Congratulations to reporter Dave Umhoefer and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for winning the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting.
The Pulitzer is the most prestigious award a news writer can win. Umhoefer won the award for an investigation published last summer detailing pension deals for county workers.
This is the first Pulitzer for the Journal Sentinel, and I congratulate Umhoefer on the honor.
Read more at JSOnline.com
While I did not know it when I wrote this article, The Wisconsin State Journal editorial team was also nominated for a Pulitzer. Congratulations to the editorial staff and especially my good friend Phil Hands who was a large part of the award-nominated team.