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The '''Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting''' is a [[Pulitzer Prize]] awarded for a distinguished example of [[breaking news]], local reporting on news of the moment. It has been awarded since 1953 under several names:{{Citation needed|reason="Local Reporting, Edition Time" became "Local General or Spot News Reporting" or maybe "Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting"? compare with "WP:Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting".|date=November 2013}}

*From 1953 to 1963: '''Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, Edition Time'''
*From 1964 to 1984: '''Pulitzer Prize for Local General or [[Breaking news|Spot News]] Reporting'''
*From 1985 to 1990: '''Pulitzer Prize for General News Reporting'''
*From 1991 to 1997: '''Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting'''
*From 1998 to present: '''Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting'''

Prior to 1953, a [[Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting]] combined both breaking and investigative reporting under one category.  The Pulitzer Committee issues an official citation explaining the reasons for the award.

Hitherto confined to local coverage, the Breaking News Reporting category was expanded to encompass state and national reporting in 2017.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.pulitzer.org/news/pulitzer-board-expands-eligibility-breaking-news-prize-category| title = The Pulitzer Prizes}}</ref>

==List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, Edition Time==
{{see also|Pulitzer_Prize_for_Investigative_Reporting#Pulitzer_Prize_for_Local_Reporting.2C_No_Edition_Time|label 1=Local Reporting, No Edition Time}}

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|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
!Year
!Name(s)
!Publication
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|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1953 Pulitzer Prize|1953]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Providence Journal]]'''''
|'''"for their spontaneous and cooperative coverage of a bank robbery and police chase leading to the capture of the bandit."'''<ref>{{PulitzerPrize by year|year=1953}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1954 Pulitzer Prize|1954]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Vicksburg Post-Herald]]'''''
|'''"for its outstanding coverage of the [[1953 Vicksburg tornado|tornado of December 5, 1953]], under extraordinary difficulties."'''<ref>{{PulitzerPrize by year|year=1954}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1955 Pulitzer Prize|1955]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Caro|Brown|Caro Crawford Brown}}'''
|'''''[[Alice Echo-News Journal|Alice Daily Echo]]'''''
|'''"for a series of news stories dealing with the successful attack on [[George Berham Parr|one-man political rule]] in neighboring [[Duval County, Texas|Duval County]], written under unusual pressure both of edition time and difficult, even dangerous, circumstances. Mrs. Brown dug into the facts behind the dramatic daily events, as well, and obtained her stories in spite of the bitterest political opposition, showing professional skill and courage."'''<ref>{{PulitzerPrize by year|year=1955}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1956 Pulitzer Prize|1956]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Lee|Hills|dab=journalist}}'''
|'''''[[Detroit Free Press]]'''''
|'''"for his aggressive, resourceful and comprehensive front page reporting of the [[United Auto Workers|United Automobile Workers]]' negotiations with [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] and [[General Motors]] for a guaranteed annual wage."'''<ref>{{PulitzerPrize by year|year=1956}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1957 Pulitzer Prize|1957]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]'''''
|'''"for its prompt and efficient coverage of the [[1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision|crash of two air liners]] over the Grand Canyon, in which 128 persons were killed."'''<ref>{{PulitzerPrize by year|year=1957}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1958 Pulitzer Prize|1958]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead|Fargo Forum]]'''''
|'''"for its swift, vivid and detailed news and picture coverage of a [[Fargo tornado|tornado which struck Fargo]] on June 20."'''<ref>{{PulitzerPrize by year|year=1958}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1959 Pulitzer Prize|1959]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Mary Lou|Forbes}}'''
|'''''[[The Washington Star]]'''''
|'''"for her comprehensive year-long coverage of the [[Massive resistance|integration crisis in Virginia]] which demonstrated admirable qualities of accuracy, speed and the ability to interpret the news under deadline pressure in the course of a difficult and taxing assignment."'''{{efn|Forbes was recognized under her birth name, Mary Lou Werner.}}
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1960 Pulitzer Prize|1960]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Jack|Nelson|dab=journalist}}'''
|'''''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|The Atlanta Constitution]]'''''
|'''"for his reporting of abuses at the [[Central State Hospital (Milledgeville, Georgia)|Milledgeville Central State Mental Hospital]]."'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jack-nelson22-2009oct22,0,4611751.story |title=Jack Nelson, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, dies at 80 (Oct. 21, 2009) |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 16, 2014}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1961 Pulitzer Prize|1961]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Ted|Morgan|dab=writer}}'''
|'''''[[New York Herald Tribune]]'''''
|'''"for his [[s:Leonard Warren Dies at the Met|moving account]] of the death of [[Leonard Warren]] on the [[Metropolitan Opera]] stage."'''{{efn|Morgan was recognized under his pseudonym, Sanche de Gramont.}}
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1962 Pulitzer Prize|1962]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Robert D.|Mullins}}'''
|'''''[[Deseret News]]'''''
|'''"for his resourceful coverage of a murder and kidnapping at [[Dead Horse Point State Park|Dead Horse Point, Utah]]."'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1963 Pulitzer Prize|1963]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Sylvan|Fox}}'''
|rowspan=3 |'''''[[New York World-Telegram]]'''''
|rowspan=3 |'''"for their reporting of an [[American Airlines Flight 1 (1962)|air crash]] in Jamaica Bay, killing 95 persons on March 1, 1962."'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
|'''{{sortname|William|Longgood}}'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
|'''{{sortname|Anthony|Shannon}}'''
|}

==List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Local General or Spot News Reporting==
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|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
