Newsrooms across the country are abuzz today with the announcement of the 2015 Pulitzers. While traditional categories are well covered, Facebook’s Liz Heron has a serious question: in the age of new media, shouldn’t it be time for the Pulitzer committee to consider the addition of some new categories alongside more traditional fare such as breaking news photography and editorial cartooning?
@lheron Best explanation in charts
— Carl Lantz (@CarlLantz) April 20, 2015
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"Best Shade-Throwing Tweet"
"Perfect Response"
"Subtweet of the Decade"— Jon Marino (@JonMarino) April 20, 2015
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@Max_Fisher @lheron aggregation domination
— Mason Fine Liker (@3k_) April 20, 2015
@Max_Fisher Ahem. I said, "serious question."
— Liz Heron (@lheron) April 20, 2015
@Max_Fisher @lheron Most camouflaged oppo research.
— Sisyphus Idaho (@Sisyphus43) April 20, 2015
@Max_Fisher @lheron Courage in Memes
— Adam Steinbaugh (@adamsteinbaugh) April 20, 2015
@Max_Fisher @lheron Best Listicle That'll Make You Cry
— Jonathan Nicholson (@JNicholsonInDC) April 20, 2015
@Max_Fisher @lheron Prize for Best Investigative Vine
— karl polanyeet (@said_mitch) April 20, 2015
@lheron A criticism Pulitzer for columnists who engage on Twitter
— ryan teague beckwith (@ryanbeckwith) April 20, 2015
@lheron Seriously, it's hard work to go out there, get followers, engage with them, etc.
— ryan teague beckwith (@ryanbeckwith) April 20, 2015
@lheron a Pulitzer for email newsletters
— Michael Hendrix (@michael_hendrix) April 20, 2015
@mitrakalita Sigh. I should have known I couldn't have a serious conversation about this 🙂
— Liz Heron (@lheron) April 20, 2015
Here’s one we can get behind:
@lheron @StuMillsCBC definitely a "citizen journalism using Twitter or other social media"
— Buddy ❤️☮️ (@Chelsea_Buddy) April 20, 2015