PULITZERS: Alex Jones: "Crisis of conscience" in newspaper journalism; Jay Harris: Corporate ownership "deleterious"

The Public Broadcasting Service's Online NewsHour included a nine-minute segment on Monday, April 17, about this year's Pulitzer Prize awards to newspapers for investigative journalism. (MORE NEWS) The two commentators selected -- Alex Jones of the Shorenstein Center at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and Jay Harris, former San Jose Mercury News publisher now at the University of Southern California, both had strong comments. Alex Jones said newspaper publishers are in a "crisis of conscience" and Harris said corporate ownership has been deleterious to watchdog journalism. Read their comments below, moderated by Newshour correspondent Jeffrey Brown. There is also a link to streaming real audio to hear them speak. ---- > [ Visit NewsHour Website ] Are Jones and Harris correct about the state of U.S. journalism? What's the solution?