This opinion reflects a bias, a preference for shorter leads, even for longer stories. But doesn't a long narrative or investigation require a longer lead?
One big difference among the winners this year, an evolving trend, is that not a single Pulitzer Prize went to a metropolitan daily newspaper in cities like Denver, Dallas or Detroit...
It should be no surprise, then, where many of the big prizes are going these days. The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic and The New Yorker have the most resources...
Even a brief review of 2024 winners reveals that stories are long, long and longer, and in several cases deep, deep and deeper.
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