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By: Chris Gonyea » Blog Archive » Pulitzer for Times-Picayune?

Chris Gonyea » Blog Archive » Pulitzer for Times-Picayune? — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 01:16:24 +0000

[...] The Times-Picayune and Nola.com have been reporting from day one about Katrina, even after having to abandon their offices and printed paper to work exclusively online. These reporters and their staff have been absolutely stellar and deserve every journalistic award out there for what they have gone through to report the news coming out of New Orleans. [...]

By: Chris G.

Chris G. — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 01:08:29 +0000

They should get every journalistic award out there for what they have been through. That is true dedication and true love for their work, city, and the people living there.

By: Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » FORCED NEW MEDIA

Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » FORCED NEW MEDIA — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:56:50 +0000

[...] Two interesting bits from Jeff Jarvis on how The Times-Picayune and nola.com became all-web media in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. In the first he makes the case for a rethinking of the way Pulitzer Prizes are awarded to honour the content, not the container. In the second, he points to a NY Times article on the extraordinary efforts by the Times-Picayune and nola.com and to a link to a relief fund for some of the New Orleans journalists (as many as half of them) who have lost their homes to the disaster. [...]

By: Clara from Paris, France

Clara from Paris, France — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 16:56:53 +0000

Jeff: Refering to your comment on the vertues of weblog concerning lists of missing, or maintening the information dispite supports had disapered, what would you think about initiating a network of bloglists of constructive long term social propositions in regard to compil them and then make them nationaly public over the Internet and till send them to the Congress?

By: owl 1

owl 1 — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 15:53:05 +0000

Don’t think any present this morning want to know what I think.

By: JennyD

JennyD — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 15:51:55 +0000

Jeff, I think they should get the public service medal. But I do think they shoudl get a REAL pulitzer and not some made up award for blogging. If they get the real award, then the container is absolute separate from the content.

The Pulitzer committee to give newspapers a real push toward the future. But do they have the foresight to do it?

I mean, how will all the crusty newspaper editors be able to take the NOLA blog back to their hotels at night?

Consider the judges….

By: Greg Burton

Greg Burton — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 15:42:31 +0000

I think they should get more than a Pulitzer – they’ve gone beyond journalism awards, straight into major public service land. I’ve been amazed and very impressed with that organization, and they remind me every day of what a news organization can and should be.

By: billg

billg — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 15:01:35 +0000

You’re absolutely right. I bookmarked the T-P the day before the storm hit. They’ve done fantastic work under extraordinary circumstances. And, yes, they’re using the right tools, but, as in all journalism, it is what they’re writing that counts.