IJR News — today's news from every sidePulitzer Prize Tour Planned Across 20 Cities — Aug 20, 2026Pulitzer Prizes and the American Library Association are launching “Pulitzer on the Road,” a 20-city touring exhibit that will travel from October 2026 (starting in Chicago and Dallas) through May 2028, spotlighting more than a century of Pulitzer-winning journalism, photography, poetry, plays, and fiction with appearances by authors like Barbara Kingsolver, Percival Everett, Daniel Kraus, and Gabriela Frank. The exhibit aims to democratize access to landmark works and combat misinformation by offering interactive displays that connect communities with the journalism and storytelling honored since 1917.
Alaska plane crash kills four, ex-mayor among victims — Aug 27, 2026A Piper PA-24 crashed in shallow water near Seldovia, Alaska, killing four men: pilot Eric Middlebrook, 68, of Anchorage, and Californians Ronald Schmidt, 65; Lance Schmidt, 20; and Daniel Simons, 82. Investigators from the NTSB and FAA are examining weather, flight data, and wreckage while responders recovered the bodies after the tide allowed access, and Middlebrook is noted as a longtime Alaska pilot who previously served as Bethel’s mayor.
