Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of these, each winner receives a certificate and a US$10,000 cash reward. The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal, which always goes to a newspaper, although an individual may be named in the citation.
The prize was established by Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-American journalist and newspaper publisher, who left money to Columbia University upon his death in 1911. A portion of his bequest was used to found the university's journalism school in 1912. The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded on June 4, 1917, and they are now announced each April. Recipients are chosen by an independent board.
I was reviewing the winners this morning and one such winner moved me. She won for her intimate portrayal of a single mother and her young son as he loses his battle with cancer.
Having come of a biopsy, I can understand the fear, shudder and cringe at the very thought of it... hmmm lost for words.
source jeffooi
BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY (US$10,000)
Awarded to Oded Balilty of The Associated Press for his powerful photograph of a lone Jewish woman defying Israeli security forces as they remove illegal settlers in the West Bank.
http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2007/breaking-news-photography/works
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY (US$10,000)
Awarded to Renée C. Byer of The Sacramento Bee for her intimate portrayal of a single mother and her young son as he loses his battle with cancer.
http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2007/feature-photography/works
EDITORIAL CARTOONING (US$10,000)
Awarded to Walt Handelsman of Newsday, Long Island, N.Y., for his stark, sophisticated cartoons and his impressive use of zany animation.
http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2007/editorial-cartooning/works
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