Elizabeth Suh (BA ’04) was a member of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news for The Oregonian. The story, which is the paper’s seventh prize, covered the confusing search for the family of James Kim who were snowbound in the Siskiyou Mountains.
Kim’s wife and their daughters were rescued near their car on a remote road nine days after the family left the interstate on attempted shortcut to the coast. James Kim was found two days later dead of hypothermia after hiking 10 miles in an effort to seek help.
“A high purpose of journalism is to reveal systemic problems in public policy or procedures,” Oregonian Editor Sandy Rowe said after the announcement. “That’s what we did with the Kim coverage. I’m grateful our work helped spur improvements.”
