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Film about investigative journalism nabs top Oscar

On Sunday, the film “Spotlight” pulled off a surprise Best Picture win at the Oscars.

02/29/2016 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Film about investigative journalism nabs top Oscar

Clip: 2/29/2016 | 9m 33s

On Sunday, the film “Spotlight” pulled off a surprise Best Picture win at the Oscars.

On Sunday, the film “Spotlight” pulled off a surprise Best Picture win at the Oscars. An inside look at the uncovering of widespread sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, “Spotlight” celebrates investigative journalism. Jeffrey Brown talks to Margaret Sullivan of the New York Times and Stephen Engleberg of ProPublica about the state of journalism in a world of newspaper cutbacks and layoffs.

02/29/2016 | Rating NR

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