For a distinguished example of breaking news photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).
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.
Ryan Kelly accepts the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography from Columbia University President Lee Bollinger. (Photo: Eileen Barroso/Columbia University)
Winning Work
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A vehicle plows into a group of protesters marching along 4th Street NE at the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville on the day of the Unite the Right rally on Saturday, August 12, 2017.
Biography
Ryan Kelly was a staff photojournalist at The Daily Progress in Charlottesville for four years, from 2013 to 2017. The Unite the Right rally and its aftermath marked his final assignment at the newspaper, before he and his wife moved to Richmond. Kelly, 31, continues to cover news and sports in both Richmond and Charlottesville as a freelancer.
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Breaking News Photography in 2018:
Ivor Prickett, freelance photographer, The New York Times
For heartbreaking and frightening images that brought a fresh approach to classic war photography and gave an intimate view of the impact on shell-shocked survivors of what ISIS left behind in Mosul and Raqqa.
The Jury
The Jury
Sherman Williams(Chair)
Assistant Managing Editor, Visual Journalism
Andrea Bruce
Photographer
Danese Kenon
Deputy Director of Photography for Video/Multimedia
Michele McDonald
Photo Editor
Shazna Nessa
Deputy Managing Editor and Global Head of Visuals
Winners in Breaking News Photography
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.
Tyler Hicks
For his compelling pictures that showed skill and bravery in documenting the unfolding terrorist attack at Westgate mall in Kenya.
2018 Prize Winners
The New York Times, for reporting led by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, and The New Yorker, for reporting by Ronan Farrow
For explosive, impactful journalism that exposed powerful and wealthy sexual predators, including allegations against one of Hollywood’s most influential producers, bringing them to account for long-suppressed allegations of coercion, brutality and victim silencing, thus spurring a worldwide reckoning about sexual abuse of women.
Staff of The Washington Post
For purposeful and relentless reporting that changed the course of a Senate race in Alabama by revealing a candidate’s alleged past sexual harassment of teenage girls and subsequent efforts to undermine the journalism that exposed it.
John Archibald of Alabama Media Group
For lyrical and courageous commentary that is rooted in Alabama but has a national resonance in scrutinizing corrupt politicians, championing the rights of women and calling out hypocrisy.
Staffs of The Arizona Republic and USA Today Network
For vivid and timely reporting that masterfully combined text, video, podcasts and virtual reality to examine, from multiple perspectives, the difficulties and unintended consequences of fulfilling President Trump's pledge to construct a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.