Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography
American photojournalism award
The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography is one of the American Pulitzer Prizes annually awarded for journalism. From 2000 it has used the "breaking news " name but it is considered a continuation of the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography, which was awarded from 1968 to 1999. Prior to 1968, a single Prize was awarded for photojournalism, the Pulitzer Prize for Photography , which was replaced in that year by Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography and Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography .
List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography
There were 33 Spot News Photography prizes awarded in 32 years including two in 1977 (for 1976 work):
1968 : Rocco Morabito , Jacksonville Journal The Kiss of Life ".1969 : Edward T. Adams , Associated Press , for his photograph, "Saigon Execution ".1970 : Steve Starr , Associated Press , for his news photo taken at Cornell University , "Campus Guns ".1971 : John Paul Filo , Valley Daily News/Daily Dispatch Pittsburgh suburbs of Tarentum and New Kensington , for his pictorial coverage of the Kent State University tragedy on May 4, 1970.1972 : Horst Faas and Michel Laurent , Associated Press , for their picture series, "Death in Dacca".1973 : Huynh Cong Ut , Associated Press , for his photograph, "The Terror of War ", depicting children in flight from a napalm bombing.1974 : Anthony K. Roberts , a freelance photographer of Beverly Hills, California , for his picture series, "Fatal Hollywood Drama ", in which an alleged kidnapper was killed.1975 : Gerald H. Gay , Seattle Times Lull in the Battle ".1976 : Stanley Forman , Boston Herald-American Boston , including "Fire Escape Collapse ", on July 22, 1975.1977 : Stanley Forman, Boston Herald-American , for his photograph The Soiling of Old Glory Theodore Landsmark — using an American flag as a lance — during a desegregation busing demonstration at Boston City Hall .1977 : Neal Ulevich , of the Associated Press , for a series of photographs of disorder and brutality in the streets of Bangkok .1978 : John Blair , special assignment photographer for United Press International , for a photograph of a broker held hostage at gunpoint by Tony Kiritsis .1979 : Thomas J. Kelly III , Pottstown Mercury [ 1] 1980 : Anonymous, Ettela'at United Press International , for "Firing Squad in Iran ". In 2006, the photographer's identity was revealed to be Jahangir Razmi .[ 2] 1981 : Larry C. Price , Fort Worth Star-Telegram Liberia .1982 : Ron Edmonds , Associated Press , for his coverage of the Reagan assassination attempt .1983 : Bill Foley , Associated Press , for his series of pictures of victims and survivors of the massacre in the Sabra Camp in Beirut .1984 : Stan Grossfeld , Boston Globe war on the people of Lebanon .1985 : Photography staff, Register Santa Ana, California , for their coverage of the Olympic Games .1986 : Carol Guzy and Michel du Cille , Miami Herald the devastation caused by the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia .1987 : Kim Komenich , San Francisco Examiner Ferdinand Marcos .1988 : Scott Shaw , Odessa American Jessica McClure being rescued from the well into which she had fallen.1989 : Ron Olshwanger , a freelance photographer, for a picture published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a child pulled from a burning building.1990 : Photo staff of the Oakland Tribune California , for their photographs of devastation caused by the Loma Prieta earthquake of October 17, 1989. The Oakland Tribune team consisted of Tom Duncan, Angela Pancrazio, Pat Greenhouse, Reginald Pearman, Matthew Lee, Gary Reyes, Michael Macor, Ron Riesterer, Paul Miller, Roy H. Williams.1991 : Greg Marinovich , Associated Press , for a series of photographs of supporters of South Africa's African National Congress murdering a man they believed to be a Zulu spy .1992 : Staff, Associated Press , for photographs of the attempted coup in Russia and the subsequent collapse of the Communist regime.1993 : Ken Geiger and William Snyder , Dallas Morning News 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona .1994 : Paul Watson , Toronto Star Somalis through the streets of Mogadishu .1995 : Carol Guzy , Washington Post Haiti and its aftermath.1996 : Charles Porter IV , a freelancer, for his photographs taken after the Oklahoma City bombing and distributed by the Associated Press , showing a one-year-old victim (Baylee Almon) handed to and then cradled by a fireman.[ 3] 1997 : Annie Wells , Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California , for her photograph of a firefighter rescuing a teenager from raging floodwaters.[ 4] 1998 : Martha Rial , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette conflicts in Rwanda and Burundi .1999 : Staff, Associated Press , for its portfolio of images following the embassy bombing in Kenya and Tanzania .
List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography
One Breaking News Pulitzer has been awarded annually from 2000 without exception.
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Photographer
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Subject
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2000
Staff
Rocky Mountain News "for its photographic coverage of students following the shooting at Columbine High School near Denver."
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2001
Alan Diaz
Associated Press
"for his photograph of federal agents removing Elián González from his uncle's home."
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2002
Staff
The New York Times "for its coverage of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center ."
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2003
Staff
Rocky Mountain News "for its powerful, imaginative coverage of Colorado 's raging forest fires ."
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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 ."
