A fairly big deal

The first Monday in April is a big deal in the newspaper biz, our own version of the Oscars except without fancy clothes or attractive people. It's the day they announce the Pulitzers, and today if you visit the right website -- say this one right here -- and follow the links to the explanatory reporting winner, you might notice this down at the bottom of the page:

Also nominated as finalists in this category were: Beth Daley of The Boston Globe for her evocative exploration of how global warming affects New Englanders, from ice fishermen to blueberry farmers, and the Staff of the Oregonian, Portland, for its richly illustrated reports on a breakthrough in producing the microprocessors that are a technological cornerstone of modern life.

It's the second part there that's important. It refers in part to this. And it means something pretty stupendous:

My little Judybat was a finalist for a Pulitzer.