划清新闻文体与其他文体、新闻文体彼此之间的界限是新闻学研究的第一步。本文以普利策
奖的设立及发展为切入点，对美国新闻体裁的分类建构历史进行勾勒。通过对不同分类标准的取
舍，普利策奖体现出与美国报业实践的天然接近性和相对独立性。

To make a clear distinction among the news genres is the first step to study journalism. This paper
takes the Pulitzer Prize as an example and tries to outline the history of the classification of American
news genres. It finds that the Pulitzer Prize has a close yet independent relationship with the practice of
American newspaper industry.