Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography

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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.

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

• 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 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.

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