Pulitzer til Todd Heisler

Årets Pulitzer pris ble tildelt Todd Heisler fra Rocky Mountain News i featurekategorien. Heisler fikk prisen i featurekategorien etter å ha fulgt major Steve Beck fra et spesialkompani i den amerikanske hæren. Kompaniets arbeid består i å overbringe budskap om en soldats død til familien.

Reportasjen ble gitt plass i et eget bilag i Rocky Mountain News. Det ble også laget en egen nettside og en video knyttet til denne repotasjen.

It begins with a knock at the door.

For the past year, the Rocky Mountain News has followed Maj. Steve Beck as he takes on the most difficult duty of his career: casualty notification. As Beck and his comrades at Buckley Air Force Base keep constant watch over the caskets of the men they never knew, the Marines also comfort the families of the fallen, and choke back tears of their own.

It's all part of a tradition that started in 1775: Never leave a Marine behind.

After the knock on the door, the story has only begun.

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