Online Magazines Now Eligible for Pulitzer Prize

January 26, 2015

The Pulitzer Prizes, which are administered at Columbia University, have expanded eligibility for the categories of Investigative Reporting and Feature Writing to include online and print magazines. Before the new changes were announced, only print newspapers and news sites were eligible for the Prizes.

“Joseph Pulitzer created the Pulitzer Prizes to honor excellence in American journalism arts and letters,” chair of the Pulitzer Prize Board Danielle Allen said in a recent press release from Columbia University. “We recognize that great reporting and writing is today reaching American audiences in new formats and new channels. We support efforts to use cross-media partnerships, new platforms, and new tools to strengthen the cause of journalism.

“We have chosen to focus our evolution on investigative reporting because of its relevance to public life and feature writing because of its emphasis on literary merit,” Allen added.

Each prize includes a $10,000 cash award for a “distinguished example” of journalism. However, not every magazine will meet the requirements for the award. According to the Prize specifications, the organizations nominated for the award must be “primarily dedicated to original news reporting and coverage of ongoing stories,” and “adhere to the highest journalistic principles.”

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