And don't forget: non-journalism Pulitzers.
- For fiction, Tinkers (Paul Harding)
- For drama, Next to Normal (music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey)
- For history, Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World (Liaquat Ahamed)
- For biography, The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (T.J. Stiles)
- For poetry, Read More
The Washington Post edged out The Times today and took home four Pulitzers to lead all newspapers in the 2010 Pulitzer Prizes.
It's a big win for Post editor Marcus Brauchli, who has gone through a year marred by semi-scandals and bad publicity--the SalonGate, Sally Quinn's embarrassing column, questions of a Read More
When the 2009 Pulitzer Prizewinners were announced at on Monday at Columbia University, Jon Meacham was far from New York at another institute for higher learning. The Newsweek editor and Andrew Jackson biographer was at a board meeting at Sewanee: The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, when his BlackBerry "lit Read More
Driving rain couldn't keep about 50 reporters and bloggers away from from Columbia University, where the 2009 Pulitzer Prizewinners and Finalists were announced. Coffee, tea and cookies were served on third floor of the Columbia Journalism School as the winners' names were presented. It was noted that this was the first year online-only reports Read More
In just about three weeks, the winners of the coveted Pulitzer Prizes will be announced! But, wait a minute: By now, shouldn’t we know who the “nominated finalists” are?
Sure, anybody can send stuff to the committee for consideration, but the board designates a certain number of finalists to each category before deciding the final award, Read More
The Pulitzer Prize Board announced today that they will now consider online-only newspapers for the big honor. Since 2006, online content from a print newspaper's homepage were allowed to submit entries, and online-only entries were permitted in just two categories: Breaking news coverage and breaking-news photography. But now that print is slowly crawling Read More
By now everyone knows that the big picture for newspaper business is bleak. Today in The New York Times, David Carr surveys the media landscape—including more layoffs at The Los Angeles Times; The Christian Science Monitor ceasing its daily print edition; massive cuts at Time, Inc.; etc., ad infinitum—and concludes, "Clearly, Read More
It's been a great week for The Washington Post's Dana Priest. First, she was awarded her second Pulitzer Prize in three years (in collaboration with Anne Hull and photographer Michel du Cille) in the category of Public Service for a series about soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital.
Yesterday, Variety's Michael Fleming reported Read More
The New York Times under executive editor Bill Keller still has fewer Pulitzer victories to its credit than during the short-lived reign of his predecessor, Howell Raines.
Under Raines, who served approximately 21 months before resigning in 2003 in the wake of the Jayson Blair scandal, the paper's news pages published seven Pulitzer-winning entries.
In more than Read More
Yesterday, the Pulitzer Prize administrator, Sig Gissler, told a group of reporters, "The old cliché is that when you win a Pulitzer, the first line of your obituary has been written." Yes, but what if you win three?
Yesterday afternoon, The New York Times investigative editor Walt Bogdanich won his third Pulitzer Prize, and his second Read More
A few more pieces on the Pulitzers from today ...
After winning the Pulitzer, do you get fried? What else is left to do? [Marketwatch]
Nick Denton writes that the Pulitzer is a "beloved relic" from another era, and the awards actually distract newspapers from their mission in the Internet age. [Gawker]
Here's what the Times Read More
August: Osage County, Tracy Letts' "rambling and entertaining black comedy involving those essential props of American family life—child abuse, alcoholism, drug dependency, divorce, incest, pedophilia, nymphomania and suicide," as the Observer's John Heilpern called it in his December review, has received a 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Ms. Heilpern called the play, currently being Read More
Sig Gissler, the administrator of the Pulitzers, was just asked why there isn't a category for online publications. "We are keeping an eye on online journalism and I'm not saying it won't happen in the future," he said.
For a blogger, it's a steeper climb. "If they work for a newspaper they can submit now, Read More
The Washington Post picked up six Pulitzer Prizes today, a record for the paper and one shy of the New York Times' record of seven back in 2002. Dana Priest of the Post nabbed her second Pulitzer in three years, winning the Public Service award along with Anne Hull and photographer Michel du Cille for Read More
We're moments away from the Pulitzer announcements, and we've sent our intern, Matt Townsend, to document the strictly no-frills scene at the Columbia Journalism School. Here's his account:
2:37: I'm at the Joseph Pulitzer World Room. There are two people in the seats so far.
2:47: At the back of the room there's a fold-out table Read More
