New Pulitzer Prize Chief Intends to Honor Old Values While Navigating Industry Changes

Posted Friday, December 15, 2017 11:00 am

James Warren | Poynter

When Dana Canedy was named administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, she inherited a questionnaire that goes to potential jurors and asks for the name of their news organization and their newspaper's circulation.

Ah, yes, that was a bit dated in what now seems a mortician-like request for deathly metrics of old, as opposed to the digital reach of today.

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