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Author: Jon Sawyer

Pulitzer value of independence infuses 50 year journey from rookie reporter, to globe-trotting correspondent to founder of nation’s leading news nonprofit

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November 14, 2025November 17, 2025
by Jon Sawyer

In the fall of 1976, as a young reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, I was in the early stages……

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