Pulitzer will go online

On Monday, without any exaggeration, one of the main strongholds of the printed press fell. The Pulitzer Prize, presented annually by the trustees of Columbia University in New York to the best representatives of the journalistic and literary profession in the United States, has now begun to accept applications from purely online publications. Proudly turning the back of their achievements against the background of the continuing collapse of print runs in recent years, the judicial commission made this important decision until the Prize finally lost all its significance.

Materials from online media will participate in the consideration of the commission on an equal footing with printed in all 14 competition categories: “For coverage of local news”, “For outstanding investigation”, “For outstanding presentation of sensational material”, “For skill”, etc. At the same time, all the basic conditions remain in force: the publication must be published (updated) at least once a week and should be devoted to work on the news field that "meets the highest journalistic principles."

“The new rules ... more fully recognize the role of the Web, while at the same time emphasizing the enduring value of words and serious reporting,” says Sig Gissler, the administrator of the Award.
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Interestingly, the announcement of changes in the Award coincided with the news of the bankruptcy of one of the oldest newspaper companies in the US, Tribune Co.