HAS AN ONLINE PUBLICATION WON A PULITZER FOR THE FIRST TIME HISTORY?
April 22nd 2009 03:48
Has an online publication has been awarded a Pulitzer prize, American journalism's most prestigious accolade, for the first time in the award’s history?
Yes, says the Guardian, no says Reuters.
Reuters reported that the 2009 Pulitzer Prizes, announced on Monday, marked the first year that entries from internet-only outlets were allowed to compete. However, Reuters said there were no online winners, and just one, Politico.com, was a finalist..
But the Guardain reported that a fact-checking website run by the St Petersburg Times, PolitiFact.com's won the prize in national reporting for its work in "separating rhetoric from truth to enlighten voters" during the presidential campaign, awarding it the prize in national reporting.
The St Petersburg Times is owned by the Poynter Institute, non-profit journalism school and professional training organisation.
The New York Times won five Pulitzers.
The Guardian reported that the paper won in breaking news reporting for its coverage of the prostitution scandal that took down New York governor Eliot Spitzer. It won in investigative journalism for David Barstow's piece that revealed how retired generals who served as radio and television analysts pushed for war in Iraq while receiving undisclosed payments from defence contractors that benefited from the conflict.
The Times also won in international reporting, for its coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan and for art critic Holland Carter's reviews. Photographer Damon Winter won in the feature photography category for his shots of Barack Obama's presidential campaign. The Times last year won two.
The Los Angeles Times won in the explanatory reporting category, for a report on the causes of the wildfires that have ravaged the western US in recent years.
The Washington Post won in the commentary category for columnist Eugene Robinson's "eloquent" pieces from the campaign trail last year. The Post last year took six Pulitzer prizes.
The Guardian reported, “For the second year in a row, the Wall Street Journal did not win an award. The prestigious business-oriented paper won two in 2007, the year it was purchased by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.”
The Business Insider reported, “The results are in and they amount to a damning critique of financial journalism. No financial journalists or commentators won any Pulitzer prizes.
The New York Times staff won for breaking the story of the Spitzer sex scandal, which is the closest a Wall Street-linked story came to winning.
Yes, says the Guardian, no says Reuters.
Reuters reported that the 2009 Pulitzer Prizes, announced on Monday, marked the first year that entries from internet-only outlets were allowed to compete. However, Reuters said there were no online winners, and just one, Politico.com, was a finalist..
But the Guardain reported that a fact-checking website run by the St Petersburg Times, PolitiFact.com's won the prize in national reporting for its work in "separating rhetoric from truth to enlighten voters" during the presidential campaign, awarding it the prize in national reporting.
The New York Times won five Pulitzers.
The Guardian reported that the paper won in breaking news reporting for its coverage of the prostitution scandal that took down New York governor Eliot Spitzer. It won in investigative journalism for David Barstow's piece that revealed how retired generals who served as radio and television analysts pushed for war in Iraq while receiving undisclosed payments from defence contractors that benefited from the conflict.
The Times also won in international reporting, for its coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan and for art critic Holland Carter's reviews. Photographer Damon Winter won in the feature photography category for his shots of Barack Obama's presidential campaign. The Times last year won two.
The Los Angeles Times won in the explanatory reporting category, for a report on the causes of the wildfires that have ravaged the western US in recent years.
The Guardian reported, “For the second year in a row, the Wall Street Journal did not win an award. The prestigious business-oriented paper won two in 2007, the year it was purchased by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.”
The Business Insider reported, “The results are in and they amount to a damning critique of financial journalism. No financial journalists or commentators won any Pulitzer prizes.
The New York Times staff won for breaking the story of the Spitzer sex scandal, which is the closest a Wall Street-linked story came to winning.
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