Ganim / Patriot-News Win Pulitzer for Sandusky / PSU Coverage

daemon · Jun 26, 2012

Versatile said:

Mizzougrad96 said:

Double Down said:

I was wondering today, if Ganim had never worked in Harrisburg, or if she'd chosen some field other than journalism, how would this case have played out differently? Is some powerful person able to make it go away? Probably not. But she did report that a Grand Jury was looking into Sandusky long before the horrifying indictment ever came out. If she had been less dogged, or not there, I wonder if the Tickle Monster is still working out in the PSU weight room, even today.
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It would have been hard for anyone to ignore that grand jury testimony once it came out, but who knows, if she wasn't there, maybe ESPN would have buried this story with the stories about the NBA fixing games.

It is so rare these days to see a story like this broken at a newspaper, especially one, that, while not small, isn't exactly one of the Philly papers.
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Name the last sports story either of the Philadelphia newspapers broke, though. Comcast SportsNet owns that city these days.
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The Inquirer broke the resignation of Eagles president Joe Banner on A1 two weeks ago. Comcast owns the Flyers, owns the building the Sixers play in, owns the television rights to both teams plus the Phillies, and last year forbade the columnist they had just hired from writing about the Eagles because the Eagles did not like him. So I guess in a literal sense you are correct: Comcast does own the city.

93Devil · Jun 26, 2012

Because of her Jerry Sandusky is not showering with and raping a boy this week. I don't think that could be said with any confidence without her hard work.

Stitch · Jun 26, 2012

Versatile said:

Johnny Dangerously said:

Piotr Rasputin said:

playthrough said:

Piotr Rasputin said:

I admire her work so much, I'm rooting for her to get out of newspapers. If she was in sports, ESPN would be the obvious landing spot.

What does CNN do with its Web platform? Is it mostly broadcasters plus Sanjay Gupta?
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CNN? Ugh. I can't figure out what they do anymore. The hour or so that I watched on Sandusky verdict night was more than I've watched on CNN combined in probably three years.

It is OK to be a big fish in small pond. The ESPNs can write bigger checks but I don't know how much the internal rat race there would be with all the other "names."
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Human nature - for the idealized pedestal we like to put journalists on - would be to seek out the next challenge.

Continuing to work indefinitely at a paper without a national reputation to speak of, having already won a Pulitzer there, wouldn't be the common career choice here. For many, there would be a wariness of thinking "What might have been?" in a decade as opposed to saying "Well, I took a shot, and maybe it didn't completely work out."

If any of you had a friend in this situation, how would you advise them? What would you do?
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I'd have that person consult with Tommy 2-Tone
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Nice.

And, to answer Piotr Rasputin's (deleted) question: I'd tell my friend to take the money and run. I did when I had the chance to move up, and I don't regret it. I didn't have a Pulitzer Prize and a half-dozen other national journalism awards as bona fides, either. Yes, it's easy to get lost in the shuffle, but a talent reporter such as Ganim can shine anywhere.

I think she'd be crazy to join a sports outfit unless she's passionate about sports, though. She's a crime reporter who stumbled on a sports(-related) story, not a sports reporter who stumbled on a crime story. If she took a job at ESPN, sure, they could give her a position to explore sports-related crimes, but she'd be asked to do a lot more on the sports aspect of things. Her work on Jerry Sandusky has barely scraped that side of the story.

If she wants to get out of newspapers, There are a few avenues she could take. But she seems like an ink-stained wretch in her interviews. The Gray Lady would be the obvious fit, but there are 100-plus newspapers out there with larger circulations than The Patriot-News, and some (but certainly not all) can offer better resources for an intrepid reporter.
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Can you really call a 24-year-old an ink-stained wretch?

BillyT · Jun 26, 2012

Stitch: Point taken, but she's old-school. She does it *right*

My guess is some ink-stained curmudgeon taught her that in journalism class.

Armchair_QB · Jun 26, 2012

BillyT said:

Stitch: Point taken, but she's old-school. She does it *right*
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She plays good defense and is fundamentally sound?

Stitch · Jun 26, 2012

Armchair_QB said:

BillyT said:

Stitch: Point taken, but she's old-school. She does it *right*
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She plays good defense and is fundamentally sound?
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None of that showboating you see "some" reporters do, with their high-fivin' and dancin' moves after filing a big story.

jr/shotglass · Jun 26, 2012

Has never once spiked her reporter's notebook.

BillyT · Jun 26, 2012

I love you guys.

Mizzougrad96 · Jun 26, 2012

jr/shotglass said:

It's not too often I see you on the double-consecutive-post backstep. That was worth it. ;D
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Well, I worded it poorly and I definitely wanted to clarify because I know it's a very good section.

Pencil Dick · Nov 13, 2012

Bump.

Ganim takes job as CNN correspondent. Good for her.

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/11/sara_ganim_who_won_pulitzer_pr.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

YankeeFan · Nov 13, 2012

Ganim, who grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., will be based in CNN’s Atlanta headquarters.

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She quipped that she left Harrisburg just in time to escape the cold weather.

“It would have been my eighth winter and I’m so happy to move to a warmer climate. But if I could scoop this paper up and put it into a warmer place, I would work here forever,” she said. “I love what we do here and our news philosophy.”
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Atlanta might be the worst big city in America.

Drip · Nov 13, 2012

YankeeFan said:

Ganim, who grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., will be based in CNN’s Atlanta headquarters.

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She quipped that she left Harrisburg just in time to escape the cold weather.

“It would have been my eighth winter and I’m so happy to move to a warmer climate. But if I could scoop this paper up and put it into a warmer place, I would work here forever,” she said. “I love what we do here and our news philosophy.”
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Atlanta might be the worst big city in America.
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It's a great opportunity for one of the industry's brightest stars. Congrats and best wishes.

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