For a distinguished example of breaking news photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, a sequence or an album, in print or online or both, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
Reuters, by Adrees Latif
For his dramatic photograph of a Japanese videographer, sprawled on the pavement, fatally wounded during a street demonstration in Myanmar.
Richard Oppel, Pulitzer Board co-chair (left), presents the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography to Adrees Latif of Reuters.
Winning Work
Close
A wounded Japanese photographer, Kenji Nagai, lay before a Burmese soldier yesterday in Yangon, Myanmar, as troops attacked protesters. Mr. Nagai later died.
Biography
Born in Lahore, Pakistan on July 21, 1973, Adrees Latif lived in Saudi Arabia before immigrating with his family to Texas in 1980. Latif worked as a staff photographer for The Houston Post from 1993 to 1996 before joining Reuters.
Latif graduated from the University of Houston in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. He has worked for Reuters in Houston, Los Angeles before moving to Bangkok in 2003 where he covers news across Asia.
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Breaking News Photography in 2008:
Mahmud Hams
For his picture of a missile, caught in mid-air, as it falls on a target in the Gaza Strip while young Palestinians scramble for safety.
Staff
For its powerful and often unpredictable photos that captured wildfires devastating California.
The Jury
The Jury
Liza Gross(Chair )
managing editor, presentation and operations
Dan Habib
photo editor
Naomi Halperin
director of photography
Michelle McNally
assistant managing editor, photography
Zach Ryall
internet managing editor
Winners in Breaking News Photography
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.
David Leeson and Cheryl Diaz Meyer
For their eloquent photographs depicting both the violence and poignancy of the war with Iraq.
2008 Prize Winners
The Washington Post
in exposing mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, evoking a national outcry and producing reforms by federal officials.
David Umhoefer
For his stories on the skirting of tax laws to pad pensions of county employees, prompting change and possible prosecution of key figures.
David Lang
Co-commissioned by the Carnegie Hall Corporation and The Perth Theater and Concert Hall, and premiered October 25, 2007 in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York City (G. Schirmer, Inc.).
Staff
For its exceptional, multi-faceted coverage of the deadly shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, telling the developing story in print and online.