BDN covers first Pulitzer Week talk in Bangor
The Bangor Daily News reported on a presentation by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Amy Ellis Nutt of The Washington Post. Nutt, a health and science reporter and author of “Becoming Nicole,” spoke at the Bangor Public Library as part of Pulitzer Week. To celebrate 100 years of the Pulitzer Prizes, the University of Maine’s Department of Communication and Journalism, along with the Bangor Public Library, will host three winners of journalism’s top award throughout March 24–31. The guests will visit UMaine journalism classes, as well as lead public presentations on campus and at the library. The 2011 award winner spoke about her latest book, which is a true story of a transgender girl who grew up in Orono, her identical twin brother, her family’s fight against discrimination and their journey to understand, nurture and celebrate the uniqueness in every person, according to the article.