Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography - Definition and Overview

Students gather following the Columbine High School massacre, part of the photography for which the Denver Rocky Mounain News won the 2000 Breaking News Photography Pulitzer.

The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography has been presented since 2000 for a distinguished example of breaking news photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, a sequence or an album.

Federal agents storming a residence to recover Elián González, the image which won Alan Diaz the 2001 Breaking News Photography Pulitzer.

• 2000: Photographic staff of the Denver Rocky Mountain News, for its photographic coverage of students following the shooting in Columbine.
• 2001: Alan Diaz, Associated Press, for his photograph of federal agents removing Elián González from his uncle's home.
• 2002: Staff of the The New York Times, for its coverage of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center.
• 2003: Photography staff of the Rocky Mountain News, for its powerful, imaginative coverage of Colorado's raging forest fires.
• 2004: David Leeson and Cheryl Diaz Meyer, Dallas Morning News, for their eloquent photographs depicting both the violence and poignancy of the war with Iraq.