!Year
!Name(s)
!Publication
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|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1964 Pulitzer Prize|1964]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Norman C.|Miller|Norman Charles Miller}}'''
|'''''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'''''
|'''"for his [[The Great Salad Oil Swindle|comprehensive account]] of a multi-million dollar [[Salad oil scandal|vegetable oil swindle]] in New Jersey."'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1965 Pulitzer Prize|1965]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Mel|Ruder}}'''
|'''''[[Hungry Horse News]]'''''
|'''"for his daring and resourceful coverage of a disastrous flood that threatened his community, an individual effort in the finest tradition of spot news reporting."'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1966 Pulitzer Prize|1966]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Los Angeles Times]]'''''
|'''"for its coverage of the [[Watts riots]]."'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1967 Pulitzer Prize|1967]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Robert|Cox|dab=American journalist \}}'''
|'''''[[Public Opinion (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania)|Public Opinion]]'''''
|'''"for his vivid deadline reporting of a mountain manhunt that ended with the [[Kidnapping of Peggy Ann Bradnick|killing of a deranged sniper]] who had terrorized the community."'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1968 Pulitzer Prize|1968]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Detroit Free Press]]'''''
|'''"for its coverage of the [[1967 Detroit riot|Detroit riots of 1967]], recognizing both the brilliance of its detailed spot news staff work and its swift and accurate investigation into the underlying causes of the tragedy."'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=2 |'''[[1969 Pulitzer Prize|1969]]'''
|rowspan=2 |'''{{sortname|John|Fetterman|dab=reporter}}'''
|'''''[[The Louisville Times]]'''''
|rowspan=2 |'''"for his article, '[[s:Pfc. Gibson Comes Home|Pfc. Gibson Comes Home]],' the story of an American soldier whose body was returned to his native town from Vietnam for burial."'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
|'''''[[Courier Journal]]'''''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1970 Pulitzer Prize|1970]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Thomas|Fitzpatrick|dab=journalist}}'''
|'''''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'''''
|'''"for his article about the [[1969 Students for a Democratic Society National Convention|violence of youthful radicals]] in Chicago, 'A Wild Night's Ride with [[Students for a Democratic Society|SDS]].'"'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1971 Pulitzer Prize|1971]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Akron Beacon Journal]]'''''
|'''"for its coverage of the [[Kent State shootings|Kent State University tragedy]] on May 4, 1970."'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=2 |'''[[1972 Pulitzer Prize|1972]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Richard|Cooper|dab=journalist}}'''
|rowspan=2 |'''''[[Rochester Times-Union]]'''''
|rowspan=2 |'''"for their coverage of the [[Attica Prison riot|Attica, New York prison riot]]."'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
|'''{{sortname|John|Machacek}}'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1973 Pulitzer Prize|1973]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Chicago Tribune]]'''''
|'''"for uncovering flagrant violations of voting procedures in the [[1972 United States presidential election in Illinois|primary election of March 21, 1972]]."'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=2 |'''[[1974 Pulitzer Prize|1974]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Hugh|Hough}}'''
|rowspan=2 |'''''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'''''
|rowspan=2 |'''"for uncovering new evidence that led to the reopening of efforts to solve the 1966 murder of [[Valerie Percy]]."'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
|'''{{sortname|Art|Petacque}}'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1975 Pulitzer Prize|1975]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Xenia Daily Gazette]]'''''
|'''"for its coverage, under enormous difficulties, of the [[1974 Xenia tornado|tornado that wrecked the city]] on April 3, 1974."'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1976 Pulitzer Prize|1976]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Gene|Miller}}'''
|'''''[[Miami Herald]]'''''
|'''"for his persistent and courageous reporting over eight and one-half years that led to the exoneration and release of two men who had twice been tried for murder and wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death in Florida."'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1977 Pulitzer Prize|1977]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Margo|Huston}}'''
|'''''[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]'''''
|'''"for her reports on the elderly and the process of aging."'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1978 Pulitzer Prize|1978]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Richard|Whitt}}'''
|'''''[[Courier Journal]]'''''
|'''"for his coverage of a [[Beverly Hills Supper Club fire|fire that took 164 lives at the Beverly Hills Supper Club]] at Southgate, Ky., and subsequent investigation of the lack of enforcement of state fire codes."'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!'''[[1979 Pulitzer Prize|1979]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The San Diego Union-Tribune|San Diego Evening Tribune]]'''''
|'''"for its coverage of the [[Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182|collision of a Pacific Southwest air liner]] with a small plane over its city."'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1980 Pulitzer Prize|1980]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'''''
|'''"for coverage of the [[Three Mile Island accident|nuclear accident at Three Mile Island]]."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
|"for coverage of the [[American Airlines Flight 191|worst air crash in history]] and the [[1979 Chicago blizzard|blizzard of 1979]]."
|-
|Staff
|''[[News & Record|Greensboro Daily News]]''
|"for coverage of a [[Greensboro massacre|shootout of the Ku Klux Klan]]."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1981 Pulitzer Prize|1981]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Daily News (Longview, Washington)|The Daily News]]'''''
|'''"for its coverage of the [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens|Mt. St. Helens story]], including the photographs by Roger A. Werth."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[Baltimore News-American]]''
|"for 'The Snowball Tragedy,' a story of the gap between the young and the elderly."
|-
|Staff
|''[[Miami Herald]]''
|"for 'Three Days of Rage: The [[1980 Miami riots|Miami Riots]].'"
