In an effort to keep up with the changing media landscape the Pulitzer Prize board will expand its prestigious award to online-only news organizations for all 14 of its journalism categories. The online-only organizations must publish weekly and contain primarily original content, as oppose to being a news aggregator. It is still vague as to which sites will be deemed eligible. For example Pulitzer Administrator Sig Gissler refused to comment on if the Huffington Post which is a mix of personal blogs, link aggregation and original reporting, would be eligible.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Pullitzer Prize Creates New Eligibility for Online Reporting
In an effort to keep up with the changing media landscape the Pulitzer Prize board will expand its prestigious award to online-only news organizations for all 14 of its journalism categories. The online-only organizations must publish weekly and contain primarily original content, as oppose to being a news aggregator. It is still vague as to which sites will be deemed eligible. For example Pulitzer Administrator Sig Gissler refused to comment on if the Huffington Post which is a mix of personal blogs, link aggregation and original reporting, would be eligible.
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