Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography

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{{Short description|American photojournalism award}}
{{Pulitzer}}
The '''Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography''' is one of the American [[Pulitzer Prize]]s 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==
* [[1968 Pulitzer Prize|1968]]: [[Rocco Morabito (photographer)|Rocco Morabito]], ''[[Jacksonville Journal]]'', for his photograph of telephone linemen, "[[:File:Kiss of Life by Rocco Morabito.jpg|The Kiss of Life]]".
* [[1969 Pulitzer Prize|1969]]: [[Eddie Adams (photographer)|Edward T. Adams]], [[Associated Press]], for his photograph, "[[Execution of Nguyễn Văn Lém|Saigon Execution]]".
* [[1970 Pulitzer Prize|1970]]: [[Steve Starr]], [[Associated Press]], for his news photo taken at [[Cornell University]], "[[:File:Campus Guns.jpg|Campus Guns]]".
* [[1971 Pulitzer Prize|1971]]: [[John Paul Filo]], ''[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review|Valley Daily News/Daily Dispatch]]'', of the [[Pittsburgh]] suburbs of [[Tarentum, Pennsylvania|Tarentum]] and [[New Kensington, Pennsylvania|New Kensington]], for his pictorial coverage of the [[Kent State shootings|Kent State University tragedy]] on May 4, 1970.
* [[1972 Pulitzer Prize|1972]]: [[Horst Faas]] and [[Michel Laurent (photographer)|Michel Laurent]], [[Associated Press]], for their picture series, "Death in Dacca".
* [[1973 Pulitzer Prize|1973]]: [[Huynh Cong Ut]], [[Associated Press]], for his photograph, ''[[The Terror of War]]'' (or ''Napalm Girl''), depicting children in flight from a [[napalm]] bombing.
* [[1974 Pulitzer Prize|1974]]: [[Anthony K. Roberts]], a freelance photographer of [[Beverly Hills, California]], for his picture series, "[[c:Category:Fatal Hollywood Drama|Fatal Hollywood Drama]]", in which an alleged kidnapper was killed.
* [[1975 Pulitzer Prize|1975]]: [[Gerald H. Gay]], ''[[Seattle Times]]'', for his photograph of four exhausted firefighters (l to r: Joe Guild, Tom Gudmestad, Chris Kitterman and Jim Flick), "[[:File:Lull in the Battle.jpg|Lull in the Battle]]".
* [[1976 Pulitzer Prize|1976]]: [[Stanley Forman]], ''[[Boston Herald-American]]'', for his sequence of photographs of a fire in [[Boston]], including "[[Fire Escape Collapse]]", on July 22, 1975.
* [[1977 Pulitzer Prize|1977]]: Stanley Forman, ''Boston Herald-American'', for his photograph ''[[The Soiling of Old Glory]]'', which depicts Joseph Rakes attacking [[Theodore Landsmark]] — using an [[American flag]] as a lance — during a [[desegregation busing]] demonstration at [[Boston City Hall]].
* [[1977 Pulitzer Prize|1977]]: [[Neal Ulevich]], of the [[Associated Press]], for a series of photographs of [[6 October 1976 massacre|disorder and brutality]] in the streets of [[Bangkok]].
* [[1978 Pulitzer Prize|1978]]: [[John Blair (photographer)|John Blair]], special assignment photographer for [[United Press International]], for [[:File:Gunheld Broker.jpg|a photograph of a broker held hostage at gunpoint]] by [[Tony Kiritsis]].
* [[1979 Pulitzer Prize|1979]]: [[Thomas J. Kelly III]], ''[[Pottstown Mercury]]'', Pennsylvania, for a series called "Tragedy on Sanatoga Road". It is of a man, Richard G., who was holding his wife and daughter hostage as he was running from the police.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Rubin|editor1-first=Cyma|editor2-last=Newton|editor2-first=Eric|title=The Pulitzer Prize Photographs|year=2011 |publisher=Newseum Inc.|isbn=978-0-9799521-3-5}}</ref>
* [[1980 Pulitzer Prize|1980]]: Anonymous, ''[[Ettela'at]]'', [[United Press International]], for "[[:File:Firing Squad in Iran.high.jpg|Firing Squad in Iran]]". In 2006, the photographer's identity was revealed to be [[Jahangir Razmi]].<ref>Joshua Prager, December 2, 2006. "[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116499510215538266?mod=home_we_banner_left A Photograph's Hidden History]", ''The Wall Street Journal'', Weekend Edition, New York</ref>
* [[1981 Pulitzer Prize|1981]]: [[Larry C. Price]], ''[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]'', for his photographs from [[Liberia]].
