Pulitzer Prize / Breaking News

The Pulitzer Prize for Current coverage ( Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting ) is since 1953 awarded and has been renamed several times.

From 1953 to 1963: Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, timely issue ( Pulitzer Price for Local Reporting, Edition Time )
From 1964 to 1984: Pulitzer Prize for General Local news or reports of actual venues ( Pulitzer Prize for Local General or Spot News Reporting )
From 1985 to 1990: Pulitzer Prize for General news coverage ( Pulitzer Prize for General News Reporting )
From 1991 to 1997: Pulitzer Prize for reporting of current locations ( Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting )
From 1998 to today: Pulitzer Prize for Current coverage ( Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting ), 2011 not awarded.

Until 1953, the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting was a combination of topical and investigative reporting.

List of award winners

Local reporting, timely output ( Pulitzer Price for Local Reporting, Edition Time )

1953: Contributor to Providence Journal and Evening Bulletin
1954: Employee at Vicksburg Sunday Post-Herald
1955: Caro Brown , Alice Daily Echo
1956: Lee Hills , Detroit Free Press
1957: Associate at the Salt Lake Tribune
1958: Fargo Forum employee

1959: Mary Lou Werner , The Evening Star , Washington DC

1960: Jack Nelson , The Atlanta Constitution

1961: Sanche De Gramont , New York Herald Tribune

1962: Robert D. Mullins , Deseret News , Salt Lake City

1963: Sylvan Fox , Anthony Shannon and William Longgood , New York World-Telegram and Sun

General local news or reports from current locations ( Pulitzer Prize for Local General or Spot News Reporting )

1964: Norman C. Miller The Wall Street Journal
1965: Melvin H. Ruder Hungry Horse News, a weekly in Columbia Falls, MT
1966: Associate at Los Angeles Times
1967: Robert V. Cox Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Public Opinion
1968: Employee at Detroit Free Press
1969: John Fetterman Louisville Times and Courier-Journal
1970: Thomas Fitzpatrick Chicago Sun-Times
1971: Associate at Akron (OH) Beacon Journal
1972: Richard Cooper and John Machacek Rochester (NY) Times-Union
1973: Associate at the Chicago Tribune
1974: Arthur M. Petacque and Hugh F. Hough Chicago Sun-Times
1975: Xenia (OH) Daily Gazette employee
1976: Gene Miller Miami Herald
1977: Margo Huston The Milwaukee Journal
1978: Richard Whitt Louisville Courier-Journal
1979: Associate in the San Diego (CA) Evening Tribune
1980: Associate with The Philadelphia Inquirer
1981: Associate at Longview (WA) Daily News
1982: Associate at the Kansas City Star and Kansas City Times
1983: Associate at Fort Wayne (IN) News-Sentinel
1984: Newsday team of reporters Newsday, Long Island, NY

General News Reporting ( Pulitzer Prize for General News Reporting )

1985: Thomas Turcol of The Virginian-Pilot and Ledger-Star, Norfolk, Va.
1986: Edna Buchanan of the Miami Herald.
1987: Associate with Akron Beacon Journal.
1988: Associate with the Alabama Journal of Montgomery.
1988: Associate with the Lawrence Eagle Tribune.
1989: Associate with the Louisville Courier-Journal.
1990: Associate with the San Jose Mercury News.

Reporting from current locations ( Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting )

1991: Employee of the Miami Herald,
1992: Newsday employee,
1993: Associate with the Los Angeles Times,
1994: Employee of the New York Times,
1995: Associate with the Los Angeles Times,
1996: Robert D. McFadden of The New York Times.
1997: Employee of Newsday,

Current reporting ( Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting )

1998: The Los Angeles Times Associate,
1999: The Hartford Courant Associate,
2000: The Denver Post Associate,
2001: The Miami Herald Associate,
2002: The Wall Street Journal Associate,
2003: The Eagle-Tribune employee,
2004: Associate with the Los Angeles Times,
2005: Employee of the Star Ledger,
2006: Employee of the Times-Picayune,
2007: Oregonian Associate,
2008: The Washington Post contributor, including Jose Antonio Vargas ,
2009: The New York Times employee, including Danny Hakim ,
2010: Employee of the Seattle Times
2011: not awarded
2012: Employee of The Tuscaloosa (Alabama)
2013: Denver Post employee
2014: Boston Globe employee
2015: Employee of The Seattle Times
2016: Employee of the Los Angeles Times
2017: Employee of the East Bay Times
2018: Employee of The Press-Democrat
2019: Employee of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
2020: Contributor to The Courier-Journal