[spectre] Pulitzer Prizes Includes Online-Only Publications

[Mark Stephen Meadows]

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this is important and appears to give hope to the deservedly marginalized.

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http://www.pulitzer.org/new_eligibility_rules

Pulitzer Prizes Broadened to Include Online-Only Publications
Primarily Devoted to Original News Reporting

Year: 2009

PRESS RELEASE


Media contact:

Sig Gissler, 212-854-7327 or sg138 at columbia.edu

New York, Dec. 8, 2008 – The Pulitzer Prizes in journalism, which
honor the work of American newspapers appearing in print, have been
expanded to include many text-based newspapers and news organizations
that publish only on the Internet, the Pulitzer Prize Board announced
today.

The Board also has decided to allow entries made up entirely of
online content to be submitted in all 14 Pulitzer journalism categories.

While broadening the competition, the Board stressed that all entered
material -- whether online or in print -- should come from United
States newspapers or news organizations that publish at least weekly,
that are "primarily dedicated to original news reporting and coverage
of ongoing stories," and that "adhere to the highest journalistic
principles.”

Consistent with its historic focus on daily and weekly newspapers,
the Board will continue to exclude entries from printed magazines and
broadcast media and their respective Web sites.

"This is an important step forward, reflecting our continued
commitment to American newspapers as well as our willingness to adapt
to the remarkable growth of online journalism," said Sig Gissler,
administrator of the Prizes. "The new rules enlarge the Pulitzer tent
and recognize more fully the role of the Web, while underscoring the
enduring value of words and of serious reporting.”

The Board will continue to monitor the impact of the Internet,
Gissler said.

Beginning in 2006, online content from newspaper Web sites was
permitted in all Pulitzer journalism categories, but online-only
newspapers were not allowed to submit entries, and entirely-online
entries were permitted in only two categories, breaking news coverage
and breaking-news photography.

In addition to text stories, the competition will continue to allow a
full range of online content, such as interactive graphics and video,
in nearly all categories. Two photography categories will continue to
restrict entries to still images.

The Board adopted the changes at its November meeting at Columbia
University after a lengthy study by a committee.

The Board also refined the definition for its prize on Local
Reporting of Breaking News. To emphasize immediacy, the new
definition states that "special emphasis" will be given to "the speed
and accuracy of the initial coverage."

The Board, Gissler said, hopes that this will encourage the
submission of more online material in the category.

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