Finalist: Photography Staff of Associated Press
For searing images that chronicled clashes between Palestinians and Israelis in the Gaza Strip.
Nominated Work
Winners
Prize Winner in Breaking News Photography in 2019:
Photography Staff of Reuters
For a vivid and startling visual narrative of the urgency, desperation and sadness of migrants as they journeyed to the U.S. from Central and South America.
Breaking News Photography
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Breaking News Photography in 2019:
Noah Berger, John Locher and Ringo H. W. Chiu of Associated Press
For devastating images that chronicled the historic 2018 fire season in California and captured the destruction from massive blazes as they spread at an extraordinary pace
The Jury
The Jury
Danese Kenon
Director, Photography & Video
J. David Ake
Director, Photography
Jonathan Bachman
freelance photographer, New Orleans, La.
Darcy Eveleigh
photo editor/visual journalist, Glen Ridge, N.J.
Michele McDonald
Photo Editor
Winners in Breaking News Photography
Ryan Kelly of The Daily Progress
For a chilling image that reflected the photographer’s reflexes and concentration in capturing the moment of impact of a car attack during a racially charged protest in Charlottesville, Va.
Daniel Berehulak, freelance photographer
For powerful storytelling through images published in The New York Times showing the callous disregard for human life in the Philippines brought about by a government assault on drug dealers and users. (Moved into this category from Feature Photography by the nominating jury.)
Mauricio Lima, Sergey Ponomarev, Tyler Hicks and Daniel Etter
For photographs that captured the resolve of refugees, the perils of their journeys and the struggle of host countries to take them in.
Photography Staff
For powerful images of the despair and anger in Ferguson, MO, stunning photojournalism that served the community while informing the country.
2019 Prize Winners
South Florida Sun Sentinel
For exposing failings by school and law enforcement officials before and after the deadly shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
David Barstow, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner of The New York Times
For an exhaustive 18-month investigation of President Donald Trump’s finances that debunked his claims of self-made wealth and revealed a business empire riddled with tax dodges. (Moved by the Board from the Investigative Reporting category, where it was also entered.)
Matt Hamilton, Harriet Ryan and Paul Pringle of the Los Angeles Times
For consequential reporting on a University of Southern California gynecologist accused of violating hundreds of young women for more than a quarter-century.
Carlos Lozada of The Washington Post
For trenchant and searching reviews and essays that joined warm emotion and careful analysis in examining a broad range of books addressing government and the American experience.



















