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Photography Pulitzers Awarded To Hicks, Haner
14 April 2014
The 98th annual Pulitzer Prizes were announced today by Columbia University. Two were awarded to photographers: Tyler Hicks of the New York Times for his images documenting the terrorist attack at Westgate mall in Kenya and Josh Haner of the New York Times for his photo essay on a Boston Marathon bombing victim.
The Pulitzer site includes a slide show of Hicks' images as well as images from Haners' essay.
The citations with the names of other finalists follow our update.
Update (15 April): The New York Times has published The Making of Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photos, the story behind the story about both Hicks and Haner. "Hey, man," Hicks said to his editor, waking him at 5 a.m. Haner talks about a small detail he noticed that helped tell the larger story.
BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
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Awarded to Tyler Hicks of The New York Times for his compelling pictures that showed skill and bravery in documenting the unfolding terrorist attack at Westgate mall in Kenya.
Finalists
Also nominated as finalists in this category were John Tlumacki and David L. Ryan of The Boston Globe for their searing photographs that captured the shock, chaos and heroism after the bloody Boston Marathon bombings; and Goran Tomasevic of Reuters for his sequence of photographs that chronicle two hours of fierce combat on the rebel frontline in Syria's civil war.
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
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Awarded to Josh Haner of The New York Times for his moving essay on a Boston Marathon bomb blast victim who lost most of both legs and now is painfully rebuilding his life.
Finalists
Also nominated as finalists in this category were Lacy Atkins of the San Francisco Chronicle for her revealing portrait of an Oakland school's efforts to help African-American boys avoid neighborhood risks and profit from education; and Michael Williamson of The Washington Post for his portfolio of pictures exploring the multi-faceted impact of the nation's food stamp program on 47 million recipients.