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Paul Salopek of the Tribune–one of the country’s finest journalists–is nominated for his four-part series on oil, which is a masterpiece. The Trib‘s new media division also snagged a nomination for its Flash-based multimedia adaptation of the series.
You may dismiss a story on the social pressure to excel at golf in the business world as lite. I wish I’d thought of it, because it’s great. It’s up against another Crain’s piece on death in the workplace. While acknowledging the importance of the latter, I humbly submit my officially meaningless vote for the former.
Competing with the Eilman stories for the unofficial title of most heartbreaking series is the Tribune‘s Throwaway Lives, on undocumented workers. Side note: the online comments section is the Abyss, but it adds richness. Dark, soul-crushing richness.
