New York Times Nets Five Pulitzer Prizes

The New York Times has won five Pulitzer prizes for its journalism, the second most in the paper's history. The Florida-based St Petersburg Times also won two awards, one for the fact-checking website Politifact.com. " The Times won the prize for breaking news reporting,...

Online News Entries To Be Recognized By The Pulitzer Prizes

Today should be considered one slow but giant leap for online news and citizen journalism.  It has been announced that the Pulitzer Prizes have expanded to include online news.  Now, online news...

After More Balanced Coverage, What Next?

"Tuesday, November 25, 2008 by Mosharraf Zaidi As the world’s attention turns increasingly to Pakistan and its role in tackling the threat of globalised terrorism, the country’s perception abroad is evolving. More than seven years after 9/11, a more nuanced approach to...

Poll on the economy: Americans gloomier, for now

"As people on Wall Street and Main Street hold their breath to see if a federal bailout of the nation's financial institutions will work, Americans are starting to speak — not whisper — the word "depression." In a sign that anxiety is growing, 33% of 1,011 adults surveyed...

Bob Dylan wins a Pulitzer

Legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan can add yet another award to his list of accomplishments, this time a Pulitzer Prize.Cited for his 'profound impact on popular music and American culter, marked by lyrical...

Banksy's Morons sells at auction

"A screenprint by Banksy that pokes fun at the art world has sold at auction in London. Moron's reached £5,250, about £1,000 more than its...

Author Norman Mailer dies at 84

"Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer has died of renal failure aged 84, his literary executor has said. Mailer won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize twice, for The Armies of the Night in 1968 and The...

Looming tragedies

Hugh Hewitt with Lawrence Wright yesterday; it is scary to know that I have a better grasp of who is who in the war against terror than people who are actually responsible for its conduct.

American Journalist David Halberstam, R.I.P.

American Journalist David Halberstam died early today in a freak auto accident in Menlo Park, San Francisco ending the career of a dedicated professional to the craft of news reporting.Our profession has lost a...

Peter Sarsgaard, Dennis Hopper and Deborah Find the Dying Animal

they're shooting this across the street from our office today:"Peter Sarsgaard, Dennis Hopper and Deborah Harry are joining Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson in Lakeshore Entertainment's untitled...

Grand Opening Of The Arthur Miller Theatre

"Grand Opening Of The Arthur Miller Theatre To hear Audio2007-03-27 • The new Arthur Miller Theatre opens Thursday at the University of Michigan. As Detroit Public Radio’s Celeste Headlee reports, it is the only theatre in the world to bear the Pulitzer Prize-winning...

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