Gannett today announced the following appointments at the Detroit Media Partnership and Detroit Free Press:
Susie Ellwood will become CEO of the Detroit Media Partnership. Ellwood has been executive vice president and general manager of the partnership since 2006. She succeeds David Hunke, who has been named president and publisher of USA TODAY.
Paul Anger will become [...]

Skycore’s Messaging Platform to Power The Oregonian’s Premium Mobile Offerings
Skycore LLC, developers of the leading mobile messaging and content platform, Cellyspace.com, and Oregonian Publishing Co. today announced the debut of the Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper’s storefront featuring historic pages available as mobile wallpapers. The joint effort makes The Oregonian one of the first newspapers in [...]

The Los Angeles Times won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for its five-part “Big Burn” series (www.latimes.com/bigburn), marking The Times 39th award.
Reporters Bettina Boxall and Julie Cart were recognized by the Pulitzer Board “for their fresh and painstaking exploration into the cost and effectiveness of attempts to combat the growing menace of [...]

Pulitzer Prize & Polk Award Recipient to Take on Larger Role at Hearst
Hearst Newspapers announced today that two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Hearst journalist Eric Nalder has been named to the new role of senior enterprise reporter for Hearst Newspapers, effective immediately. The announcement was made by Steven R. Swartz, president, Hearst Newspapers. Nalder will report [...]

Mark Feeney, a veteran editor, writer and critic for the Boston Globe was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism today for his writings on visual culture. It was his first Pulitzer and the newspaper’s twentieth.
In making the award, the Pulitzer judges said Feeney was recognized “for his penetrating and versatile command of the [...]

The Washington Post has won six Pulitzer Prizes, it was announced today by the Pulitzer Prize Board. One of the world’s most prestigious journalism awards, the coveted prize was given to six of the seven Post finalists. The winners include:
- Public Service: Walter Reed and Beyond by Dana Priest, Anne Hull and photographer Michel [...]

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy and Oscar-winning screenwriters Ethan and Joel Coen have won the 20th-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award for “No Country for Old Men.”
Scripter recognizes the writers’ contribution to the critically-lauded “No Country for Old Men” as the year’s greatest achievement in cinematic adaptation. The University of Southern California Libraries announced the [...]