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==Early careers== Siskel started writing for the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' in 1969, becoming its film critic soon after. Ebert joined the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' in 1966, and started writing about film for the paper in 1967.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ebert named film critic|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=April 5, 1967|page=57}}</ref> In 1975, Ebert became the first film critic to win the [[Pulitzer Prize for Criticism|Pulitzer Prize for criticism]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/sltrib/entertainment2/56107300-223/ebert-movie-siskel-chicago.html.csp|title=Roger Ebert, first movie critic to win Pulitzer, dies at 70|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|first=Caryn|last=Rousseau|date=April 4, 2013|access-date=June 30, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126010115/http://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/sltrib/entertainment2/56107300-223/ebert-movie-siskel-chicago.html.csp|archive-date=January 26, 2018}}</ref>
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