NYT/AP: Pulitzer Rules to Allow More Online Entries

Pulitzer Rules to Allow More Online Entries
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: December 7, 2005


NEW YORK (AP) -- Newspapers vying for a Pulitzer Prize, the top honor in American print journalism, can now include material published online to bolster their entries, the Pulitzer Prize Board announced Wednesday.

The new rules come as newspapers increasingly rely on their Web sites to disseminate, support and enhance their work as print circulation declines. The new guidelines will apply to the 2006 awards, which cover work in 2005.

''I think the Pulitzer competition now reflects a blend of print and online, which is what most newspapers are seeking to achieve these days,'' said Sig Gissler, administrator of the Pulitzers.

The competition's ''Public Service'' category, considered the most prestigious, has since 1999 allowed an online presentation to be part of entries. That category will continue to accept various forms of online work, including streaming video, databases and timelines.

But the other 13 journalism categories will allow online content for the first time....


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