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=5 |'''[[1982 Pulitzer Prize|1982]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Kansas City Star]]'''''
|rowspan=2 |'''"for coverage of the [[Hyatt Regency walkway collapse|Hyatt Regency Hotel disaster]] and identification of its causes."'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Kansas City Times]]'''''
|-
|{{sortname|Lucy|Morgan}}
|''[[Tampa Bay Times|St. Petersburg Times]]''
|"for her series on drug smuggling in [[Dixie County, Florida]]."
|-
|{{sortname|Ken|Wells|dab=journalist}}
|''[[Miami Herald]]''
|"for his series on Florida's water problems."
|-
|Staff
|''[[Courier Journal]]''
|"for its coverage of an [[Louisville sewer explosions|explosion in the Louisville sewer system]]."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1983 Pulitzer Prize|1983]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The News-Sentinel]]'''''
|'''"for its courageous and resourceful coverage of a devastating flood in March 1982."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Dallas Morning News]]''
|"for its coverage and analysis of the financial collapse of [[Braniff International Airways|Braniff International Airlines]]."
|-
|Staff
|''[[Democrat and Chronicle]]''
|"for its coverage of an accident at Ginna nuclear power plant that helped to avert public panic."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1984 Pulitzer Prize|1984]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Newsday]]'''''
|'''"for their enterprising and comprehensive coverage of the [[Baby Doe Law#Baby Jane Doe|Baby Jane Doe case]] and its far-reaching social and political implications."'''
|-
|{{sortname|Leslie|Scism}}
|''[[Bucks County Courier Times]]''
|"for her investigation of Anna Catherina Emmerick Academy, which linked the religious school's activities to right-wing extremist groups and revealed that it housed weaponry and explosives."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Fresno Bee]]''
|"for its coverage, under extreme deadline pressure, of the [[1983 Coalinga earthquake|Coalinga earthquake]] of May 2, 1983."
|}

==List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for General News Reporting==
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|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
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!Publication
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|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1985 Pulitzer Prize|1985]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Thomas|Turcol}}'''
|'''''[[The Virginian-Pilot]]'''''
|'''"for City Hall coverage which exposed the corruption of a local economic development official."'''
|-
|{{sortname|Jonathan|Kaufman}}
|''[[The Boston Globe]]''
|"for his series on neighborhood activism in Boston."
|-
|Staff
|''[[Independent Record]]''
|"for its coverage, under deadline pressure, of the worst forest fire in Helena's history."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1986 Pulitzer Prize|1986]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Edna|Buchanan}}'''
|'''''[[Miami Herald]]'''''
|'''"for her versatile and consistently excellent police beat reporting."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Dallas Morning News]]''
|"for its comprehensive and compelling coverage, under deadline pressure, of the [[Delta Air Lines Flight 191|crash of Delta Flight 191]] on August 2, 1985."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]''
|"for its coverage, under deadline pressure, of the [[1985 MOVE bombing|MOVE siege]] and its tragic aftermath."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1987 Pulitzer Prize|1987]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Akron Beacon Journal]]'''''
|'''"for its coverage, under deadline pressure, of the attempted takeover of [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.]] by a [[James Goldsmith|European financier]]."'''
|-
|{{sortname|John|Woestendiek}}
|''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]''
|"for outstanding prison beat reporting, which included proving the innocence of a man convicted of murder."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Orange County Register]]''
|"for its comprehensive coverage of the [[Aeroméxico Flight 498|Cerritos air disaster]], a midair collision of a jetliner and a private plane on August 31, 1986."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=5 |'''[[1988 Pulitzer Prize|1988]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Alabama Journal]]'''''
|'''"for its compelling investigation of the state's unusually high [[Infant mortality|infant mortality rate]], which prompted legislation to combat the problem."'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Eagle-Tribune]]'''''
|'''"for an investigation that revealed [[Willie Horton|serious flaws in the Massachusetts prison furlough system]] and led to significant statewide reforms."'''
|-
|{{sortname|Sam|Stanton|dab=journalist}}
|''[[The Arizona Republic]]''
|"for his reporting on Governor [[Evan Mecham]]'s turbulent first year in office."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]''
|"for sustained coverage of an [[Atlanta prison riots|11-day riot]] by Cuban inmates at the [[Federal Correctional Institution, Atlanta|Atlanta Federal Penitentiary]]."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Charlotte Observer]]''
|"for revealing misuse of funds by the [[The PTL Club|PTL]] [[PTL Satellite Network|television ministry]] through persistent coverage conducted in the face of a massive campaign by PTL to discredit the newspaper."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=5 |'''[[1989 Pulitzer Prize|1989]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Courier Journal]]'''''
|'''"for its exemplary initial coverage of a [[Carrollton bus collision|bus crash]] that claimed 27 lives and its subsequent thorough and effective examination of the causes and implications of the tragedy."'''
|-
|{{sortname|Nancy|Badertscher}}
|''[[Gwinnett Daily News]]''
|"for persistent reporting that revealed expense account abuses by members of the local County Board of Commissioners."
|-
|{{sortname|Lisa|Getter}}
|rowspan=2 |''[[Miami Herald]]''
|rowspan=2 |"for their investigation of financial wrongdoing by a popular county manager, reporting which was conducted in the face of strong local opposition and which ultimately led to the official's resignation."
|-
|{{sortname|Justin|Gillis}}
|-
|Staff
|''[[Billings Gazette]]''
|"for coverage of the [[Yellowstone fires of 1988|fires]] in [[Yellowstone National Park]]."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1990 Pulitzer Prize|1990]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Mercury News]]'''''
|'''"for its detailed coverage of the October 17, 1989, [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake|Bay Area earthquake]] and its aftermath."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Roanoke Times]]''
|"for its thorough and balanced coverage of a [[Pittston Coal strike|statewide strike]] by the [[United Mine Workers of America|United Mine Workers]] against the [[Brink's|Pittston Coal Group]]."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The State (newspaper)|The State]]''
|"for its extensive and compelling coverage of the devastation caused by [[Hurricane Hugo]]."
