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, Seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500).

Rocky Mountain News, by Photo Staff

For its powerful collection of emotional images taken after the student shootings at Columbine High School.

George Rupp and Janett Reeves — Columbia University President George Rupp presents Janet Reeves, of the *Denver Rocky Mountain News,* with the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography.

Winning Work

Grief overcomes Columbine High School students Jessica Holliday, left, and Diwana Perez moments after they fled the school during a violent rampage by two fellow students April 20. (George Kochaniec Jr./Rocky Mountain News - April 20, 1999)

Daniel Rohrbough lies dead on a sidewalk, soda from a can he dropped trickling downhill near him. At left, students crouch behind a car with a police officer who aims his gun at the school. (Rodolfo Gonzalez/Rocky Mountain News - April 20, 1999)

Two anguished students embrace near the school early in the siege. "We didn't think it was real and then we saw blood," one student said. (George Kochaniec Jr./Rocky Mountain News - April 20, 1999)

Students sprint across a parking lot toward school buses waiting to evacuate them. (Hal Stoelzle/Rocky Mountain News - April 20, 1999)

Emergency workers treat wounded students as friends and loved ones provide comfort at a triage site on the lawn of a neighborhood home. (George Kochaniec Jr./Rocky Mountain News - April 20, 1999)

Terrified students edge nervously up a hill against a wall of the school while police search for the gunmen. (Rodolfo Gonzalez/Rocky Mountain News - April 20, 1999)

Rescue workers wheel a wounded student toward an ambulance. (George Kochaniec Jr./Rocky Mountain News - April 20, 1999)

Tears turn briefly to joy as teens watch classmates flee to safety. (Hal Stoelzle/Rocky Mountain News - April 20, 1999)

A student just evacuated from the school is embraced by friends overjoyed she is safe. (Hal Stoelzle/Rocky Mountain News - April 20, 1999)

Bloody shoes and socks lie near an ambulance outside the emergency room at St. Anthony Hospital Central, where wounded students were taken. (Steven R. Nickerson/Rocky Mountain News - April 20, 1999)

A frantic parent trying to get through a roadblock at Pierce Street and Weaver Avenue near the school is restrained by officers. Parents rushed to the school to try to find their children. (Hal Stoelzle/Rocky Mountain News - April 20, 1999)

The morning after the shootings, Justin Boggus, 17, leads students in impromptu prayer and song in the park next to the school. The shootings set off a fervent and very public religious response. (Rodolfo Gonzalez/Rocky Mountain News - April 21, 1999)

Investigators tackle the intricate task of marking evidence at the doorway where gunmen entered the school. (Dennis Schroeder/Rocky Mountain News - April 21, 1999)

Wracked with sorrow, Columbine students in Clement Park grieve at the car of Rachel Scott, 17, one of 12 slain students. Mourners turned her car into a shrine. (Rodolfo Gonzalez/Rocky Mountain News - April 25, 1999)

Dale Napoletano, 16, hugs his sister Leigh-Ann, 13, during a memorial service honoring Columbine's victims. The service drew an estimated 70,000 people, including Vice President Al Gore. (Patrick Davison/Rocky Mountain News - April 25, 1999)

Fifteen crosses honoring the Columbine dead stand in the night glow atop a hill in Clement Park. The crosses became a magnet for tens of thousands of people painfully seeking to honor the victims. (Rodolfo Gonzalez/Rocky Mountain News)

A woman writes a derogatory message on Dylan Klebold's cross near Columbine as Elizabeth Montano, 14, and Angel Reynolds, 15, tearfully confront her. Debate raged over whether Klebold and fellow gunman Eric Harris should be included in community-wide mourning. (Patrick Davison/Rocky Mountain News)

Joan and Bill Cote of Franktown climb a hill in Clement Park after visiting memorials to the Columbine victims. For weeks after the tragedy, throngs of mourners wore down the grass on this hill overlooking Columbine. (Linda McConnell/Rocky Mountain News)

A mourner moves slowly past the casket of Isaiah Shoels at the Heritage Christian Center. Isaiah, who would have graduated two months later, was buried with his diploma and in his cap and gown. (Essdras M. Suarez/Rocky Mountain News)

Columbine High School shooting victim Valeen Schnurr acknowledges the cheers as she leaves the Fiddler's Green stage, diploma in hand, after emotional graduation ceremonies. Schnurr was shot nine times April 20 in the school library. (Marc Piscotty/Rocky Mountain News -- May 22, 1999)