Pulitzer Prize expands breaking news eligibility
Xinhua,December 05, 2017 Adjust font size:
NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Pulitzer Prize board said on Monday that it has expanded eligibility in its breaking news reporting category.
The board said in a statement that distinguished examples of local, state or national breaking news produced by any eligible news organizations, including magazines, newspapers, and online news outlets, could now enter for the 2018 prizes.
Previously the breaking news category only considered local reporting by news outlets geographically proximate to the story.
Dana Canedy, Pulitzer Prize administrator, said in the statement that the Pulitzer board wants to be clear that it welcomes breaking news entries "in the broadest sense."
"Prize-worthy journalism in the Breaking News category considers not just the magnitude of the event but the quality of the journalism," she said. Enditem