|}

==List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting==
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!rowspan=3 |'''[[1991 Pulitzer Prize|1991]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Miami Herald]]'''''
|'''"for stories profiling a [[Adolfo Constanzo|local cult leader]], his followers, and their links to several area murders."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[Newsday]]''
|"for detailed coverage of a [[Happy Land fire|Bronx social club fire]] that was caused by arson and claimed 87 lives."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Detroit News]]''
|"for his series on neighborhood activism in Boston."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1992 Pulitzer Prize|1992]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Newsday]]'''''
|'''"for coverage of a midnight [[1991 Union Square derailment|subway derailment]] in Manhattan that left five passengers dead and more than 200 injured."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]''
|"for its coverage of a [[1991 Merion mid-air collision|helicopter crash]] in a local schoolyard that killed U.S. Senator [[John Heinz]] and six others."
|-
|Staff
|''[[Vineyard Gazette]]''
|"for its coverage of the destruction to the island community of Martha's Vineyard by [[Hurricane Bob]]."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1993 Pulitzer Prize|1993]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Los Angeles Times]]'''''
|'''"for comprehensive, penetrating coverage under deadline pressure of the second, most destructive day of the [[1992 Los Angeles riots|Los Angeles riots]]."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[Miami Herald]]''
|"for its sensitive reporting of the failed legal battle fought by parents of a [[Anencephaly|child born without a brain]] to donate the child's organs before her death."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Spokesman-Review]]''
|"for detailed, often exclusive reporting of an [[Ruby Ridge standoff|11-day clash]] in Northern Idaho between an armed white separatist and 300 law enforcement officers."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1994 Pulitzer Prize|1994]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The New York Times]]'''''
|'''"for its comprehensive coverage of the [[1993 World Trade Center bombing]]."'''
|-
|{{sortname|Robert D.|McFadden}}
|''[[The New York Times]]''
|"for his consistently impressive work during the year, much of it on deadline."
|-
|Staff
|''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|"for its richly detailed coverage of the first day of [[Kinneloa Fire|fires]] that [[Laguna Fire (1993)|ravaged]] Southern California."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1995 Pulitzer Prize|1995]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Los Angeles Times]]'''''
|'''"for its reporting on January 17, 1994, of the chaos and devastation in the aftermath of the [[1994 Northridge earthquake]]."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[Rocky Mountain News]]''
|"for its coverage of a [[South Canyon Fire|deadly wildfire]] that killed 14 firefighters, the worst disaster of its kind in Colorado's history."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The New York Times]]''
|"for its coverage of the city's police department as it was rocked by charges of [[Dirty Thirty (NYPD)|corruption in a Harlem precinct]]."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1996 Pulitzer Prize|1996]]'''
|'''{{sortname|Robert D.|McFadden}}'''
|'''''[[The New York Times]]'''''
|'''"for his highly skilled writing and reporting on deadline during the year."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|"for its coverage of the local and global impact of the purchase of [[Capital Cities/ABC|Capital Cities/ABC Inc.]] by the [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Company]]."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Eagle-Tribune]]''
|"for its coverage of a fire that leveled a [[Malden Mills|local textile factory]], the city's largest employer, and its devastating effects on the community."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1997 Pulitzer Prize|1997]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Newsday]]'''''
|'''"for its enterprising coverage of the crash of [[TWA Flight 800]] and its aftermath."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]''
|"for its powerful narrative coverage of the armed confrontation between police and philanthropist [[John du Pont]] following a murder at his estate."
|-
|Staff
|''[[Tampa Bay Times|St. Petersburg Times]]''
|"for its thorough and balanced reporting of the circumstances surrounding the [[1996 riots in St. Petersburg, Florida|shooting of a young black man by a white police officer and the rioting]] that followed."
|}

==List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting==
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!rowspan=3 |'''[[1998 Pulitzer Prize|1998]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Los Angeles Times]]'''''
|'''"for its coverage of a botched bank robbery and subsequent [[North Hollywood shootout|police shootout]] in [[North Hollywood, Los Angeles|North Hollywood]]."'''
|-
|{{sortname|John Dennis|Harrigan}}
|''[[The News and Sentinel (New Hampshire)|The News and Sentinel]]''
|"for his coverage of a [[Carl Drega|shooting spree]] that left five dead, including his newspaper's managing editor."
|-
|{{sortname|Mike|McAlary}}
|''[[New York Daily News]]''
|"for reporting on the [[Assault of Abner Louima|brutalization of a Haitian immigrant]] by police officers at a Brooklyn stationhouse."{{efn|Moved by the Pulitzer board from the [[Pulitzer Prize for Commentary|Commentary]] category.}}
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[1999 Pulitzer Prize|1999]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Hartford Courant]]'''''
|'''"for its clear and detailed coverage of a [[Connecticut Lottery|shooting rampage]] in which a state lottery worker killed four supervisors then himself."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[Paxton Media Group|Jonesboro Sun]]''
|"for its aggressive yet responsible coverage of a [[1998 Westside Middle School shooting|shooting at a local middle school]] in which two boys killed a teacher and four classmates and wounded 10 others."
