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Good news: That podcast your friend started but you havent listened to yet can now win a Pulitzer.
Well, not really, but theoretically.
AsPoliticos Michael Calderonepoints out, this is the first new Pulitzer category since 2007.
To recognize the best of that work, the Pulitzer Board is launching an experimental category to honor it.
Hell, Id throw in any of the three seasons ofSerial, controversies be damned.
But as much as the addition may seem like a sign of the times, there are peculiarities.
Kai Ryssdal, host of APMsMarketplaceandone-timePortlandiastar,groaned on Twitter: Puh.
Weve been here the whole damn time.
Furthermore, there are some questions about the territorial boundaries of these awards.