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Jaquiss almost lost his prize-winning scoop when he and his editor (Mark Zusman) decided to give Goldschmidt a full week to respond to the allegations the weekly was planning to make. Goldschmidt, who had previously told Zusman to "go get 'em" after a lunch in the middle of the paper's investigation, took his story to The Oregonian instead.
Zusman told the newspaper industry magazine Editor & Publisher that he and Jaquiss decided to post the story online immediately, so as not to risk being beat by the daily.
Jaquiss' Pulitzer represented only the third weekly paper that had been awarded a Pulitzer.
Jaquiss later broke the initial news of Portland mayor Sam Adams' affair with an intern who may have been underage at the onset of their affair, on President Barack Obama's Inauguration Day.
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