Louise Kiernan: "There Could Be Something Here"
Louise Kiernan saw something beyond a typical news story in the death of Ana Flores, a young mother killed by a piece of falling glass from the window of a Chicago skyscraper.
For Kiernan, formerly of the Chicago Tribune, Ana Flores didn't fit into a simple lead and nut graph; her story demanded a more emotional style, one that described the tragic intervention of fate in an individual life.
In 2001, the Pulitzer Prize committee named Kiernan as a finalist in the category of Explanatory Reporting for her two-part series, Death from Above. She lost to herself that year, taking home the prize instead for her contribution to Gateway to Gridlock, a Tribune series detailing the chaos of America's air transit system.
Kiernan now teaches at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism.
Participant Media—TakePart's parent company—acquired "Page One: Inside The New York Times" at the Sundance Film Festival and is releasing the film theatrically with Magnolia Pictures.
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