Like Kelly, other Pulitzer winners said deteriorating conditions in the industry drove them out. Since then, the reporter who won with him, Rebecca Kimitch, also has departed for a public relations job. Garrett said that when journalism was at its peak – in the 1980s and ’90s, she thinks – the industry was able to hold leaders accountable. Newspapers like the Gazette-Mail play a crucial role in uncovering fraud and abuse in government and industry, he said. “I think people underestimate how important (journalism) is to the country and kind of the way of life we have here,” he said.

Source: National Post April 21, 2018 13:04 UTC