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  "id": "1996-april-uplink-update",
  "slug": "1996-april-uplink-update",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1996-april-uplink-update.html",
  "year": 1996,
  "month": "April",
  "monthNum": 4,
  "headline": "Uplink update",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "",
  "summary": "The Orange County Register won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting on fertility fraud, while Raleigh News & Observer reporters won for public service journalism examining health risks in the hog industry. The next issue of Uplink will feature these and other Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists who used computer-assisted reporting.",
  "keywords": [
    "Pulitzer",
    "journalism",
    "reporting"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Journalism & Newsroom"
  ],
  "technologies": [],
  "full_text": "Congratulations to the Orange County Register staff, who won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for \"Fertility Fraud,\" and to Raleigh News & Observer reporters Pat Stith, Joby Warrick and Melanie Sill, who won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for \"The Price of Pork,\" a look at the health risks of waste disposal in the hog industry. The next issue of Uplink will feature these and other contest winners and finalists who used computer-assisted reporting.",
  "provenance": {
    "extracted_by": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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    {
      "slug": "1996-may-winners-use-car",
      "score": 0.607
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    {
      "slug": "1996-may-pulitzer-winner-for-public-service-boss-hog",
      "score": 0.401
    },
    {
      "slug": "1996-may-top-prize-for-investigation-fertility-fraud",
      "score": 0.362
    },
    {
      "slug": "1998-may-pulitzer-profiles",
      "score": 0.298
    },
    {
      "slug": "1997-may-hook-line-and-pulitzer",
      "score": 0.295
    }
  ],
  "html_url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1996-april-uplink-update.html",
  "json_url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1996-april-uplink-update.json"
}