Boston.com’s Need-to-Know: Body Armor, Pulitzers, and Kraft Cheese
The bomber, “from cradle to crime’’: The sentencing phase in the trial of marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev begins today, and defense attorney Judith Clarke has quite the job ahead of her. “She will explain how this guy goes from cradle to crime,’’ a death penalty legal expert George Kendall said. “The jury will receive a lot of information about him, his life, how he grew up, where he was emotionally.’’ (The New York Times)
“Just’’: “A New Hampshire man found allegedly armed and wearing body armor near a Boston Medical Center helicopter pad on Saturday told police he was ‘just enjoying my civil liberties’ before struggling with officers, according to an incident report.’’ (The Boston Globe)
The Boston Globe’s Kathleen Kingsbury was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing for her series on restaurant workers and the conditions they face. The Washington Post’s Carol Leonnig won for her bombshell reports on the Secret Service, and The New York Times won for an intense photo series on the ebola outbreak.
But the most fascinating Pulitzer went to the Daily Breeze, a California-based publication with seven local reporters and a circulation of just 65,000, for a series on corruption in the local school district. “Oh my god, are you kidding me?’’ one editor said. “Right now, I think we are stunned,’’ another said. (Poynter) One of those prize-winning journalists, Rob Kuznia, is now a publicist after 15 years in local reporting. The journalism job just didn’t pay enough, he said. (Gawker)
Is it football season yet? “Entering his 16th season in the NFL, Tom Brady is still as eager as a rookie. The three-time Super Bowl Most Valuable Player was the first member of the Patriots to report for the start of voluntary offseason work Monday morning, according to WEEI.com’s Christopher Price.’’ (Boston.com)
Wait, cheese isn’t naturally fluorescent? “Kraft Foods Group will no longer use synthetic coloring or artificial preservatives in its original Macaroni & Cheese in the U.S., the company announced Monday. … Customers have long identified the pasta dish with the iconic orange color, but the manufacturer says it will turn to natural color alternatives derived from sources like turmeric, paprika and annatto.’’ (Time)
The Goodbye: What the Boston Marathon is all about:
“Who said marathons aren’t a team sport?’’ (Boston.com)
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