“We are submitting what we think is our best work, one entry in two categories,” the online-only St Louis Beacon Editor Margaret Freivogel said, according to Editor&Publisher. “It is about the mortgage crisis and explains what it is all about.”
The Beacon, launched in 2008, is one of ‘at least five web-only news outlets’ that plan to take advantage of the new Pulitzer rules, E&P speculates. Full story at this link…
The Syndicate will feature content from Tribune’s TV stations and newspaper websites, as well as some third-party sites, organised by topic.
“It’s true that Tribune Co. is talking about outsourcing its national and international news coverage to The Washington Post Co.,” comments Editor&Publisher, but warns that ‘big sticking points remain and the two are not close to a deal,’ as Chicago Tribune media reporter Phil Rosenthal reported in his blog Thursday afternoon. Full story…
Round up of online launches from news sites:
AP reports that Joe the Plummer, the man from Ohio who became a ‘household name’ during the US presidential campaign, says he is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site pjtv.com. Full story…
Editor&Publisher reports that the Sun-Times Media Group Inc., publishers of the Chicago Sun-Times and other newspapers, and career website operator Monster Worldwide Inc., will launch cobranded job search and recruitment websites.
Was there a ‘veil of silence’ over international media when it came to covering the buildup up to Israel’s recent invasion of Gaza or has coverage been biased in favour of Palestine, readers’ letters to E&P ask.
A list of experts ready to comment on breaking news stories is being compiled from which the paper can get ‘instant op-eds’ after a story breaks, says Andrew Rosenthal, editorial page editor.
A section of the website will be given over to these op-eds, adds Rosenthal, and readers and opinion writers will be encouraged to react and contribute to the instant feature.
‘Online-only news outlets’ will be eligible for Pulitzer prizes for the first time.
Submissions must, however, be text-based and website of magazines and broadcasters will not qualify for the awards.
Politico’s content-sharing network, launched only three months ago, has signed up more than 100 partners, including 67 newspapers.
The agreement will make Politico’s online political news content available in return for ad placement on partners’ sites.