Mediagazer: Why it matters who won the first ‘online’ Pulitzer (Steve Myers/Poynter)

10:50 AM ET, April 24, 2012

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Steve Myers / Poynter:

Why it matters who won the first ‘online’ Pulitzer — When The Huffington Post's David Wood won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on wounded veterans, Michael Calderone called it a “milestone in the influential Pulitzer committee's recognition of online-only news organizations.”

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