Exposé Of Slavery In Fishing Industry Wins Pulitzer For Associated Press

In the 100th year of the Pulitzer Prize, The Associated Press' global reporting called “Seafood From Slaves” won the award for public service, National Public Radio reported. The series of stories chronicled how the fishing industry was using slave labor to put seafood in American kitchens and restaurants. AP correspondent Martha Mendoza was one of the lead reporters for the investigation and spoke to NPR's “Morning Edition” last year:"The men AP found unloading seafood in Benjina were mostly from Myanmar, also known as Burma. When they realized one of the AP reporters spoke Burmese, 'they began calling out, asking for help, and explaining that they were trapped and that they were being...