Lanosga paper looks at role of Pulitzer Prizes
Assistant professor Gerry Lanosga is author of a paper on the role of the Pulitzer Prizes in journalism that has been published in the journal Journalism.
“The Power of the Prize: How an Emerging Prize Culture Helped Shape Journalistic Practice and Professionalism, 1917-1960,” looks at how the Pulitzer Prizes sets the standard of quality for newspapers.
Lanosga used submissions and judging materials from the first four decades of the prizes to examine their impact on the media.
He concluded that there is a prize culture built around elite media that influenced the way newspapers decide what to cover.