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New York, NY (Dec. 4, 2017) — The Pulitzer Prize Board has expanded eligibility in its Breaking News reporting category.
Distinguished examples of local, state or national breaking news produced by any eligible news organization — magazines, newspapers or online news organizations — can submit stories now for the 2018 prizes in Journalism.
Previously, the Breaking News category was confined to local reporting by news outlets geographically proximate to the story.
“With this change, the Pulitzer Board wants to be clear that it welcomes breaking news entries in the broadest sense,” said Dana Canedy, Pulitzer Prize administrator. “Prize-worthy journalism in the Breaking News category considers not just the magnitude of the event but the quality of the journalism,” she said.
Breaking news entries will now include coverage related to news events of consequence, whether they are produced by a local, state or national news organization. The award goes to the story, or series of stories, that capture events accurately as they occur and also expands on the initial coverage.
The Pulitzer Prizes currently are accepting entries in the 14 Journalism categories from eligible organizations, including magazines, newspapers and digital news outlets.
The 2018 prizes will be awarded for work published during 2017. The deadline for Journalism entries is January 25, 2018. The announcement of the 102nd class of prize winners is scheduled for April 16, 2018.
For information on How to Enter, click here.
For a list with definitions of the 14 journalism prize categories, click here.
For a full list of past Journalism winners, click here.
The Pulitzer Prizes were established by Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-American journalist and newspaper publisher, who left money to Columbia University upon his death in 1911. A portion of his bequest was used to found the School of Journalism in 1912 and establish the Pulitzer Prizes, which were first awarded in 1917.
The 19-member Pulitzer Board is composed of leading journalists or news executives from media outlets across the U.S., and five academics or persons in the arts. The dean of Columbia Journalism School and the administrator of the prizes are nonvoting members. The chair rotates annually to the most senior member or members. The board is self-perpetuating in the election of members. Voting members may serve three terms of three years for a total of nine years.
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