|-
|Staff
|''[[Miami Herald]]''
|"for its coverage of a 12-year-old boy's electrocution at a county bus shelter and the breaking news developments in the subsequent investigation of the shelter's faulty wiring, which likely caused the boy's death."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2000 Pulitzer Prize|2000]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Denver Post]]'''''
|'''"for its clear and balanced coverage of the [[Columbine High School massacre|student massacre]] at [[Columbine High School]]."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[The News & Observer|The News and Observer]]''
|"for its comprehensive coverage of the [[Effects of Hurricane Floyd in North Carolina|destruction in the state]] caused by [[Hurricane Floyd]]."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Oregonian]]''
|"for its comprehensive coverage of an environmental disaster created when a [[New Carissa|cargo ship]] carrying heavy fuels ran aground and broke apart, and how fumbling efforts of official agencies failed to contain the far-reaching damage."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2001 Pulitzer Prize|2001]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Miami Herald]]'''''
|'''"for its balanced and gripping on-the-scene coverage of the pre-dawn raid by federal agents that took the Cuban boy [[Elián González]] from his Miami relatives and reunited him with his Cuban father."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|"for its compelling and resourceful coverage of every aspect of the crash of [[Alaska Airlines Flight 261]] off the California coast, which killed 88 passengers."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Star-Ledger]]''
|"for its graphic and highly detailed coverage, despite restricted access, of the [[Boland Hall fire|dormitory fire]] at [[Seton Hall University]] that killed three students and injured 58 others."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2002 Pulitzer Prize|2002]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'''''
|'''"for its comprehensive and insightful coverage, executed under the most difficult circumstances, of the [[September 11 attacks|terrorist attack]] on [[New York City]], which recounted the day's events and their implications for the future."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[New York Daily News]]''
|"for its vivid and detailed on-scene coverage of the [[September 11 attacks|September 11th terrorist attacks]] on [[New York City]]."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The New York Times]]''
|"for its eloquent and precise coverage of the [[September 11 attacks|September 11th terrorist attacks]] that captured the gravity, drama and historic dimension of the day's events."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2003 Pulitzer Prize|2003]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Eagle-Tribune]]'''''
|'''"for its detailed, well-crafted stories on the accidental drowning of four boys in the [[Merrimack River]]."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Baltimore Sun]]''
|"for its compelling and comprehensive coverage of the [[D.C. sniper attacks|sniper killings]] that terrorized the [[Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area|Washington-Baltimore region]]."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Seattle Times]]''
|"for its enterprising coverage of the many local connections to the ex-soldier and his teenage companion arrested in the [[D.C. sniper attacks|sniper attacks]] in the [[Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area|Washington, D.C. region]]."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2004 Pulitzer Prize|2004]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Los Angeles Times]]'''''
|'''"for its compelling and comprehensive coverage of the [[2003 California wildfires|massive wildfires]] that imperiled a populated region of [[Southern California]]."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[Miami Herald]]''
|"for its immediate and distinctive search for the cause of the [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|''Columbia'' space shuttle disaster]]."
|-
|Staff
|''[[Newsday]]''
|"for its enterprising coverage of the [[Northeast blackout of 2003|summertime blackout]] that stretched over a vast area of the United States and cut the paper's own power supply as deadlines loomed."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2005 Pulitzer Prize|2005]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Star-Ledger]]'''''
|'''"for its comprehensive, clear-headed coverage of the resignation of [[Jim McGreevey|New Jersey's governor]] after he announced he was gay and confessed to adultery with a male lover."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[Sun Coast Media Group|Charlotte Sun]]''
|"for its heroic coverage of [[Hurricane Charley]] after it destroyed the homes of employees and cut the paper's power supply and phone service."
|-
|Staff
|''[[Sun Sentinel]]''
|"for its enterprising and wide-ranging coverage, under difficult conditions, of [[2004 Atlantic hurricane season|four hurricanes that battered Florida]] over a six-week span."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2006 Pulitzer Prize|2006]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate|The Times-Picayune]]'''''
|'''"for its courageous and aggressive coverage of [[Hurricane Katrina]], overcoming desperate conditions facing the city and the newspaper."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]''
|"for its swift and rigorous accounts of a shooting rampage by a [[Brian Nichols|prisoner]] who seized a deputy sheriff's gun and killed a [[Rowland Barnes|judge]] and three others."
|-
|Staff
|''[[Sun Sentinel]]''
|"for its clear, cohesive and enterprising coverage of [[Hurricane Wilma]] after it battered a region still recovering from major storms the previous year."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2007 Pulitzer Prize|2007]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Oregonian]]'''''
|'''"for its skillful and tenacious coverage of a [[James Kim|family missing in the Oregon mountains]], telling the tragic story both in print and online."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[Courier Journal]]''
|"for its clear and authoritative reporting on the [[Comair Flight 5191|crash of a Comair commuter jet]] that killed 49 people."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Denver Post]]''
|"for its compelling and notably human coverage of [[2006 Colorado Holiday Blizzards|back-to-back blizzards]] that trapped travelers and paralyzed the region."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2008 Pulitzer Prize|2008]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Washington Post]]'''''
|'''"for its exceptional, multi-faceted coverage of the [[Virginia Tech shooting|deadly shooting rampage]] at [[Virginia Tech]], telling the developing story in print and online."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[Idaho Statesman]]''
|"for its tenacious coverage of the twists and turns in the [[Larry Craig scandal|scandal]] involving the state's senator, [[Larry Craig]]."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The New York Times]]''
|"for its swift, penetrating coverage of a fire in the [[Bronx]] that killed nine persons, eight of them children."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2009 Pulitzer Prize|2009]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The New York Times]]'''''
|'''"for its swift and sweeping coverage of a [[Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal|prostitution scandal]] that resulted in the resignation of Gov. [[Eliot Spitzer]], breaking the story on its website and then developing it with authoritative, rapid-fire reports."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[Houston Chronicle]]''
|"for taking full advantage of online technology and its newsroom expertise to become a lifeline to the city when [[Hurricane Ike]] struck, providing vital minute-by-minute updates on the storm, its flood surge and its [[Effects of Hurricane Ike in Texas|aftermath]]."
