Los Angeles Times won two Pulitzer Prizes. The first gold medal awarded for his contribution inrevealing cases of corruption in city government Bell, Los Angeles, USA. The second award is given for photos of victims of gang violence work of Barbara Davidson. As reported by the LA Times, Tuesday (19 / 4), in a series of articles beginning last summer, a team of 20 journalists teridiri led by editor Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives revealed that Bell cityofficials illegally enriched themselves by raising the salary of a temporary and at the same timethey raise taxes on the poor in Los Angeles County.
As a result, criminal charges filed against former Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo who receive a salary of 800 thousand U.S. dollars. He and seven other former city officials have been chargedwith several felonies. Meanwhile, Davidson won this award thanks to his hard workphotographing victims of violent crime in South Los Angeles, Compton, and Watts.
Not only that, the disclosure of cases of Bell also received a series of awards Selden RingAward from USC’s Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, writing awards for local accountability reporting from the American Society of News Editors, Investigative Reporters andEditors award and the George Polk Award for local reporting.
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