Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting
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The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting has been awarded, under one name or another, since 1953 for a distinguished example of local reporting on news of the moment.
The award has changed names several times. From 1953 to 1963, it was known as the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, Edition Time; from 1964 to 1984 as the Pulitzer Prize for Local General or Spot News Reporting; from 1985 to 1990 as the Pulitzer Prize for General News Reporting; and from 1991 to 1997 as the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting.
Prior to 1953, a Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting combined both breaking and investigative reporting under one category.
List of winners since 1998:
- 1998: The Los Angeles Times staff, for its coverage of a botched bank robbery, which led to a shootout with the police in North Hollywood.
- 1999: The Hartford Courant staff, for its coverage of a shooting spree by a state lottery worker, which left four dead.
- 2000: The Denver Post staff, for its coverage of the massacre at the Columbine High School.
- 2001: The Miami Herald staff, for its coverage of the seizure of Elián González by federal agents.
- 2002: The Wall Street Journal staff, for its coverage of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center.
- 2003: The Eagle-Tribune staff, for its stories on the accidental drowning of four boys in the Merrimack River.
- 2004: Staff of the Los Angeles Times, for its compelling and comprehensive coverage of the massive wildfires that imperiled a populated region of southern California.
- 2005: Staff of the Star-Ledger, for its comprehensive, clear-headed coverage of the resignation of New Jersey’s governor after he announced he was gay and confessed to adultery with a male lover.
- 2006: Staff of the Times-Picayune, for its courageous and aggressive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, overcoming desperate conditions facing the city and the newspaper.ja:ピューリッツァー賞 ニュース速報報道部門