|-
|Staff
|''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]''
|"for its creative and aggressive coverage, both online and in print, of a [[Kirkwood City Council shooting|city hall shooting]] that left six people dead, displaying an exemplary blend of speed and rigor in its reporting."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2010 Pulitzer Prize|2010]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Seattle Times]]'''''
|'''"for its comprehensive coverage, in print and online, of the [[2009 Lakewood shooting|shooting deaths]] of four police officers in a coffee house and the 40-hour manhunt for the suspect."'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://special.seattletimes.com/o/flatpages/specialreports/lakewoodslayings.html |title=Special reports &#124; Seattle Times Newspaper}}</ref>
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Star-Ledger]]''
|"for its sweeping coverage of 44 arrests in a widespread [[Operation Bid Rig|corruption scandal]] that snared local officials, several religious leaders and others."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Washington Post]]''
|"for its compelling coverage of an [[Nidal Hasan|Army psychiatrist]], with long ties to Washington, who killed 13 people in a [[2009 Fort Hood shooting|shooting rampage]] at [[Fort Cavazos|Fort Hood]], a Texas military base."
|-
!rowspan=5 |'''[[2011 Pulitzer Prize|2011]]'''
|colspan=3 |''No award.''
|-
|Staff
|''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
|"for its coverage of the deaths of two Chicago firefighters who were killed while searching for squatters in an abandoned burning building."
|-
|Staff
|''[[El Nuevo Herald]]''
|rowspan=2 |"for their coverage of a devastating [[2010 Haiti earthquake|earthquake in Haiti]], often working under extreme conditions."
|-
|Staff
|''[[Miami Herald]]''
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Tennessean]]''
|"for its coverage of the most [[2010 Tennessee floods|devastating flood]] in [[Middle Tennessee]] history."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2012 Pulitzer Prize|2012]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Tuscaloosa News]]'''''
|'''"for its enterprising coverage of a [[2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado|deadly tornado]], using social media as well as traditional reporting to provide real-time updates, help locate missing people and produce in-depth print accounts even after power disruption forced the paper to publish at another plant 50 miles away."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Arizona Republic]]''
|"for its comprehensive coverage of the [[2011 Tucson shooting|mass shooting]] that killed six and wounded 13, including Congresswoman [[Gabrielle Giffords]], an exemplary use of journalistic tools, from Twitter to video to written reports and features, to tell an unfolding story."
|-
|Staff
|''[[Wisconsin State Journal]]''
|"for its energetic coverage of 27 days of around-the-clock [[2011 Wisconsin protests|protests in the State Capitol]] over [[collective bargaining]] rights, using an array of journalistic tools to capture one breaking development after another."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2013 Pulitzer Prize|2013]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Denver Post]]'''''
|'''"for its comprehensive coverage of the [[2012 Aurora theater shooting|mass shooting]] at a movie theater in [[Aurora, Colorado]], that killed 12 and injured 58, using journalistic tools, from Twitter and Facebook to video and written reports, both to capture a breaking story and provide context."'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Theatre-shooting-coverage-wins-Pulitzer/tabid/417/articleID/294427/Default.aspx |work=3 News NZ |title=Shooting coverage wins Pulitzer |date=April 16, 2013 |access-date=April 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422074906/http://www.3news.co.nz/Theatre-shooting-coverage-wins-Pulitzer/tabid/417/articleID/294427/Default.aspx |archive-date=April 22, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Denver Post]]''
|"for its vivid coverage of a [[2012 Colorado wildfires|wildfire]] that destroyed more than 300 homes, combining on-the-ground reporting with imaginative use of digital tools, including a before-and-after interactive feature that helped displaced fire victims determine the fate of their homes before there was official notification."
|-
|Staff
|''[[Hartford Courant]]''
|"for its complete and sensitive coverage of the [[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting|shooting massacre]] at an elementary school in [[Newtown, Connecticut]], that killed 20 children and 6 adults, using digital tools as well as traditional reporting to tell the story quickly while portraying the stunned community's grief."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2014 Pulitzer Prize|2014]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Boston Globe]]'''''
|'''"for exhaustive and empathetic coverage of the [[Boston Marathon bombing]] and the ensuing manhunt that enveloped the city, using photography and a range of digital tools to capture the full impact of the tragedy."'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2014-Breaking-News-Reporting |title=The Pulitzer Prizes &#124; Citation|date=April 2014 |access-date=April 15, 2014 |publisher=Pulitzer.org}}</ref>
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Arizona Republic]]''
|"for its compelling coverage of a fast-moving wildfire that claimed the lives of 19 firefighters and destroyed more than a hundred homes, using an array of journalistic tools to tell the story."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Washington Post]]''
|"for its alert, in-depth coverage of the [[Washington Navy Yard shooting|mass shooting]] at the [[Washington Navy Yard]], employing a mix of platforms to tell a developing story with accuracy and sensitivity."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2015 Pulitzer Prize|2015]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Seattle Times]]'''''
|'''"for its digital account of a [[2014 Oso landslide|landslide]] that killed 43 people and the impressive follow-up reporting that explored whether the calamity could have been avoided."'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Breaking News Reporting |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2015-Breaking-News-Reporting |publisher=The Pulitzer Prizes |access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref>
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Buffalo News]]''
|"for a superbly reported and written account of a lake-effect snowstorm, using human detail to illuminate the story and multimedia elements to help readers through the storm."
|-
|Staff
|''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|"for a quick but thoughtful response to a [[2014 Isla Vista killings|shooting spree]], beginning with minute-by-minute digital storytelling and evolving into print coverage that delved into the impact of the tragedy."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2016 Pulitzer Prize|2016]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Los Angeles Times]]'''''
|'''"for exceptional reporting, including both local and global perspectives, on the [[2015 San Bernardino attack|shooting in San Bernardino]] and the terror investigation that followed."'''
