Finalist: Los Angeles Times , by Luis Sinco
For his iconic photograph of an exhausted U.S. Marine's face after a daylong battle in Iraq.
Winners
Prize Winner in Feature Photography in 2005:
Deanne Fitzmaurice
For her sensitive photo essay on an Oakland hospital's effort to mend an Iraqi boy nearly killed by an explosion.
Feature Photography
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Feature Photography in 2005:
Jim Gehrz
For his poignant portrait of a woman soldier's struggle to recover from grave shrapnel wounds to her head.
The Jury
The Jury
Denis Finley(chair )
managing editor
J. Ross Baughman*
director of photography
Eric Newton
director of journalism initiatives
Larry Nylund
deputy managing editor, presentation
Janet Reeves
director of photography
Winners in Feature Photography
Carolyn Cole
For her cohesive, behind-the-scenes look at the effects of civil war in Liberia, with special attention to innocent citizens caught in the conflict.
Don Bartletti
For his memorable portrayal of how undocumented Central American youths, often facing deadly danger, travel north to the United States.
Staff
For its photographs chronicling the pain and the perseverance of people enduring protracted conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Matt Rainey
For his emotional photographs that illustrate the care and recovery of two students critically burned in a dormitory fire at Seton Hall University.
2005 Prize Winners
Amy Dockser Marcus
For her masterful stories about patients, families and physicians that illuminated the often unseen world of cancer survivors.
Staff
For its stunning series of photographs of bloody yearlong combat inside Iraqi cities.
Staff
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.