Pulitzer winners donate their prize to their peers

Instead of keeping the $10,000 that accompanied their recent Pulitzer for investigative reporting, Ken Armstrong and Michael Berens decided to donate it so that other journalists could learn their prize-winning skills.

“So much public information is now maintained exclusively in a digital format,” said Berens. “Yet, so many reporters don’t know how to access and analyze it. Training is the key to unlocking stories.” The prize money will go to The Seattle Times, Berens and Armstrong’s home paper, which in turn will use it to offer more reporters training by Investigative Reporters and Editors, a University of Missouri-based nonprofit dedicated to the improvement of investigative reporting nationwide, mainly through resources and regional training opportunities.