* [[1982 Pulitzer Prize|1982]]: [[Ron Edmonds]], [[Associated Press]], for his coverage of the [[Reagan assassination attempt]].
* [[1983 Pulitzer Prize|1983]]: [[Bill Foley]], [[Associated Press]], for his series of pictures of victims and survivors of the massacre in the [[Sabra and Shatila massacre|Sabra Camp]] in [[Beirut]].
* [[1984 Pulitzer Prize|1984]]: [[Stan Grossfeld]], ''[[Boston Globe]]'', for his series of photographs which reveal the effects of [[Lebanese Civil War|war]] on the people of [[Lebanon]].
* [[1985 Pulitzer Prize|1985]]: Photography staff, ''[[The Orange County Register|Register]]'', [[Santa Ana, California]], for their coverage of the [[1984 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]].
* [[1986 Pulitzer Prize|1986]]: [[Carol Guzy]] and [[Michel du Cille]], ''[[Miami Herald]]'', for their photographs of [[Armero tragedy|the devastation]] caused by the eruption of the [[Nevado del Ruiz]] volcano in [[Colombia]].
* [[1987 Pulitzer Prize|1987]]: [[Kim Komenich]], ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]'', for his photographic coverage of the fall of [[Ferdinand Marcos]].
* [[1988 Pulitzer Prize|1988]]: [[Scott Shaw (photographer)|Scott Shaw]], ''[[Odessa American]]'', for his photograph of the child [[Jessica McClure]] being rescued from the well into which she had fallen.
* [[1989 Pulitzer Prize|1989]]: [[Ron Olshwanger]], a [[freelance]] photographer, for a picture published in the ''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]'' of a firefighter giving [[mouth-to-mouth resuscitation]] to a child pulled from a burning building.
* [[1990 Pulitzer Prize|1990]]: Photo staff of the ''[[Oakland Tribune]]'', [[California]], for their photographs of devastation caused by the [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake|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 Pulitzer Prize|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 people|Zulu]] [[spy]].
* [[1992 Pulitzer Prize|1992]]: Staff, [[Associated Press]], for photographs of [[1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt|the attempted coup in Russia]] and the subsequent collapse of the [[Communist]] regime.
* [[1993 Pulitzer Prize|1993]]: [[Ken Geiger]] and [[William Snyder (photojournalist)|William Snyder]], ''[[Dallas Morning News]]'', for their photographs of the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]].
* [[1994 Pulitzer Prize|1994]]: [[Paul Watson (journalist)|Paul Watson]], ''[[Toronto Star]]'', for his photograph, published around the world, of a U.S. soldier's body being dragged by [[Somalis]] through the streets of [[Mogadishu]].
* [[1995 Pulitzer Prize|1995]]: [[Carol Guzy]], ''[[Washington Post]]'', for her series of photographs illustrating the crisis in [[Haiti]] and its aftermath.
* [[1996 Pulitzer Prize|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.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Rubin|editor1-first=Cyma|editor2-last=Newton|editor2-first=Eric|title=The Pulitzer Prize Photographs|year=2011 |publisher=Newseum Inc.|isbn=978-0-9799521-3-5}}</ref>
* [[1997 Pulitzer Prize|1997]]: [[Annie Wells (photographer)|Annie Wells]], ''[[Press Democrat]]'', [[Santa Rosa, California]], for her photograph of a firefighter rescuing a teenager from raging floodwaters.<ref name="pulitzer-annie-wells">{{cite web|url = http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/6846 | access-date = 31 March 2016 | publisher = [[Pulitzer Prize|The Pulitzer Prizes]] | title = Annie Wells of The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, CA}}</ref>
* [[1998 Pulitzer Prize|1998]]: [[Martha Rial]], ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'', for her portraits of survivors of the [[Rwandan genocide|conflicts in Rwanda]] and [[Burundi Civil War|Burundi]].
* [[1999 Pulitzer Prize|1999]]: Staff, [[Associated Press]], for its portfolio of images following [[1998 United States embassy bombings|the embassy bombing in Kenya and Tanzania]].

