The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting has been awarded, since 1953 for a distinguished example of local reporting on news of the moment. However, the award has changed names several times. The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ...

• From 1953 to 1963: Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, Edition Time
• From 1964 to 1984: Pulitzer Prize for Local General or Spot News Reporting
• From 1985 to 1990: Pulitzer Prize for General News Reporting
• From 1991 to 1997: Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting
• From 1998:to current: Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting

Prior to 1953, a Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting combined both breaking and investigative reporting under one category. The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ...

List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for General News Reporting

• 1985: Thomas Turcol of The Virginian-Pilot and Ledger-Star, Norfolk, Va. For City Hall coverage which exposed the corruption of a local economic development official.
• 1986: Edna Buchanan of Miami Herald. For her versatile and consistently excellent police beat reporting.
• 1987: Staff of Akron Beacon Journal. For its coverage, under deadline pressure, of the attempted takeover of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. by a European financier.
• 1988: Staff of Alabama Journal of Montgomery. For its compelling investigation of the state's unusually high infant-mortality rate, which prompted legislation to combat the problem.
• 1988: Staff of Lawrence Eagle-Tribune. For an investigation that revealed serious flaws in the Massachusetts prison furlough system and led to significant statewide reforms.
• 1989: Staff of Louisville Courier-Journal. For its exemplary initial coverage of a bus crash that claimed 27 lives and its subsequent thorough and effective examination of the causes and implications of the tragedy.
• 1990: Staff of San Jose Mercury News. For its detailed coverage of the October 17, 1989, Bay Area earthquake and its aftermath.

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List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting

List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting

• 1998: The Los Angeles Times staff, for its coverage of a botched bank robbery, which led to a shootout with the police in North Hollywood.
• 1999: The Hartford Courant staff, for its coverage of a shooting spree by a state lottery worker, which left four dead.
• 2000: The Denver Post staff, for its coverage of the massacre at the Columbine High School.
• 2001: The Miami Herald staff, for its coverage of the seizure of Elián González by federal agents.
• 2002: The Wall Street Journal staff, for its coverage of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center.
• 2003: The Eagle-Tribune staff, for its stories on the accidental drowning of four boys in the Merrimack River.
• 2004: Staff of the Los Angeles Times, for its compelling and comprehensive coverage of the massive wildfires that imperiled a populated region of southern California.
• 2005: Staff of the Star-Ledger, for its comprehensive, clear-headed coverage of the resignation of New Jersey’s governor after he announced he was gay and confessed to adultery with a male lover.
• 2006: Staff of the Times-Picayune, for its courageous and aggressive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, overcoming desperate conditions facing the city and the newspaper.