At 95, Myron (Mike) Kandel has more war stories from the trenches of newspaper and broadcast journalism than most any of us. That's because he's been a living legend of financial journalism for half a century—and an active Silurian for even longer.
Join us for a very special afternoon as Mike spills the beans on 50 years behind the scenes of print and TV news...and 60 years of Silurians lore.
From a NY Times copy boy to one of CNN’s original launch team in 1980—with stops along the way at the Washington Star, New York Herald Tribune, New York Post and more—Mike has the institutional memory of our industry as few others. He's reported and commented on seven presidential elections, the 1987 stock market crash, the dot-com bubble, the aftermath of 9/11, and an untold number of business and economic stories. Hear Mike's inside scoop on this remarkable journalism career.
2025 Pulitzer Prize Winners:
ProPublica, Public Service
Read ProPublica StoryFor urgent reporting about pregnant women who died after doctors delayed urgently needed care for fear of violating vague “life of the mother” exceptions in states with strict abortion laws.
Reuters, Investigative Reporting
Read Reuters StoryReuters win for a series that penetrated the international trade in the chemicals used to make fentanyl, the drug at the heart of a crisis that has killed some 450,000 Americans.
NY Times wins 4 Pulitzer Prizes
Read Details in NY Times [paywall]The Times won four Pulitzers, including for reporting on Sudan’s civil war, the failures of the United States in the war in Afghanistan, as well as photographs of the moments surrounding attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania. Also won in in collaboration with The Baltimore Banner, a nonprofit news outlet, for an investigation into the opioid crisis.
Wall Street Journal, National Reporting
Read WSJ story [paywall]For chronicling political and personal shifts of Elon Musk, his turn to conservative politics, use of legal and illegal drugs and private talks with President Vladimir Putin.
Washington Post, Breaking News Reporting
Read WashPost Story [paywall]The staff of The Washington Post won for breaking coverage of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.Former editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes won for illustrated reporting and commentary.
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Pulitzer Prize Committee listSee Pulitzer Prize Committee's complete lists of winners and finalists.
By Mel Laytner
Perhaps the worst day of Connie Chung’s life was being fired from her dream job, sitting in “half of Walter Cronkite’s seat,” co-anchoring the CBS Evening News. With karmic irony, two days later was one of her best: Chung and husband Maury Povich learned that their long-pursued adoption had come through.
That gave Chung a newfound perspective when weighing CBS’s "consolation prize" – subbing for Dan Rather, weekend anchoring, documentaries. "I said, ‘You can take this job and shove it’ because I decided I would have a new life raising my son."
This blend of caustic professional critique and candid personal revelation, laced with unrelenting humor and self-deprecating wit, was on full display when Chung accepted the Silurians’ 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award on April 23 at the National Arts Club. It was an honor, Chung said, to accept this award from peers who "know what it's like to be a journalist... searching for that truth—and there’s a dearth of truth."
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A Silurian at the Met Museum of Art: Chester Higgins, Jr.
Award winning photographer's fascination with Egypt
By Roberta Hershenson
One of the hottest art shows in town this winter was “Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876—Now,” which closed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Feb. 17. Critic Jason Farago, writing in the New York Times, called the show “winningly eclectic” and “beautifully designed,” while referring to Ancient Egypt as “an inspiration but also a lost dream” for the Black diaspora.
Photo by Betsy Kissam
Chester Higgins, Jr., flanked by his two pieces in the Met’s “Flight Into Egypt” exhibit: “My two images help celebrate the African presence in the ancient Egyptian civilization.”
