The Gawker Guide to This Year's Pulitzer Prizes
The Pulitzer Prizes were announced today! They are still journalism’s most prestigious prize, even though you can win the same amount of money ($10,000) on an episode of Chopped.
The Pulitzer Prizes have been announced: two reporting prizes for the Washington Post, two photography prizes for the New York Times, and no prize awarded for feature writing. The full list is here. Congratulations to all the winners of this prize we're too cool to care about.
Is It Bad to Nominate Yourself for an Award?
Yesterday, New York Times foreign correspondent Jeffrey Gettleman (pictured) won a Pulitzer for his reporting on strife and famine in Africa. Though the Times traditionally decides who of its reporters deserve nominations, Gettleman didn't wait for the bosses—he nominated himself. Does that make him an asshole?
Some Suggestions for New Pulitzer Prizes
Dear Pulitzer Prize Committee: what is the point of you? Though we enjoyed this year's editorial-writing and fiction trolling — how very internet of you, Pulitzer Prize Committee — you are still, basically, worthless, and, worse, boring. You need some kind of makeover. You need Ryan Seacrest to host the awards. You…
Pulitzer Committee Confirms: Editorial Writing Is Worthless
Your 2012 Pulitzer Prize winners have been announced! [Pause.] That very faint sound you hear is the cheering of a dozen or so newsrooms across America, interspersed with the vast silence of a nation that could not care less about the 2012 Pulitzer Prize winners.
The Pulitzer Prizes Are Worthless
The nomination deadline for the 2012 Pulitzer Prizes is five days away. Newspaper editors around the county are busy crafting nomination letters, putting together elaborate packages showcasing their best work, and forking over $50 entry fees for a shot at winning journalism's most prestigious prize later this Spring.…
New Improved Adweek Debuts With Typo on the Cover
In your neverending Tuesday media column: Adweek messes up, Reuters beefs up, the Pulitzers toughen up, Tribune Co. is screwed up, and Glenn Greenwald is all hooked up.
Your 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Are Here
Your 2011 Pulitzer Prize winners have been announced! If you're "keeping score:" two for the New York Times, and two for the Los Angeles Times. The Wall Street Journal had to make do with one for editorial writing, and the Washington Post had to settle for a photography Pulitzer. Plenty of long-winded bragging and…
Pulitzer Winner Foils Bank Robbery With Bear Hug
Whoa, hey, don't hog all the heroism, 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning former photographer and current assistant professor of new media at San Jose State University Kim Komenich! You can win a Pulitzer, but to stop a bank robbery, too? Whoa, hey!
Another Way HuffPo Is the Same as World Net Daily
In your woofin' Wednesday media column: Arianna Huffington's allotment of celebrity seats at the White House Correspondents Dinner is the greatest issue facing journalism in America, the National Enquirer was stiffed, BusinessWeek is clueless, and an alt-weekly loses.
Today Is Pulitzer Day
The Pulitzer winners will be announced at 3 p.m. today. Newsroom staffers will gather expectantly!
Is John Edwards' Wandering Penis Pulitzer-Worthy?
In your provocative Monday media column: debates over the National Enquirer's respectability and women's ability to be funny, a journalist is killed, and a new Vultureperson is hired.
Drown Sean Hannity For a Good Cause
In your smooth Thursday media column: Pinch eschews privatization, BET targets the olds, newspapers are tragic and sad, and let's help waterboard Sean Hannity!
What It Looks Like to Win a Pulitzer
The Pulitzer Prizes were announced today, and the AP was on hand at various newsrooms to capture the celebration. Even though winning one doesn't matter, we've put together a small gallery of the best photos.
The Pulitzers: In With the Old
Now that the fabulous glory of the 2009 Pulitzers—the first ever to include online reporting!— has come and gone, let us reflect on their meaning. Hint: the Pulitzers are just like the newspaper industry!
Your 2009 Pulitzer Winners
As we mentioned, today is Pulitzer day! The winners have started trickling out, and we'll be updating this post as they come in. Keep refreshing it incessantly! Click through for the glory of journalism:
Pulitzer Rumor Mill: NYT Wins For Spitzer Coverage
It's Pulitzer day! Our first wild Pulitzer rumor: that the NYT won the 'Breaking News' category for its Eliot Spitzer scandal coverage (sexy!). Heard more Pulitzer rumors? Email us, or put them in the comments.
More Layoffs at Conde Nast Today
In your troubling Wednesday media column: layoffs at Conde Nast and the Boston Globe, Bill Keller fights back, King's officially dead, North Korea's still mean to journalists, and more:
