Kansas City Star Stays Winning Pulitzer Whilst Everybody Else Checks TikTok

It was a glorious day for Kansas City dead-tree media.

Sorta . . .

Their nationally celebrated columnist is moving on  . . . HOWEVER, her work at the paper has earned a prize that's very prestigious but not nearly as important to long-term economic sustainability as a viable biz model that's based on something more substantial than the kindness of strangers and the whims of a hedge fund.

Check-it . . .

Melinda Henneberger, a member of The Star’s editorial board for the past five years, on Monday was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, journalism’s most prestigious honor.

She was honored in the commentary category for columns that demanded justice for alleged victims of former Kansas City, Kansas, detective Roger Golubski, who is accused of extorting Black women for sexual favors, sometimes using them to fabricate evidence in cases he was handling.

“I’m so overwhelmed I really don’t know what to say except that this is extremely humbling and, as I may have mentioned a few hundred times before, that it’s past time for the FBI to show up with some handcuffs,” Henneberger said. “If this brings some measure of justice to Roger Golubski’s victims at long last, then that will be the best award.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . . Because we're not certain if it's worth 980 bucks a year to enjoy this kind of journalism (lulz) . . .

Melinda Henneberger wins Pulitzer Prize for Star columns on former KCK detective

Melinda Henneberger, a member of The Star's editorial board for the past five years, on Monday was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, journalism's most prestigious honor. She was honored in the commentary category for columns that demanded justice for alleged victims of former Kansas City, Kansas, detective Roger Golubski, who is accused of extorting Black women for sexual favors, sometimes using them to fabricate evidence in cases he was handling.

Read Melinda Henneberger's Pulitzer Prize-winning columns on ex-KCK cop Roger Golubski

OPINION AND COMMENTARY Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters. The Star's Melinda Henneberger dug deep into allegations that retired police detective Roger Golubski raped, abused and exploited multiple women in Kansas City, Kansas, over a span of many years.

You decide . . .