Sun-Sentinel Journalists Named Pulitzer Finalists.FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 1999-- Journalists from the South Florida-based Sun-Sentinel were named Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize Any of a series of annual prizes awarded by Columbia University for outstanding public service and achievement in American journalism, letters, and music. Fellowships are also awarded. finalists in two categories on Monday. Investigative Editor Fred Schulte Fred William Schulte (January 13, 1901 - May 20, 1983) was a center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns, (1927-1932), Washington Senators (1933-1935) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1936-1937). Schulte batted and threw right handed. and writer Jenni Bergal were named finalists in the investigative reporting category for their series Cosmetic Surgery cosmetic surgery, plastic surgery for cosmetic purposes, such as the improvement of the appearance of the face by removing wrinkles or reshaping the nose. : the Hidden Dangers. Sun-Sentinel Photographer Mike Stocker was named a finalist in the spot news photography category for his images showing the impact of Hurricane Mitch Hurricane Mitch was one of the deadliest and most powerful hurricanes on record in the Atlantic basin, with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph (290 km/h). The storm was the thirteenth tropical storm, ninth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic on the people of Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatamala. Monday's announcement marks the third time Schulte, a 21-year veteran of the Sun-Sentinel, has been named a Pulitzer Prize finalist and the second time Bergal has been named a finalist. Journalists from the Sun-Sentinel have been named Pulitzer finalists four times in the past four years. Sun-Sentinel Company, a leading South Florida information provider through its daily newspaper, its targeted publications and online services, is a subsidiary of Tribune Company. |
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