Web News Declared Eligible for Pulitzer Prizes

Board keeps up with 'the changing media landscape'
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 8, 2008 2:43 PM CST
Web News Declared Eligible for Pulitzer Prizes
Washington Post executive editor Leonard Downie Jr. holds up Pulitzer Prize medallion as he announces that the paper won six 2008 Pulitzers.   (AP Photo)

The Pulitzer board has expanded its criteria for award-worthy journalism to include Internet-only publications, Editor & Publisher reports today. While Pulitzers will be available to web outlets, sites must be “text-based” and publish original content at least weekly to be considered. The board made changes in an effort to “keep up with the changing media landscape,” Pulitzer administrator Sig Gissler said. (More Pulitzer Prize stories.)

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