Finalist: Getty Images , by Chris Hondros
For his powerful and courageous coverage of the bloody upheaval in Liberia (moved by the jury from the Feature Photography category).
Winners
Prize Winner in Breaking News Photography in 2004:
David Leeson and Cheryl Diaz Meyer
For their eloquent photographs depicting both the violence and poignancy of the war with Iraq.
Breaking News Photography
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Breaking News Photography in 2004:
Staff
For its evocative, panoramic portrayal of the war in Iraq.
The Jury
The Jury
Janet Reeves(chair )
director of photography
J. Ross Baughman*
director of photography
Michel duCille*
picture editor
Dennis Finley
managing editor
Rob King
deputy managing editor, visuals and sports
Winners in Breaking News Photography
Photography Staff
For its powerful, imaginative coverage of Colorado's raging forest fires.
Staff
For its consistently outstanding photographic coverage of the terrorist attack on New York City and its aftermath.
Alan Diaz
For his photograph of armed U.S. federal agents seizing the Cuban boy Elián Gonzalez from his relatives' Miami home.
Photo Staff
For its powerful collection of emotional images taken after the student shootings at Columbine High School.
2004 Prize Winners
Daniel Golden
For his compelling and meticulously documented stories on admission preferences given to the children of alumni and donors at American universities.
David Leeson and Cheryl Diaz Meyer
For their eloquent photographs depicting both the violence and poignancy of the war with Iraq.
Staff
For its compelling and comprehensive coverage of the massive wildfires that imperiled a populated region of southern California.