==List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Photographer
!Organization
!Subject
!Web links
|-
|2000
|Staff
|''[[Rocky Mountain News]]''
|"for its photographic coverage of students following the [[Columbine High School massacre|shooting at Columbine High School]] near Denver."
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/photo-staff-2 images]
|-
|2001
|[[Alan Diaz]]
|[[Associated Press]]
|"for his photograph of [[Special agent|federal agents]] removing [[Elián González affair|Elián González]] from his uncle's home."
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/alan-diaz image]
|-
|2002
|Staff
|''[[The New York Times]]''
|"for its coverage of the [[September 11 attacks|September 11 attack]] on the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]]."
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/staff-51 images]
|-
|2003
|Staff
|''[[Rocky Mountain News]]''
|"for its powerful, imaginative coverage of [[Colorado]]'s raging [[forest fire]]s."
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/photography-staff-0 images]
|-
|2004
|[[David Leeson]] and [[Cheryl Diaz Meyer]]
|''[[The Dallas Morning News]]''
|"for their eloquent photographs depicting both the violence and poignancy of [[2003 invasion of Iraq|the war in Iraq]]."
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/david-leeson-and-cheryl-diaz-meyer images]
|-
|2005
|Staff
|[[Associated Press]]
|"for its stunning series of photographs of bloody yearlong [[Iraq War|combat]] inside [[Iraq]]i cities."
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/staff-60 images]
|-
|2006
|Staff
|''[[The Dallas Morning News]]''
|"for its vivid photographs depicting the chaos and pain after [[Hurricane Katrina]] engulfed [[New Orleans]]."
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/staff-62 images]
|-
|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."
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/oded-balilty image]
|-
|2008
|[[Adrees Latif]]
|[[Reuters]]
|"for his dramatic photograph of [[Kenji Nagai|a Japanese videographer]], sprawled on the pavement, fatally wounded during [[2007 Burmese anti-government protests|a street demonstration in Myanmar]]."<ref name="y20082">{{cite news |last=Latson |first=Jennifer |date=April 8, 2008 |title=Reuters photographer's risky shot wins Pulitzer |newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]] |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2008_4545647 |access-date=2008-04-24 |quote=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.}}</ref>
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/adrees-latif image]
|-
|2009
|[[Patrick Farrell (photojournalist)|Patrick Farrell]]
|[[Miami Herald|''The Miami Herald'']]
|"for his provocative, impeccably composed images of despair after [[Hurricane Ike]] and other lethal storms caused a humanitarian disaster in [[Haiti]]."
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/patrick-farrell image]
|-
|2010
|[[Mary Chind-Willie|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."
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/mary-chind image]
|-
|2011
|[[Carol Guzy]], [[Nikki Kahn]], and Ricky Carioti
|''[[The Washington Post]]''
|"for their up-close portrait of grief and desperation after [[2010 Haiti earthquake|a catastrophic earthquake]] struck Haiti."
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/carol-guzy-nikki-kahn-and-ricky-carioti images]
|-
|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]]."
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/massoud-hossaini images]
|-
|2013
|[[Rodrigo Abd]], [[Manu Brabo]], [[Narciso Contreras]], [[Khalil Hamra]] and [[Muhammed Muheisen]]
|[[Associated Press]]
|"for their compelling coverage of the civil war in [[Syria]]."
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/rodrigo-abd-manu-brabo-narciso-contreras-khalil-hamra-and-muhammed-muheisen images]
|-
|2014
|[[Tyler Hicks]]
|''[[The New York Times]]''
|"for courageously documenting a deadly [[Westgate shopping mall attack|terrorist attack at a Nairobi shopping mall]]."
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/tyler-hicks images]
|-
|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."<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Breaking News Photography |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2015-Breaking-News-Photography |access-date=20 April 2015 |publisher=The Pulitzer Prizes}}</ref>
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/photography-staff-1 images]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2016
|[[Mauricio Lima (photographer)|Mauricio Lima]], [[Sergey Ponomarev (photographer)|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."
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/mauricio-lima-sergey-ponomarev-tyler-hicks-and-daniel-etter images]
|-
|Staff
|[[Reuters]]
|"for gripping photographs, each with its own voice, that follow migrant refugees hundreds of miles across uncertain boundaries to unknown destinations."
