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
Web links
- Award winners and nominees - Local reporting, timely issue ( Pulitzer Price for Local Reporting, Edition Time ) (English)
- Award winners and nominees - General or local news reports of current locations ( Pulitzer Prize for Local General or Spot News Reporting ) (English)
- Award winners and nominees - General current reporting ( Pulitzer Prize for General News Reporting ) (English)
- Award winners and nominees - reporting on current locations ( Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting ) (English)
- Award winners and nominees - Fire Current coverage ( Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting ) (English)