In Journalism, there seems to be a stark contrast between what is truth and fiction. In commercial Journalism, the journalists gravitate towards any leads to make their story seem appealing or on the edge. They often do not know what is really going on behind the scenes and don't know the truth of the situation. For example, in State of Play, the journalists on the television covering the story of the the killing of the woman did not really know what happened to her and kept jumping to false conclusions. The guy who had relations with her found a video tape of her after her death, meaning that the puzzle still had not been solved.
Contrasting that, in the Pulitzer prize story, the photo journalist knew exactly what was going on. He was on the inside of the story and was really there and got concrete pictures to support his validity. Small-time, local journalists give a voice and a heads up on the situation that bigger news sources simply cannot.
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