The Pulitzer board is meeting to decide its 2006 winners and a rule change means online content is being considered.  In an article at Editor and Publisher, Pulitzer Administrator Sig Gissler, had this to say on the subject.
Beyond that, Gissler followed the same secretive approach as the board members. When asked how the new rule [...]

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An article on Guardian Unlimited about plans for Mobile Group 3 to sell through clips to broadcast news outfits finished up with this…
The rise of citizen journalism has called into question the future of traditional journalists and editors. Last month, however, the executive editor of Sky News wrote in the media trade journal, Press Gazette: [...]

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A post on Salvi.com gave me pause for thought.  The gist of the post was the relative reaction time of the print and online mediums. Online breaks the news and it takes a day for print to catch up.
He uses Charles Taylor as an example.
Today, the newspapers have dutifully mentioned that a probable war criminal is [...]

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A report on a recent conference in the States threw up this interesting quote from a guy called Bob Benz of the E.W. Scripps Company.
… simply employing a “beasts, beauties and babes” approach to attracting Web visitors presents some significant ethical challenges. The solution, then, he said, is to keep the core journalistic principles at heart [...]

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Here are some interesting snippets from an article on netimperative (yes, I have spent some time there today.)
The AOP Census 2006, the latest membership survey from the UK Association of Online Publishers (AOP), reveals that 74% of AOP members reported having unfilled vacancies in January 2006, compared with 58% in 2005.
…In addition to identifying the [...]

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The bbc have announced that Wogan will get the weekly podacast treatment.
The Wake Up To Wogan podcast launches on Tuesday 11 April 2006, featuring speech highlights from the breakfast show, including listeners’ e-mails and Pause for Thought.
How exciting.
“I’ve given up trying to beat ‘em, so now I’m joining ‘em and I’m going to do it [...]

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Channel 4 have signed a new five-year contract with ITN for production of Channel 4 News up to the end of 2010, that will see the news service extend its new media operations. (http://www.netimperative.com/2006/04/07/C4_News )
Mark Wood, chief executive of ITN, said the deal “creates a framework for developing many new ways of delivering Channel 4 [...]

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Some 1.8 million to 4.3 million Americans ages 12 to 17 watch online news or current-events videos once a week
The announcment of Katie Couric’s move to NBC prompts Newsweek to ponder if “the real action in TV news may be happening on the Web”

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