Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography

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.

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 with 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)