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![A decade after scandal, the shipbreaking industry is still broken](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2016/04/08/ShipCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
A decade after scandal, the shipbreaking industry is still broken
Following a Pulitzer-prize winning investigation in the shipbreaking industry came a series of inquiries and reforms - among the changes, the Department of Defense promised to tighten its bidding process to weed out unsavory companies. But a decade and a half later, at least one company that scraps old Navy ships still falls short of bare-bones safety requirements, and faces light penalties when caught.
![Introducing the Pulitzer Project](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2016/08/28/tpp.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Introducing the Pulitzer Project
In conjunction with the announcement today of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize winners, MuckRock is launching a project to recreate, expand upon and check back in on past Pulitzer winners in the investigative reporting category using public records requests.