AP wins Pulitzer Prize for 'Seafood from Slaves' investigation
slave /sleɪv / n. 奴隶 CET4
investigation / ɪn,vɛstɪ'ɡeʃən / n. 调查;调查研究
transparency / træns'pærənsi / n. 透明,透明度 TEM4
elude /ɪ'lud / vt. 逃避,躲避 TEM8
nomination / ,nɑmɪ'neʃən / n. 任命,提名;TEM4
captive /'kæptɪv/ adj. 被俘虏的;被迷住的 CET6
culpability / kʌlpə'biləti / n. 可责;有过失;有罪
The Associated Press today won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service based on its international investigation of the fishing industry in Southeast Asia that freed more than 2,000 slaves and traced the seafood they caught to supermarkets and pet food providers across the U.S.
The reporting by Esther Htusan, Margie Mason, Robin McDowell and Martha Mendoza also led to the arrests of a dozen people, the seizure of ships worth millions of dollars and the introduction of legislation in the U.S. Congress to create greater transparency from food suppliers.
"The AP journalists accomplished two goals that had eluded others," AP Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll wrote in her nomination letter to the Pulitzer judges. "They found captive slaves, countering industry claims that the problems had been solved. And they followed specific loads of slave-caught seafood to supply chains of particular brands and stores, so companies no longer could deny culpability."
--- Associated Press