Pulitzer Prize winner dies

William Tuohy,a foreign correspondent who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Vietnam War for The Los Angeles Times, has died.

According to the obituary in his paper

When he was awarded his Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for international reporting for his coverage of the Vietnam War, Pulitzer judges noted that "few correspondents have seen and written more about the war in Vietnam than William Tuohy."

He was at the LA Times for 29 years ,serving as bureau chief in Saigon, Beirut, Rome, Bonn and London.During that time he covered wars and conflicts in Southeast Asia but the Middle East, Northern Ireland, Iran and the Falkland Islands,

Pulitzer shuns online as the NYT takes 5

It was the first year that the Pulitzer Prize took online entries.

However last night's awards went entirely to the "old media,"with the New York Times getting five awards for investigative, breaking news and international reporting, feature photography and criticism.

You can see the full list of awards HERE

There were 65 entries from the online world.However it appears that 21 were rejected as they were said not to have original content.

Editor and Publisher gives what it calls the inside story on the awards

Congratulations to Adrees Latif

Hats off to Adrees Latif,the photographer who won the Pulitzer Prize for his photograph of video journalist Kenji Nagai being shot during the demonstrations in Burma last year.

He has put together a brilliant slide show which is well worth a look

Washington post sweeps the board

The Washington post must be pleased that it has managed to six Pulitzers compared to the New York Times's two

Editor and Publisher reports that

The Post's six-prize sweep is second only in history to The New York Times, which won seven Pulitzers in 2002, many for its Sept. 11 coverage.

You can read the winning stories here