Pulitzers to allow more online material

The Pulitzer Prize, regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions in the United States, will now allow newspapers to submit video and interactive graphics as part of their entries for the top award in American print journalism.

Pulitzers to allow more online material

The Pulitzer Prize will allow newspapers to submit video and interactive graphics as part of their entries for the top award in American print journalism, prize officials announced Monday.

Allowing more online material 'was the next logical step,' said Sig Gissler, administrator of the Pulitzers. 'It emphasizes blended journalism and that's where newspapers are today.'

The Pulitzer Prize Board also replaced the Beat Reporting category, created in 1991, with a Local Reporting category.

Online material was allowed as part of all entries for the first time this year, but it was restricted in 13 of the 14 categories to written stories or still images. The exception was the Public Service category, which allowed material such as streaming video and databases.

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