Photos of Car Attack and Refugees Win 2018 Pulitzer Prizes
The 2018 Pulitzer Prize winners have just been announced. Photographer Ryan Kelly of The Daily Progress in Charlottesville, Virginia, won the Breaking News Photography category for his chilling photo of the moment a car attack slammed into racially-charged protests in his town — an incident that made national headlines.
The photo “reflected the photographer’s reflexes and concentration,” the Pulitzer Board writes.
Poynter reports that the photo was actually captured on Kelly’s last day in the newsroom before leaving to run social media for a brewery and work as a freelance photographer.
The photo was taken by then-staff photographer @RyanMKellyPhoto on his last day at the paper.https://t.co/yLvrwy228U
— The Daily Progress (@DailyProgress) April 16, 2018
The prize for the Feature Photography category was awarded to the Photography Staff of Reuters for “shocking photographs that exposed the world to the violence Rohingya refugees faced in fleeing Myanmar” (you can view the full gallery here).
Reuters had originally entered the images in the Breaking News Photography category, but the Pulitzer Board made the decision to move the entry to the Feature Photography category.
All the @reuters photo managers happen to be at a dinner together as the news of the #Pulitzer win comes through. Global head of Pix @rickeyrogers almost in tears! pic.twitter.com/z2nygdENW2
— Jane Barrett (@NewsEdJane) April 16, 2018
Our editor in chief @stephenjadler leads the newsroom celebration after #Pulitzer prices announced@Reuters #Philippines #Myanmar pic.twitter.com/0Kf5X6Hjm3
— Rodrigo Campos (@rodrigocampos) April 16, 2018
The @Reuters newsroom gathers to celebrate winning two Pulitzer Prizes for the first time in its history, as Editor-in-Chief @stephenjadler speaks to the staff. pic.twitter.com/MmzNsC1DJM
— Joseph Ax (@josephax) April 16, 2018
@stephenjadler toasting Reuters’ TWO Pulitzer’s for our coverage of the situations in the Philippines and Myanmar. So proud to be among such brave and intrepid journalists pic.twitter.com/D8z4unkn2r
— Jessica Toonkel (@jtoonkel) April 16, 2018
For their wins, Kelly and the Reuters photo staff each receive a $15,000 cash prize and a Pulitzer Prize certificate.
Image credits: Top photo by Ryan Kelly/The Daily Progress. Bottom photos by the Photography Staff of Reuters
