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On Monday afternoon, I sat with a group of Armenian journalists at Poynter watching the announcement of the Pulitzer Prizes. These professionals are spending two weeks with us and have won their share of big awards, too.
They knew the national newsrooms claiming prizes, including The New York Times and The Washington Post. I doubt they’d heard of some of the local newsrooms that were finalists and winners.
But I have. And since you subscribe to this newsletter, I suspect you have, too.
Those names, and the people behind those newsrooms, are a real bright spot in this year’s awards. They include local digital newsrooms: Lookout Santa Cruz, Honolulu Civil Beat, The Texas Tribune, City Bureau, Mississippi Today and Alabama Reflector. (Here’s the full list of finalists and winners. ([link removed]) )
My colleagues at Poynter have covered this year’s prizes thoroughly, and I’m going to share their work in a second. But what struck me was this: In spite of the very real troubles facing local newspapers, local journalism and the people who make it are still doing incredible work, finding new ways to exist and at last, our industry is starting to recognize it.
HUGE congrats to everyone who was recognized.
It’s about damn time.

More on local news and the Pulitzers:
* Small newsrooms won big in the 2024 Pulitzers ([link removed])
* Lookout Santa Cruz, digital site with a backstory, wins Pulitzer for breaking news ([link removed])
* The Invisible Institute won two Pulitzers this year. What is it? ([link removed])
* Among the Pulitzer Prize winners, where are the metros? ([link removed])
* And from Nieman Lab, This year’s Pulitzer Prizes were a coming-out party for online media — and a marker of local newspapers’ decline ([link removed])

A few non-Pulitzer things to share:
* Check out LION Publishers on how to apply for Press Forward Funding ([link removed]) .
* Learn more ([link removed]) about the Journalism Journey Initiative and how to transition from a career in print to broadcast in a webinar next Wednesday at 2 p.m. Eastern.

That’s it for me. I get to spend more time this week with the Armenians and with a smart group of editors who are all visiting Poynter. I’ll continue doing my part in making sure everyone knows how to pronounce Pulitzer ([link removed]) . 😃
Kristen
Kristen Hare
Faculty
The Poynter Institute
@kristenhare ([link removed])

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