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Baltimore Sun]]''
|"for fast-moving coverage of the [[2015 Baltimore protests|rioting]] that followed the death of [[Killing of Freddie Gray|Freddie Gray]], reflecting the newsroom's knowledge of the community and advancing the conversation about police violence."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Post and Courier]]''
|"for its tenacious effort in obtaining video of a [[Killing of Walter Scott|police officer shooting an unarmed Walter Scott]] and superb reporting that put the recorded shooting in context."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2017 Pulitzer Prize|2017]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[East Bay Times]]'''''
|'''"for relentless coverage of the [[Ghost Ship warehouse fire|'Ghost Ship' fire]], which killed 36 people at a warehouse party, and for reporting after the tragedy that exposed the city's failure to take actions that might have prevented it."'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Breaking News Reporting |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/205}}</ref>
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Dallas Morning News]]''
|"for keeping readers informed during a chaotic [[2016 shooting of Dallas police officers|shooting spree]] that killed five police officers and injured nine others and delivering timely, vivid and heartbreaking accounts of the horrific night."
|-
|Staff
|''[[Orlando Sentinel]]''
|"for coverage of the [[Pulse nightclub shooting|mass shooting]] at the [[Pulse (nightclub)|Pulse]] nightclub, including middle-of-the-night reports as party-goers hid and police prepared to storm the building and subsequent work that took readers inside the club and humanized the victims."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2018 Pulitzer Prize|2018]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Press Democrat]]'''''
|'''"for lucid and tenacious coverage of [[October 2017 Northern California wildfires|historic wildfires]] that ravaged the city of [[Santa Rosa, California|Santa Rosa]] and [[Sonoma County, California|Sonoma County]], expertly utilizing an array of tools, including photography, video and social media platforms, to bring clarity to its readers—in real time and in subsequent in-depth reporting."'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Breaking News Reporting |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/205}}</ref>
|-
|Staff
|''[[Houston Chronicle]]''
|"for comprehensive and dynamic coverage of [[Hurricane Harvey]] that captured real-time developments of the unprecedented scale of the disaster and provided crucial information to its community during the storm and its [[Effects of Hurricane Harvey in Texas|aftermath]]."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The New York Times]]''
|"for authoritative and innovative coverage of the deadliest [[2017 Las Vegas shooting|mass shooting]] in modern American history at a concert in [[Las Vegas]], using poignant storytelling as well as groundbreaking video analysis and motion graphics to illustrate how the attack unfolded."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=4 |'''[[2019 Pulitzer Prize|2019]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'''''
|'''"for immersive, compassionate coverage of the [[Pittsburgh synagogue shooting|massacre]] at Pittsburgh's [[Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation|Tree of Life synagogue]] that captured the anguish and resilience of a community thrust into grief."'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Breaking News Reporting |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/205}}</ref>
|-
|Staff
|[[Bay Area News Group]]
|rowspan=2 |"for committed coverage of an epic [[Camp Fire (2018)|California wildfire]] that consumed more than 18,000 buildings in 150,000 acres, and took 86 lives."{{efn |name=Local News}}
|-
|Staff
|''[[Chico Enterprise-Record]]''
|-
|Staff
|''[[Sun Sentinel]]''
|"for exhaustive and lucid multi-platform coverage of the [[Parkland high school shooting|Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School rampage]] that brought compassion and clarity to a horrific tragedy."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2020 Pulitzer Prize|2020]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Courier Journal]]'''''
|'''"for its rapid coverage of hundreds of last-minute pardons by [[Matt Bevin|Kentucky's governor]], showing how the process was marked by opacity, racial disparities and violations of legal norms."'''{{efn |name=Local News |Moved by the Pulitzer board from the [[Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting|Local Reporting]] category.}}
|-
|Staff
|''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|"for dynamic coverage that expertly blended multimedia components, frequent updates and rich narrative to report on a devastating [[Sinking of MV Conception|California boat fire]] that killed 34 people."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Washington Post]]''
|"for incisive coverage of back-to-back mass shootings in [[2019 El Paso Walmart shooting|El Paso, Texas]] and [[2019 Dayton shooting|Dayton, Ohio]] that contextualized these events for a national audience."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=5 |'''[[2021 Pulitzer Prize|2021]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Minnesota Star Tribune|The Minnesota Star Tribune]]'''''
|'''"for its urgent, authoritative and nuanced coverage of the [[Murder of George Floyd|death of George Floyd]] at the hands of police in Minneapolis and of the [[George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul|reverberations that followed]]."'''<ref>{{cite web |last=Staff |date=2021-06-11 |title=Star Tribune wins Pulitzer for George Floyd reporting; Darnella Frazier also cited |work=Star Tribune |url=https://www.startribune.com/star-tribune-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-george-floyd-reporting/600067256 |access-date=2021-06-11}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|Sharon|Begley}}{{efn|Posthumously.}}
|rowspan=3 |''[[Stat (website)|Stat News]]''
|rowspan=3 |"for their prescient, expert and accessible coverage of the emergence of [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19]], sounding the alarm on the potential spread and potency of the virus."
