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Paul Williams

Paul Williams was the Editor of Sun Newspapers in Omaha during the early 1970s.

📝 Achievement in Journalism

  • Pulitzer Prize (1973): Under his editorial leadership, Sun Newspapers was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for local investigative reporting. This was the first time in history that a weekly newspaper had won in this category.
  • The Boys Town Investigation: The reporting focused on the extraordinary contrast between decreasing services and mounting wealth at the Boys Town charity.
  • Legacy: Buffett praised the achievemnet as proof that "size need not be equated with significance in publishing."

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