Sig Gissler

Walt Bogdanich on His Third Pultizer: 'A Thrill'

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Yesterday, the Pulitzer Prize administrator, Sig Gissler, told a group of reporters, "The old cliché is that when you win a Pulitzer, the first line of your obituary has been written." Yes, but what if you win three?  read more »

Web Journalists: Maybe Someday You'll Win a Pulitzer!

The bust of Joseph Pulitzer.
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The bust of Joseph Pulitzer.

Sig Gissler, the administrator of the Pulitzers, was just asked why there isn't a category for online publications. "We are keeping an eye on online journalism and I'm not saying it won't happen in the future," he said.

For a blogger, it's a steeper climb. "If they work for a newspaper they can submit now, but some of their work has to be published in a newspaper."  read more »