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Crites (grasshopper)
Crites is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alice Crites, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist *Mike Crites (born 1948), American politician *Shirley Crites (1934-1990), American baseball player *Winston Crite (born 1965), American basketball player See also *Crites, West Virginia, incorporated area in Logan County, West Virginia *Crites, a fictional character in the Critters (film series), Critters film series *Gregg-Crites Octagon House, or M. M. Crites house, an octagon house located in Circleville, Ohio {{surname, Crites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Crites
Alice R. Crites is a ''Washington Post'' librarian and the researcher on the three-member team that won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting. Crites has been a researcher on six different Pulitzer-winning teams at ''Washington Post'', 2006, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. She is an advocate for the role of researchers and news libraries in the support of journalism, saying "We're cost effective. We're expert searchers.... We not only get information, but also help avoid making mistakes." Early life and education Crites is the daughter of an NIH cancer researcher and a librarian for the Montgomery County Schools. She graduated from University of Maryland, and received an M.A. in English and literary criticism from Carnegie Mellon University. She worked for the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress before getting her MLS from the University of Maryland. Career Crites started as a weekend worker at the ''Washington Post'' in 1990 and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |