{
  "id": "1996-may-winners-use-car",
  "slug": "1996-may-winners-use-car",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1996-may-winners-use-car.html",
  "year": 1996,
  "month": "May",
  "monthNum": 5,
  "headline": "Winners use CAR",
  "kicker": "Uplink update",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "Uplink",
  "summary": "This issue of Uplink highlights 1996 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists who used computer-assisted reporting (CAR) to produce their award-winning journalism, featuring interviews with reporters from the Raleigh News & Observer, Orange County Register, and other publications.",
  "keywords": [
    "Pulitzer",
    "reporting",
    "journalism"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Journalism & Newsroom"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "Internet",
    "World Wide Web"
  ],
  "full_text": "We always push CAR for deadline stories, beat reporting and special projects; now, we would like to highlight CAR reporters who have reaped the rewards: This issue of Uplink features the 1996 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists who used computer-assisted reporting to get their stories.\n\nWe hear from Pat Stith, Joby Warrick and Melanie Sill of the Raleigh News & Observer, who won the Pulitzer for public service for \"Boss Hog,\" a series detailing abuses by corporate pig farmers. We talk with reporters from California's Orange County Register, whose staff won the Pulitzer for investigative reporting. And we look at work by the Dayton Daily News, The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel and Kansas City Star, who all had Pulitzer finalist stories.\n\nAlso, check out Tech Tips for helpful information on searching the Net, and On the Internet for a look at journalism awards and where you can find information on all types of honors and prizes.",
  "provenance": {
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    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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      "slug": "1998-may-pulitzer-profiles",
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  "html_url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1996-may-winners-use-car.html",
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