Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting

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The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting is a Pulitzer Prize awarded for a distinguished example of breaking news, local reporting on news of the moment. It has been awarded since 1953 under several names: Prior to 1953, a Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting combined both breaking and investigative reporting under one category. The Pulitzer Committee issues an official citation explaining the reasons for the award.
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Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is a journalism school and one of Columbia's graduate and professional schools. It offers three degree programs: Master of Science in journalism (full and part-time), Master of Arts in journalism and a Ph.D. in communications. The school,...

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Year Award Winner Notes/Description
  • 2009
  • For its swift and sweeping coverage of a sex scandal that resulted in the resignation of Gov. Eliot Spitzer, breaking the story on its Web site and then developing it with authoritative, rapid-fire reports.
  • 2008
  • For its exceptional, multi-faceted coverage of the deadly shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, telling the developing story in print and online.
  • 2007
  • For its skillful and tenacious coverage of a family missing in the Oregon mountains, telling the tragic story both in print and online.
  • 2006
  • For its courageous and aggressive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, overcoming desperate conditions facing the city and the newspaper.
  • 2005
  • 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.
  • 2004
  • For its compelling and comprehensive coverage of the massive wildfires that imperiled a populated region of southern CaliFornia.
  • 2003
  • For its stories on the accidental drowning of four boys in the Merrimack River.
  • 2002
  • For its coverage of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center.
  • 2001
  • For its coverage of the seizure of Elián González by federal agents.
  • 2000
  • For its coverage of the massacre at the Columbine High School.
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