Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography
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The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography, has been awarded since 2000. Before 1968, there was only one photography category, the Pulitzer Prize for Photography, which was divided into the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography (later renamed breaking news) and feature categories. The Pulitzer Committee issues an official citation explaining the reasons for the award.
[edit] List of winners and their official citations
- 2000: Photographic staff of the Denver Rocky Mountain News, "for its photographic coverage of students following the shooting at Columbine High School near Denver." (citation, images)
- 2001: Alan Diaz, Associated Press, "for his photograph of federal agents removing Elián González from his uncle's home."(citation, image)
- 2002: Staff of The New York Times, "for its coverage of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center." (citation, images)
- 2003: Photographic staff of the Rocky Mountain News, "for its powerful, imaginative coverage of Colorado's raging forest fires." (citation, images)
- 2004: David Leeson and Cheryl Diaz Meyer, The Dallas Morning News, "for their eloquent photographs depicting both the violence and poignancy of the war in Iraq." (citation, images)
- 2005: Associated Press staff, "for its stunning series of photographs of bloody yearlong combat inside Iraqi cities." (citation, images)
- 2006: Staff of Dallas Morning News, "for its vivid photographs depicting the chaos and pain after Hurricane Katrina engulfed New Orleans." (citation, images)
- 2007: Oded Balilty of The Associated Press, "for his powerful photograph of a lone Jewish woman defying Israeli security forces as they remove illegal settlers in the West Bank." (citation, image)
- 2008: Adrees Latif of Reuters, "for his dramatic photograph of a Japanese videographer, sprawled on the pavement, fatally wounded during a street demonstration in Myanmar."[1] (citation, image)
- 2009: Patrick Farrell of The Miami Herald, "for his provocative, impeccably composed images of despair after Hurricane Ike and other lethal storms caused a humanitarian disaster in Haiti." (citation, image)
- 2010: Mary Chind of The Des Moines Register, "for her photograph of the heart-stopping moment when a rescuer dangling in a makeshift harness tries to save a woman trapped in the foaming water beneath a dam." (citation, image)
- 2011: Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn and Ricky Carioti of The Washington Post, "For their up-close portrait of grief and desperation after a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti." (citation, images)
[edit] Sources
- ^ Latson, Jennifer (2008-04-08). "Reuters photographer's risky shot wins Pulitzer". Houston Chronicle. http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2008_4545647. Retrieved 2008-04-24. "His photograph of the fatal shooting of a fellow journalist, the Japanese videographer Kenji Nagai, won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography on Monday."
