Newspaper Gives USD 5,000 of Pulitzer Prize Money to Benefit Child
The Cincinnati Enquirer is donating USD 5,000 of its 2018 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting to benefit a little girl featured in the newspaper's winning report on heroin.
Cincinnati, Jun 26 (AP) The Cincinnati Enquirer is donating USD 5,000 of its 2018 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting to benefit a little girl featured in the newspaper's winning report on heroin.
The Enquirer reports the money will be the first deposit in a fund to assist Elliana Russ. The then-8-month-old child and her mother, Stephanie Gaffney, were featured in the newspaper's "Seven Days of Heroin" report in July.
Twenty-eight-year-old Gaffney died of an overdose of a fentanyl combination 10 days after speaking with the newspaper for the story. Enquirer Editor Beryl Love said the news organization thought it "only right" to use a portion of its USD 15,000 prize money to help her daughter.
A Hamilton County judge later granted custody of Elliana to Gaffney's mother and her husband. AP KUN
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