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2005
Staff
Associated Press
"for its stunning series of photographs of bloody yearlong combat inside Iraqi cities."
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2006
Staff
The Dallas Morning News "for its vivid photographs depicting the chaos and pain after Hurricane Katrina engulfed New Orleans ."
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2007
Oded Balilty
Associated Press
"for his powerful photograph of a lone Jewish woman defying Israeli security forces as they remove illegal settlers in the West Bank."
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2008
Adrees Latif
Reuters
"for his dramatic photograph of a Japanese videographer , sprawled on the pavement, fatally wounded during a street demonstration in Myanmar ."[ 5]
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2009
Patrick Farrell
The Miami Herald "for his provocative, impeccably composed images of despair after Hurricane Ike and other lethal storms caused a humanitarian disaster in Haiti ."
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2010
Mary Chind
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."
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2011
Carol Guzy , Nikki Kahn , and Ricky Carioti
The Washington Post "for their up-close portrait of grief and desperation after a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti."
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2012
Massoud Hossaini
Agence France-Presse
"for his heartbreaking image of a girl crying in fear after a suicide bomber's attack at a crowded shrine in Kabul ."
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2013
Rodrigo Abd, Manu Brabo, Narciso Contreras, Khalil Hamra and Muhammed Muheisen
Associated Press
"for their compelling coverage of the civil war in Syria ."
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2014
Tyler Hicks
The New York Times "for courageously documenting a deadly terrorist attack at a Nairobi shopping mall ."
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2015
Staff
St. Louis Post-Dispatch "for powerful images of the despair and anger in Ferguson, Missouri , stunning photojournalism that served the community while informing the country."[ 6]
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2016
Mauricio Lima , Sergey Ponomarev , Tyler Hicks , and Daniel Etter
The New York Times "for photographs that captured the resolve of refugees, the perils of their journeys and the struggle of host countries to take them in."
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Staff
Reuters
"for gripping photographs, each with its own voice, that follow migrant refugees hundreds of miles across uncertain boundaries to unknown destinations."
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2017
Daniel Berehulak
The New York Times "for powerful storytelling through images published in The New York Times Philippines brought about by a government assault on drug dealers and users."[ 7]
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2018
Ryan Kelly
The Daily Progress "for a chilling image that reflected the photographer's reflexes and concentration in capturing the moment of impact of a car attack during a racially charged protest in Charlottesville, Va."[ 8]
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2019
Staff
Reuters
"for a vivid and startling visual narrative of the urgency, desperation and sadness of migrants as they journeyed to the U.S. from Central and South America."[ 9]
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2020
Staff
Reuters
"for wide-ranging and illuminating photographs of Hong Kong as citizens protested infringement of their civil liberties and defended the region's autonomy by the Chinese government."[ 10]
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2021
Staff
Associated Press
"for a collection of photographs from multiple U.S. cities that cohesively captures the country's response to the death of George Floyd ."[ 11]
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2022
Marcus Yam
Los Angeles Times "for raw and urgent images of the U.S. departure from Afghanistan that capture the human cost of the historic change in the country."
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Win McNamee, Drew Angerer, Spencer Platt , Samuel Corum and Jon Cherry
Getty Images
"for comprehensive and consistently riveting photos of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. "[ 12]
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2023
Staff
Associated Press
"In recognition of 15 searing images that rendered in real-time the devastating human toll of the war in Ukraine ".[ 13]
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2024
Staff
Reuters
"for raw and urgent photographs documenting the October 7th deadly attack in Israel by Hamas and the first weeks of Israel’s devastating assault on Gaza ."
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See also
Notes
^ Rubin, Cyma; Newton, Eric, eds. (2011). The Pulitzer Prize Photographs . Newseum Inc. ISBN 978-0-9799521-3-5 ^ Joshua Prager, December 2, 2006. "A Photograph's Hidden History ", The Wall Street Journal , Weekend Edition, New York
^ Rubin, Cyma; Newton, Eric, eds. (2011). The Pulitzer Prize Photographs . Newseum Inc. ISBN 978-0-9799521-3-5 ^ "Annie Wells of The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, CA" . The Pulitzer Prizes . Retrieved 31 March 2016 .^ Latson, Jennifer (April 8, 2008). "Reuters photographer's risky shot wins Pulitzer" . Houston Chronicle . 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. ^ "Breaking News Photography" . The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 20 April 2015 .^ "Breaking News Photography" . Retrieved 11 April 2017 .^ "Announcement of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winners" . Pulitzer.org . 16 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2019 .^ "Announcement of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winners" . Pulitzer.org . 15 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019 .^ "Announcement of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize Winners" . Pulitzer.org . 3 May 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020 .^ "2021 Pulitzer Prizes & Finalists" . Pulitzer Prize . Retrieved May 9, 2022 .^ "2022 Pulitzer Prizes & Finalists" . Pulitzer Prize . Retrieved May 9, 2022 .^ "Haunting photos from Ukraine that earned AP a Pulitzer Prize" . AP NEWS . 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2023-05-10 .
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