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/photography-staff-reuters images]
|-
|2017
|[[Daniel Berehulak]]
|''[[The New York Times]]''
|"for powerful storytelling through images published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' showing the callous disregard for human life in the [[Philippines]] brought about by a government assault on drug dealers and users."<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Breaking News Photography |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/216 |access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref>
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/daniel-berehulak-freelance-photographer images]
|-
|2018
|[[Ryan Kelly (photojournalist)|Ryan Kelly]]
|''[[The Daily Progress]]''
|"for a chilling image that reflected the photographer's reflexes and concentration in capturing the moment of impact of [[Charlottesville car attack|a car attack]] during [[Unite the Right rally|a racially charged protest]] in Charlottesville, Va."<ref name=":2">{{cite web |date=16 April 2018 |title=Announcement of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winners |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/news/announcement-2018-pulitzer-prize-winners |access-date=18 April 2019 |website=Pulitzer.org}}</ref>
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/ryan-kelly-daily-progress images]
|-
|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."<ref name=":3">{{cite web |date=15 April 2019 |title=Announcement of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winners |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/news/announcement-2019-pulitzer-prize-winners |access-date=18 April 2019 |website=Pulitzer.org}}</ref>
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/photography-staff-reuters-1 images]
|-
|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."<ref name=":4">{{cite web |date=3 May 2020 |title=Announcement of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize Winners |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/news/announcement-2020-pulitzer-prize-winners |access-date=15 July 2020 |website=Pulitzer.org}}</ref>
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/photography-staff-reuters-2 images]
|-
|2021
|Staff
|[[Associated Press]]
|"for a collection of photographs from multiple U.S. cities that cohesively captures the country's response to the [[Murder of George Floyd|death of George Floyd]]."<ref name="2021Pulitzer2">{{cite web |title=2021 Pulitzer Prizes & Finalists |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2021 |accessdate=May 9, 2022 |website=[[The Pulitzer Prizes|Pulitzer Prize]]}}</ref>
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/photography-staff-associated-press images]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2022
|[[Marcus Yam]]
|''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|"for raw and urgent images of the [[Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2020–2021)|U.S. departure from Afghanistan]] that capture the human cost of the historic change in the country."
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/marcus-yam-los-angeles-times images]
|-
|[[Win McNamee]], [[Drew Angerer]], [[Spencer Platt (photographer)|Spencer Platt]], [[Samuel Corum]] and [[Jon Cherry]]
|[[Getty Images]]
|"for comprehensive and consistently riveting photos of the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|attack on the U.S. Capitol.]]"<ref name="2022Pulitzer2">{{cite web |date=May 9, 2022 |title=2022 Pulitzer Prizes & Finalists |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2022 |accessdate=May 9, 2022 |website=[[The Pulitzer Prizes|Pulitzer Prize]]}}</ref>
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/win-mcnamee-drew-angerer-spencer-platt-samuel-corum-and-jon-cherry-getty-images images]
|-
|2023
|Staff
|[[Associated Press]]
|"In recognition of 15 searing images that rendered in real-time the devastating human toll of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|war in Ukraine]]".<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2023-05-08 |title=Haunting photos from Ukraine that earned AP a Pulitzer Prize |url=https://apnews.com/article/ap-pulitzer-prize-photos-winners-5d1faa40a337bfdd0c999bd349bafe3b |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref>
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/photography-staff-associated-press-0 images]
|-
|2024
|Staff

|[[Reuters]]
|"for raw and urgent photographs documenting the [[2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel|October 7th deadly attack in Israel]] by Hamas and the first weeks of [[Gaza war|Israel's devastating assault on Gaza]]."
|
[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/photography-staff-reuters-3 images]
|-
|2025
|[[Doug Mills (photographer)|Doug Mills]]
|''[[The New York Times]]''
|"for a sequence of photos of the [[Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania|attempted assassination of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump]], including one image that captures a bullet whizzing through the air as he speaks."
|[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/22680 images]
|}

==See also==
{{portal|Journalism}}
* [[List of American journalism awards]]
* [[World Press Photo of the Year]]
* [[List of photographs considered the most important]]
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==Notes==
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==References==
* [http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Spot-News-Photography Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography].
* [http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Breaking-News-Photography Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography].

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