Denver Post Highlights Social Media Coverage (And Storify) In Its Pulitzer Win

The Pulitzer Prizes were announced today, and among the winners was the staff of The Denver Post for its coverage of the Aurora, Colorado shootings last summer - coverage in which Twitter and Facebook (and to a lesser extent, Storify) played a big role. At this point, it's so obvious that it seems almost silly to note that social media plays a role in how reporters break stories. However, it also appears to be a bigger influence on the Pulitzers, specifically the breaking news category, following a decision in 2011 to emphasize the importance of real-time reporting (in other words, it's not enough to save the news for the next day's paper). And indeed, the first winner after the changes, The Tuscaloosa News, included screenshots of its Twitter feed in its submission, and the Pulitzer committee cited its use of "social media as well as traditional reporting."

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