Andy Oliver, a former client of Johnson's who is now a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, became the subject of an N.C.A.A. investigation after his former lawyer violated lawyer-client confidentiality in speaking to the N.C.A.A. (Oliver ultimately won a reported $750,000 settlement).
It became the first West German daily of truly national scope, and it quickly won a reputation for responsible reporting.
I remember interviewing an official at the Cuban American National Foundation in Miami, who presented me with evidence that "our side" was winning: a report that the Cuban Navy had sunk two small boats because the government could no longer afford their upkeep.
This is the second consecutive year The Times has won a foreign reporting award for its Kosovo coverage.
The Post also won a national reporting award for its "comprehensive coverage of America's war on terrorism".
As a condition of his support, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Tom Harkin won a Government Accountability Office report on the costs of colleges.
The former PR man running the paper, Brian Tierney's argument was bolstered today as the paper won a Pulitzer for reporting on a rogue police narcotics unit (I smell "The Wire" sequel) by Wendy Laker and Barbara Ruderman.
George Weller, a correspondent for The Chicago Daily News, won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 1943 for his account of the appendectomy, based on interviews he conducted in Australia.
He became a sergeant, flew on some bombing missions, covered the invasion of France in 1944 and won a Bronze Star for reporting under fire during the battle of Saint-Lô in Normandy.
In 2005, Willamette Week won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting that Neil Goldschmidt, who had been a widely admired mayor in the 1970s and later was elected governor, had a sexual relationship with his children's 14-year-old baby sitter.
