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The Peace Corps issued the following press release:
The insight gained by his Peace Corps experience has helped Joshua Norman win the Pulitzer Prize in Public Service this year for his coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath in the Gulf Coast.
"Peace Corps can teach just how little you really know about any new place or person, which is an important frame of mind to have in journalism. It is incredibly important in journalism to be able to communicate well and connect with all kinds of people. The far flung places Peace Corps sends you forces you out of your comfort zone - if you let it - and forces you to be able to really work closely with someone who is incredibly different from you," said Norman, who served in Togo, West Africa, from 2000-2002.
Without his experience in the Peace Corps, Norman said he may not have handled the situation in Mississippi as calmly as he did: "I lived comfortably without electricity and running water during my two years with the Peace Corps, which was incredibly important to be able to do after Hurricane Katrina."
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