|-
|{{sortname|Helen|Branswell}}
|-
|{{sortname|Andrew|Joseph}}
|-
|Staff
|''[[Courier Journal]]''
|"for exclusive coverage that contradicted police narratives in the [[killing of Breonna Taylor]], and for its sensitive and innovative coverage of the [[Breonna Taylor protests|aftermath]]."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2022 Pulitzer Prize|2022]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Miami Herald]]'''''
|'''"for its urgent yet sweeping coverage of the [[Surfside condominium collapse|collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium complex]], merging clear and compassionate writing with comprehensive news and accountability reporting."'''<ref name=2022Pulitzer>{{cite web |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2022|title="2022 Pulitzer Prizes & Finalists" |website=[[The Pulitzer Prizes|Pulitzer Prize]] |date=May 9, 2022 |accessdate=May 9, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|Staff
|''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|"for deeply sourced and detailed reporting about a [[Rust shooting incident|fatal shooting]] on the set of the film ''[[Rust (2024 film)|Rust]]'' that moved beyond the day's events to a larger consideration of labor and safety concerns in the film industry."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The New York Times]]''
|"for its aggressive and revelatory reporting about the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|attack on Washington]] on January 6, 2021, delivered as the events were unfolding and afterwards."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=7 |'''[[2023 Pulitzer Prize|2023]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Los Angeles Times]]'''''
|'''"for revealing a [[2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal|secretly recorded conversation]] among city officials that included racist comments, followed by coverage of the rapidly resulting turmoil and deeply reported pieces that delved further into the racial issues affecting local politics."'''<ref name=2023Pulitzer>{{cite web |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/staff-los-angeles-times|title=The 2023 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Breaking News Reporting |website=[[The Pulitzer Prizes|Pulitzer Prize]] |accessdate=May 15, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|Peter S.|Canellos}}
|rowspan=5 |''[[Politico]]''
|rowspan=5 |"for exclusive coverage of the unprecedented leak of a [[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization|draft Supreme Court opinion]] overturning ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' and giving states the power to regulate abortion."{{efn|Moved by the Pulitzer board from the [[Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting|National Reporting]] category.}}
|-
|{{sortname|Hailey|Fuchs}}
|-
|{{sortname|Josh|Gerstein}}
|-
|{{sortname|Heidi|Przybyla}}
|-
|{{sortname|Alex|Ward|dab=journalist}}
|-
|Staff
|''[[The New York Times]]''
|"for its urgent and comprehensive coverage of New York City's [[2022 Bronx apartment fire|deadliest fire]] in decades, expertly combining accountability reporting across platforms with compassionate portraits of the 17 victims and the Gambian community that had long called the Bronx high-rise home."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=3 |'''[[2024 Pulitzer Prize|2024]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[Lookout Santa Cruz]]'''''
|'''"for its detailed and nimble community-focused coverage, over a holiday weekend, of [[2022–2023 California floods|catastrophic flooding and mudslides]] that displaced thousands of California residents and destroyed more than 1,000 homes and businesses."'''<ref name=2024BreakingNewsReporting>{{cite web |url=https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2024/2024-pulitzer-prize-winners|title=Here are the winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes |website=[[Poynter]] |accessdate=May 6, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|Staff
|''[[Honolulu Civil Beat]]''
|"for its distinctive, sweeping and urgent coverage of the [[2023 Hawaii wildfires|Maui wildfires]] that killed more than 100 people and left a historic town in ruins, reporting that held officials to account and chronicled the aftermath and efforts to rebuild."{{efn |name=Local News}}
|-
|Staff
|''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|"for urgent and thoughtful coverage of a [[Lunar New Year]] overnight [[2023 Monterey Park shooting|shooting]] that left 11 senior citizens dead, demonstrating clear knowledge of and commitment to the local Asian communities."
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
!rowspan=4 |'''[[2025 Pulitzer Prize|2025]]'''
|'''Staff'''
|'''''[[The Washington Post]]'''''
|'''"for urgent and illuminating coverage of the July 13 [[Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania|attempt to assassinate]] then-presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]], including detailed story-telling and sharp analysis that coupled traditional police reporting with audio and visual forensics."'''
|-
|Staff
|[[Associated Press]]
|"for fast, comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the [[Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania|assassination attempt]] on then-presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]], including vivid details from the scene followed by the first reporting on gaps in security measures by the [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] and local law enforcement."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The Charlotte Observer]]''
|rowspan=2 |"for collaborating on comprehensive and community-focused reporting on [[Hurricane Helene]], which [[Effects of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina|killed more than 200 people and damaged 70,000 homes and businesses]] in the [[Western North Carolina|western part of the state]]."
|-
|Staff
|''[[The News & Observer|The News and Observer]]''
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==References==
* Pulitzer.org [https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/268 Winners and Finalists – Local Reporting; Edition Time] (1953–1963)
* Pulitzer.org [https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/266 Winners and Finalists – Local General or Spot News Reporting] (1964–1984)
* Pulitzer.org [https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/265 Winners and Finalists – General News Reporting] (1985–1990)
* Pulitzer.org [https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/275 Winners and Finalists – Spot News Reporting] (1991–1997)
* Pulitzer.org [https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/205 Winners and Finalists – Breaking News Reporting] (1998–present)

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