empty platitudes from local politicians, the local press, and naturally the self-perceived leaders within the business community.
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Comment from: captainkona [Member] Email · http://tn420.org
Steve Kaylor, and those before him, turned the BHC into a Republican hick tabloid. I still remember raising hell with them over failing to even make mention of the US Hockey team winning the World Cup years ago.

A sports page that didn't even mention it? Blasphemy!
Todd has guts and that's why the paper is still getting delivered to my home.

You can tell what a great job he's doing by the way the whacks on the website complain. When a Teabagger has a problem with it, it must be true.
;)
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Comment from: Carlos de Paula [Visitor] Email
Congrats!
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