MEDILL FACULTY MEMBER HELPS LEAD INQUIRER TEAM TO PULITZER
EVANSTON, Ill., April 16, 2012 -- John Sullivan, senior lecturer and assistant director of Medill Watchdog, co-led the team of Philadelphia Inquirer reporters that won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service journalism today. Their project was a seven-part series that explored the widespread violence in the city’s schools. According to the Pulitzer website, the Inquirer team was recognized for “using powerful print narratives and videos to illuminate crimes committed by children against children and to stir reforms to improve safety for teachers and students.” Sullivan proposed the