Background Its news staff was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in general news reporting for its Hurricane Hugo coverage in 1989. Its cartoonist, Robert Ariail, was a Pulitzer finalist in 1995 and 2000. Reporter Gina Smith and current projects editor broke the Mark Sanford scandal story on June 24, 2009, when she interviewed Sanford at Atlanta Hartsfield Airport as he returned from Argentina.
background its news staff was a pulitzer prize finalist in general news reporting for its hurricane hugo coverage in 1989 its cartoonist robert ariail was a pulitzer finalist in 1995 and 2000 reporter gina smith and current projects editor broke the mark sanford scandal story on june 24 2009 when she interviewed sanford at atlanta hartsfield airport as he returned from argentina