Finalist: Associated Press , by Staff
For its haunting chronicle of death, destruction, heartbreak and renewal when an earthquake devastated Sichuan, China.
Winners
Prize Winner in Breaking News Photography in 2009:
Patrick Farrell
For his provocative, impeccably composed images of despair after Hurricane Ike and other lethal storms caused a humanitarian disaster in Haiti.
Breaking News Photography
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Breaking News Photography in 2009:
Carolyn Cole
For her valorous on-the-spot coverage of political violence in Kenya, capturing the terror as rebellion and reprisals jolted the nation.
The Jury
The Jury
Dan Habib(chair )
former photo editor, Concord Monitor , and filmmaker-in-residence, University of New Hampshire
Naomi Halperin
photo editor
Karen Magnuson
editor and vice president/news
Michelle McNally
assistant managing editor, photography
Zach Ryall
internet managing editor
Winners in Breaking News Photography
Adrees Latif
For his dramatic photograph of a Japanese videographer, sprawled on the pavement, fatally wounded during a street demonstration in Myanmar.
Oded Balilty
For his powerful photograph of a lone Jewish woman defying Israeli security forces as they remove illegal settlers in the West Bank.
Staff
For its vivid photographs depicting the chaos and pain after Hurricane Katrina engulfed New Orleans.
Staff
For its stunning series of photographs of bloody yearlong combat inside Iraqi cities.
2009 Prize Winners
Patrick Farrell
For his provocative, impeccably composed images of despair after Hurricane Ike and other lethal storms caused a humanitarian disaster in Haiti.
W.S. Merwin
A collection of luminous, often tender poems that focus on the profound power of memory.
Las Vegas Sun, and notably the courageous reporting by Alexandra Berzon
For the exposure of the high death rate among construction workers on the Las Vegas Strip amid lax enforcement of regulations, leading to changes in policy and improved safety conditions.
Staff
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.